Ol' Brute

[Goodgollyjosh]

I hear ya. Don't worry too much about it. The things we do to our trucks is not always someone else's cup of tea. I'm sure the purists have had a heart attack once or twice with the posts I make about my truck. Just keep wrenching and do what makes you happy.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

no big updates but I am slowly whittling away at things. Moneys been tight lately. need to fix that somehow.. lol but i have most of my fue,l oil and water plumbing laid out. I still need to drill/tap my oil pan for a return. I picked up a Innovate Scg-1 wideband/boost controller. seems to be a pretty neat unit. still gotta finish up the injector wiring AND get some suspension back under it.. hopefully I'll be firing it up around the new year tho!

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Turbo truck is getting sidelined for a bit. Just picked up this 00' ZR2 manual for a great deal. Gotta put a good rear end under it along with some rust repair and a good cleaning. Its going to be my new cheap daily

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Well, ended up selling the zr2 for a small profit and now I will be getting back to work on my turbo truck! It is now 20 years old and will only require safety inspection so it will be much easier to make legal now. gotta finish up the fuel system, electrical, gotta buy an intercooler/plumbing, pick up a fuel pump and distributor, a few other odds and ends and I hope to hear this thing make turbo noises for the first time!

 

[gmemony2]

So I have been doing some reading about running these trucks with the cat removed with the stock wastegate causing boost creep or overboosting. Are there ways to combat this with the stock wg? or am i just better off spending the money and running a high flow cat? thanks

Did you get this figured out. You would most likely get boost creep with an open exhaust, pretty common from my understanding. A forge wastegate is an option to combat that.

I've heard another way is to modify the downpipe and open up the plug in the turbo exhaust. I have no idea if that is a good idea or not, I've just seeen the (JSM) downpipes before and know it's been done.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Did you get this figured out. You would most likely get boost creep with an open exhaust, pretty common from my understanding. A forge wastegate is an option to combat that.

I've heard another way is to modify the downpipe and open up the plug in the turbo exhaust. I have no idea if that is a good idea or not, I've just seeen the (JSM) downpipes before and know it's been done.

I've honestly not got that far yet. I am going to get it running at 8psi with my boost controller to start with. I am hoping with a decent tune and good fuel pump/injectors I will be able to keep things safe and go from there.