OT-OF-Here
Owner of the Black Beach
- Joined
- May 18, 2007
- Messages
- 950
Well the Black Beach is officially back! It's been a long struggle and right at two years,... but she's stronger than ever.
A special thanks to Benn Duvall and Dane Pirgillis (probably spelled wrong), but a very nice local Wentzville, MO puller. Also tks to Wayne Zimmerman for the latest upgrades.
Wayne built and fabbed the new twins. Wayne's shop is just north and east of Kirksville, MO.
The cam I went with is Bill Fletcher's Diesel Pros. I didn't go with the most ratical unit as it required fly cutting the pistons and I didn't want to go back into the engine again as Benn Duvall did a great job on it and I didn't want to push my luck. Once the turbos light that cam gives it a real kick in the arse and the new turbos are all that I hoped they would be.
My twins consist of a 63/68/12. Wayne worked over the exh housing and it is now more like a 13 housing. It's sitting over an s480 with race housing. The turbos are Bullseye's. I really like the setup and especially how Wayne tunes the setup balancing the boost and drive pressure under all conditions. That's something I feel was missing in my prior setups.
I have Wicked's bypass on the truck and Wayne had to replumb a couple little things to make it all work and fit nicely but that is his main deal,... fabbing!
I also spent a long time on the phone with Bill Fletcher. Geeez,... had my head spinning like crazy. He wanted to know everything about the truck and it's mods and then made his recommendation and it works as advertised,... outstanding! I'm using ZDDP with the cam and have used that stuff since Benn finished the motor almost two years ago.
Wayne and I test drove the truck on only SW5 and it was all over the place with planted power that was unbelievable,... just like I was flooring it while riding on ball bearings. It never ran like that before EVER! Wayne didn't want to push it past the SW5 based on my prior experience with people test driving my truck,... I appreciated that.
I had planned on the same small turbo but thought I would go with the S475 but Wayne convinced me the S480 was the way to go in this setup. I also switched from a 3rd gen exh manifold for this setup as I'm convinced that the 2nd gen manifold allows better breathing/flow and eliminates the hot spot. No doubt the coolant bypass will further help that situation. Back when Benn built the engine I had the foresight to have the soft plugs removed from the head and have them taped and machined for threaded fittings. NO more of those blowing out and lunching an entire engine & turbos.
It really feels good to be sitting back on top of a rocket!:cheer:
A special thanks to Benn Duvall and Dane Pirgillis (probably spelled wrong), but a very nice local Wentzville, MO puller. Also tks to Wayne Zimmerman for the latest upgrades.
Wayne built and fabbed the new twins. Wayne's shop is just north and east of Kirksville, MO.
The cam I went with is Bill Fletcher's Diesel Pros. I didn't go with the most ratical unit as it required fly cutting the pistons and I didn't want to go back into the engine again as Benn Duvall did a great job on it and I didn't want to push my luck. Once the turbos light that cam gives it a real kick in the arse and the new turbos are all that I hoped they would be.
My twins consist of a 63/68/12. Wayne worked over the exh housing and it is now more like a 13 housing. It's sitting over an s480 with race housing. The turbos are Bullseye's. I really like the setup and especially how Wayne tunes the setup balancing the boost and drive pressure under all conditions. That's something I feel was missing in my prior setups.
I have Wicked's bypass on the truck and Wayne had to replumb a couple little things to make it all work and fit nicely but that is his main deal,... fabbing!
I also spent a long time on the phone with Bill Fletcher. Geeez,... had my head spinning like crazy. He wanted to know everything about the truck and it's mods and then made his recommendation and it works as advertised,... outstanding! I'm using ZDDP with the cam and have used that stuff since Benn finished the motor almost two years ago.
Wayne and I test drove the truck on only SW5 and it was all over the place with planted power that was unbelievable,... just like I was flooring it while riding on ball bearings. It never ran like that before EVER! Wayne didn't want to push it past the SW5 based on my prior experience with people test driving my truck,... I appreciated that.
I had planned on the same small turbo but thought I would go with the S475 but Wayne convinced me the S480 was the way to go in this setup. I also switched from a 3rd gen exh manifold for this setup as I'm convinced that the 2nd gen manifold allows better breathing/flow and eliminates the hot spot. No doubt the coolant bypass will further help that situation. Back when Benn built the engine I had the foresight to have the soft plugs removed from the head and have them taped and machined for threaded fittings. NO more of those blowing out and lunching an entire engine & turbos.
It really feels good to be sitting back on top of a rocket!:cheer:
