cameron_miller9
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Hey fellas, new to the forum. Wanted to get some suggestions on putting this truck back together. The short of it is, I think i dropped a ring/melted a piston. Noticed it was running like crap on a short run to my buddies house right down the street, it sounded like it was getting worse, a chattering noise and the turbo was making uhhh, non turbo sounding noises. I watched the oil pressure fall off to zero and white smoke pouring out of the tail pipe, obviously pulled over immediately and found smokey nastyness coming out of the crankcase vent and a badass knock in the motor. this all happened pretty quick, within about a quarter to half a mile. I got it back in the shop right now and after talking with my friend the shop owner we've decided to go back together with coated parts for extra heat deflection, an o-ring job on the heads, resurfacing, and some good head studs. All the normal balancing. new bearings etc. but when i get to the fueling aspect Im kind of stuck, dont know what to do about injectors/turbo/pump combo. I was looking into the bag o parts kit, 60 hp inj and a phatshaft from industrial injection but i've gotten some negative feedback on that. I'm already dropping a pretty sweet nickel on just the bottom end and headwork so i dont have another 10 grand laying around to do anything ridiculous.
Question being how much will the stock pump hold up to, should i bust out the dough and get a good aftermarket pump or does someone make a reliable rebuild kit for the stock pump with better flow. I was thinking maybe the Arson 3 kit possibly, its seems like a cheap alternative to buying a new bigger cp3.
What size/brand injectors are best and why. Would it be cheaper and better to rebuild stock injectors with bigger nozzles? I found some from Diesel power parts that are new and the body is stainless steel, apparently bosch started making these in 2009? i dont know much about them but they are new and custom honed to 90hp injectors. I'm completely open to some suggestions though.
What size/brand turbo ^ ''. I talked to wayne zimmerman at midwest truck products and talked to him about his 63 mm turbo, sounds like it fits my application fairly well and leaves me with a good starting turbo for a twin setup later. also at 1400 bucks i think its a good deal. does anyone have any experience working with him or his products? He seemed pretty knowledable and was very helpful!
I really dont need to make ridiculous number right away, i'll have a pretty stout base for making more power later but i hate to spend as much as i am and go back making the stock numbers. I dont think that 500-550 hp would be out of the question? The transmission is stock at the moment which is a bummer, i know it wont hold up to the numbers i just mentioned but my plan is while breaking in new motor to get the valve body taken care of first, maybe it will hold out long enough for me to replenish the supremely reduced bank account. I think an Airdog is dues as well, along with gauges... :nail:
A little more about the truck. It is a 07 5.9, currently at 130k miles, i've owned it for about 12k of those... 4x4, auto.
current mods are 4 in turbo back and a smarty (ran on level 3 always) and a drop in K&n filter. I'm sure im leaving out some info but any help is appreciated.
Question being how much will the stock pump hold up to, should i bust out the dough and get a good aftermarket pump or does someone make a reliable rebuild kit for the stock pump with better flow. I was thinking maybe the Arson 3 kit possibly, its seems like a cheap alternative to buying a new bigger cp3.
What size/brand injectors are best and why. Would it be cheaper and better to rebuild stock injectors with bigger nozzles? I found some from Diesel power parts that are new and the body is stainless steel, apparently bosch started making these in 2009? i dont know much about them but they are new and custom honed to 90hp injectors. I'm completely open to some suggestions though.
What size/brand turbo ^ ''. I talked to wayne zimmerman at midwest truck products and talked to him about his 63 mm turbo, sounds like it fits my application fairly well and leaves me with a good starting turbo for a twin setup later. also at 1400 bucks i think its a good deal. does anyone have any experience working with him or his products? He seemed pretty knowledable and was very helpful!
I really dont need to make ridiculous number right away, i'll have a pretty stout base for making more power later but i hate to spend as much as i am and go back making the stock numbers. I dont think that 500-550 hp would be out of the question? The transmission is stock at the moment which is a bummer, i know it wont hold up to the numbers i just mentioned but my plan is while breaking in new motor to get the valve body taken care of first, maybe it will hold out long enough for me to replenish the supremely reduced bank account. I think an Airdog is dues as well, along with gauges... :nail:
A little more about the truck. It is a 07 5.9, currently at 130k miles, i've owned it for about 12k of those... 4x4, auto.
current mods are 4 in turbo back and a smarty (ran on level 3 always) and a drop in K&n filter. I'm sure im leaving out some info but any help is appreciated.