DCinDC
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Read my posts in this thread. http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60282 Go read it, I won't repeat what is in there. And there are detailed pics in that thread.
It cost me under a grand: (off the top of my head from memory, this was years ago)
turbo (used) 50
Crane boost retard 200
oil pump 100
Cartech Rising Rate FMU 300
misc piping, wiring, relays, etc. 100
fuel pump 200 I use a Vortech Trex and a stock lift pump
You're going to need to be friends with someone with an exhaust pipe bender, otherwise the costs will skyrocket.
You need to understand the concepts, and you need to use best practices.
Nothing has broken but I don't bolt slicks on it and drag race it.
It's PLENTY fast. I run 17 PSI which is really huffin for my little turbo. I shift at 5000 or earlier, when I'm getting on it. People who have ridden in it, get out giggling. The trans will take it no problem. Just shift it slow, it's a truck. It can completely spin the clutch if you dump it, but if it's engaged and the boost comes up it holds just fine.
I built it just to have a fun little truck. It is that! It took one whole Saturday at my friend Dave Planakis' shop with both of us working on it. It's all about the exhaust piping to hang the turbo and run the charge air back to the front. If it weren't for him, it never woulda happened.
I like to say it took a grand worth of parts to let the 50 dollar turbo work.
The 2.9 is a GREAT engine to boost. It's plenty strong and it has a wide flat torque curve.
Pics are here: https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showpost.php?p=541809&postcount=12
It cost me under a grand: (off the top of my head from memory, this was years ago)
turbo (used) 50
Crane boost retard 200
oil pump 100
Cartech Rising Rate FMU 300
misc piping, wiring, relays, etc. 100
fuel pump 200 I use a Vortech Trex and a stock lift pump
You're going to need to be friends with someone with an exhaust pipe bender, otherwise the costs will skyrocket.
You need to understand the concepts, and you need to use best practices.
Nothing has broken but I don't bolt slicks on it and drag race it.
It's PLENTY fast. I run 17 PSI which is really huffin for my little turbo. I shift at 5000 or earlier, when I'm getting on it. People who have ridden in it, get out giggling. The trans will take it no problem. Just shift it slow, it's a truck. It can completely spin the clutch if you dump it, but if it's engaged and the boost comes up it holds just fine.
I built it just to have a fun little truck. It is that! It took one whole Saturday at my friend Dave Planakis' shop with both of us working on it. It's all about the exhaust piping to hang the turbo and run the charge air back to the front. If it weren't for him, it never woulda happened.
I like to say it took a grand worth of parts to let the 50 dollar turbo work.
The 2.9 is a GREAT engine to boost. It's plenty strong and it has a wide flat torque curve.
Pics are here: https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showpost.php?p=541809&postcount=12
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