TYTILIDIE
METH HEAD
Hey guys. I may have found out something useful to everyone. On my wife's Ty, I have a stock speck motor, stock TB, 60# injectors and a 20g turbo. When I rebuilt the motor back in April, I installed the boost control solenoid on the the AC bracket by the radiator hose. So I ran the lines to the turbo like normal. Well recently. I disassembled our perfectly good turbo to replace the bushings and ended up screwing up the turbo. I bought one from a member here (20g) and got it in the mail. Despite the bent fins on the compressor wheel from shipping(I bent them back) the turbo was gorgeous.
I installed the turbo yesterday and went for a ride. It did NOT pull anything like what it did before. In fact, it felt like a glorified stock turbo. So I start digging in to the turbo and found the wheel has some decent side to side play. I went for a ride with the filter off and could hear a strange swish (but high pitch) when letting out of boost. Sounds fine when spooling, this is only when I let off the gas. At first I thought maybe this turbo is junk. Now I'm not so sure.
I figured, even if the turbo was going bad, it should realistically still pull. I checked the inside of the compressor housing and its hard to tell but as far I can see its not scraping. So I think, what did we do different on the re-install? Then it hit me, I decided to move the boost control solenoid back to the turbo. I thought, that couldn't be why I feel a lack of power could it? So an hour ago or so, I moved it back with longer lines for shits and giggles.
To my surprise, the truck felt exactly like it did before. So I put it back to the turbo, felt slower and then back again to the AC bracket and power feels better. I am not sure why this could be it is pretty weird. I thought back to Abe's Ty that had very fast spool up and I never could get why. I remembered that he had his bolted to the intake where the throttle cable stuff is. So I encourage some guys to try this and see if you notice anything. I notice a HUGE difference. Again I cant even begin to explain why this would be, all I know is that it seems to work and work well. Maybe its just my truck maybe not. Try it and find out. Let me know if it works or not for you.
Here are some pics of my install
I installed the turbo yesterday and went for a ride. It did NOT pull anything like what it did before. In fact, it felt like a glorified stock turbo. So I start digging in to the turbo and found the wheel has some decent side to side play. I went for a ride with the filter off and could hear a strange swish (but high pitch) when letting out of boost. Sounds fine when spooling, this is only when I let off the gas. At first I thought maybe this turbo is junk. Now I'm not so sure.
I figured, even if the turbo was going bad, it should realistically still pull. I checked the inside of the compressor housing and its hard to tell but as far I can see its not scraping. So I think, what did we do different on the re-install? Then it hit me, I decided to move the boost control solenoid back to the turbo. I thought, that couldn't be why I feel a lack of power could it? So an hour ago or so, I moved it back with longer lines for shits and giggles.
To my surprise, the truck felt exactly like it did before. So I put it back to the turbo, felt slower and then back again to the AC bracket and power feels better. I am not sure why this could be it is pretty weird. I thought back to Abe's Ty that had very fast spool up and I never could get why. I remembered that he had his bolted to the intake where the throttle cable stuff is. So I encourage some guys to try this and see if you notice anything. I notice a HUGE difference. Again I cant even begin to explain why this would be, all I know is that it seems to work and work well. Maybe its just my truck maybe not. Try it and find out. Let me know if it works or not for you.
Here are some pics of my install
