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This is the new turbo discharge inter cooler pipe that will replace the silicone elbow in my truck. This is 6061 Aircraft aluminum. The ends will be Knurled to hold the boots. This is a Tial 50mm blow off valve. It will be installed this weekend and I will post pics of the install after that. It...

The rebuild of my engine is finally done. Merchant Auto did the rebuild and install. We did Crower rods, Keyed the cam and crank, Decked the heads, line honed and bored the block .020 over, installed main studs and head studs. Installed new Merchant proprietary cut pistons.The BD turbo was not...

Well I had it towed west to Holland today. I will be having Merchant do a rebuild and Balance with rods and his tricks. I may look into a new turbo set up on this engine build. The goal is 650 street-able Hp. I do not want to play with fire and go any bigger as this is my daily driver, and...

:( I am at a rock and a hard place here in the diesel world. I Just took my engine out last WED on my way to Merchants . It really has made me think is it all worth it? I have less than 60,000 miles on ,this truck and have had 2 turbos , heads , injectors 2- stage 4 Suncoast transmissions and...

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Well I got 4 new tires, Hercules Terra trac AT and the tire mechanic said your front end is a mess. He proceeded to show me how bad my idler arm was . I figured as much with the Gm front end and over sized tires and many boosted launches. I got factory Pittman and idler arm with Cog braces from...

Well after running several different tunes in the past 2 years . I decided it was time for a trans refresh . I also wanted to upgrade to a 1057 converter. Merchant did his magic on it with all the bells and whistles and the new 1057. This I can tell you, It ROCKS. The 1057 locks up NOW and the...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the MITUSA and the PPE duals set up I made for my truck . I seen a bracket made by someone on another site. I used his basic idea. Thus referring to the bracket from here on out as the HERTZ bracket. I seen...

Superdiesel (AKA Michael Oaks ) just did 683 hp and 1306 tq at 5000ft , ALL ON #2 ONLY. This was done in Colorado on a Superflow load cell dyno . He has a dually truck with , stock rods ,and stock injectors.. He has a A5000 turbo, a dual cp3 with his Modded SUPERFUELERS and MOONSHINE tuning from...

Well Im here ! I got in yesterday and had my standard amount of settling in drinks. I will be posting on whats going on and whats hot and who did what ! I am in the NASTY GIRL camp and will be helping out with the truck. I have my Comp Diesel Shirt on representing us well. (Ill behave Tim and...

It looks like I may be doing this soon. I have a slight shudder at stopping . It is right at the last 10 feet. It is more pronounced at a steady slow brake pressure from 60 to 0 right at about 7 mph to 0 it shudders and groans a tad. Any suggestions ?? I have heard that NAPA has good pads and...

quite fast for a stock charger and engine. 10.52@129 http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97289

Well after spending SAT and SUN installing the BD turbo I can honestly say , IT WAS A TEST IN PATIENCE. It will test your nerves, the positions you have to get in to reach some bolts are just ........painful. Your forehead becomes a third appendage to balance on . Your arms look like you were...

After having fear with boosted launches and them pathetic factory tie rods that are no bigger than a 1/2 ton truck. I was scared of the tie rods potentially bending or worse, snapping . I decided to do something about it . There are several tie rod sleeve manufactures out there that do make...

After having fear with boosted launches and them pathetic factory tie rods that are no bigger than a 1/2 ton truck. I was scared of the tie rods potentially bending or worse, snapping . I decided to do something about it . There are several tie rod sleeve manufactures out there that...

There are several lift pumps out that have been run and have had good results. I'm running the MITUSA pump now it is a rpm driven pump. here is the link explaining it. http://www.competitiondiesel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1301&highlight=mitusa What lift pump are you running on your truck ?

I installed the MITUSA pump a few days ago . It is a easy straight forward install. There is some lines that are tricky but overall it is not bad. Thanks to Idaho Rob for getting down and helping by phone . I got some real seat time with it as I did a 300 mile trip yesterday. Then I will be...

alot of you know me and have met me ! Im going surfing now :ylsuper: