My first turbo....

[Maaso]

This is my first turbo vehicle...I was just wondering if theres anything I should do special to them, other than change my oil almost monthly and keep the engine cool.

Anything else I should know....

This is also my DD, so I need it to last a long time

 

[wildphil]

Re: My first turbo....

If you keep up on the maintanance and dont beat on it then it should last a long time.

This is my first turbo vehicle...I was just wondering if theres anything I should do special to them, other than change my oil almost monthly and keep the engine cool.

Anything else I should know....

This is also my DD, so I need it to last a long time

 

[gjp]

Re: My first turbo....

If you drive it hard, its always a good idea to let it idle for a min. or two before you shut the engine off. It helps to cool the turbo.

 

[Maaso]

Re: My first turbo....

I notice it idles kind of rough too.....it will jump from 700-900 RPM, but it revs so smoothly...is that normal with a turbo?

 

[Tooky]

Re: My first turbo....

Could need the standard SyTy tuneup. Read up on the ignition parts replacements.

The best advice is don't run it lean, don't run more boost than the octane of your fuel can support, and always monitor detonation (knock retard) on a datalogger when you're pushing the motor hard.

 

[phoonTy]

Re: My first turbo....

I notice it idles kind of rough too.....it will jump from 700-900 RPM, but it revs so smoothly...is that normal with a turbo?

It's pretty standard for SyTy's in general. Of course, there's things you can do to smooth it out, but as far as most people know, from PAS they always seemed to idle a bit rough. :tup:

Oh, and got pics?

 

[Maaso]

Re: My first turbo....

Oh, and got pics?

I dont own a digital camera, I can take some pics with my phone though....will that work? They will be shitty phone quality though

 

[gjp]

Re: My first turbo....

anything will work. We love pics.
Rough idle is normal. I got mine from 700-750. I heard a MSD distributor helps. Just do the basic tune up and see if it gets better.

 

[abqsy2194]

Re: My first turbo....

yea my idle is rough jumos between 750-900...and like everyone said sit in idle for a few miutes after driving so the turbo can cool properly until u get a turbo timer,,be careful boost launching until u get an upgraded propshaft.....they dont like it very much....other than that be nice to it and it should last a while

 

[Flyin Ryan]

Re: My first turbo....

Make sure you premium fuel also.. these trucks aren't like some n/a vehicle where they'll knock or ping to let you know you a higher grade of fuel.. instead these motors will burn a piston so I always run the highest octane I can get and if you do raise the boost do the "safe mods" first.