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I've had a few requests for this, so I'll toss down my experiences with the 03 pre-turbo pyro install. No pics though, as someone's made off with my digital camera (Sorry about this guys, I promise pics as soon as I find out who borrowed it).



Its actually real straight forward, especially if you've done one on an earlier model, but you'll need a smaller drill to get to the back two cylinders spot on the exhaust manifold. I used a small air drill I had here, as my cordless wouldn't fit (theres a canister and air conditioning lines in the way).



The hole fits in the same postion as it does on other installs, which is say 5/8's of an inch to the left of centre-line of the exhaust manifold, and about 1 inch up from the turbo mount flange. I removed the turbo mount nuts from the studs, and the turbo was able to drop down about 1/4", just enough to stuff a rag in there, to prevent any larger pieces from dropping into the exhaust housing.



With outside air temps hovering in the 32F area, I've found cruise EGTs at 600F, WOT EGTs didn't get past 1050. I haven't done any towing, but I'll probably solve that in the next week or so. Cool-down is a little interesting though. The EGTs don't seem to drop below 300F, and actually tend to hover around the 325 mark, even with 3 or 4 minutes of cool-down.
 
Sorry, Greg, should have been more descriptive. The 5/8" from centreline can be from the front or back, as this is the centreline for the chamber as well. The entire collector is 2 1/2" wide.



As soon as someone 'fesses up to borrowing the camera, I'll get some pics :D



Rod
 
What size drill and tap did you use? Were you able to reuse the turbo gasket? How about a boost gauge install, where would you tap into the intake system?
 
The tap was a 1/4" NPT, and the drill bit was 7/16". Keep in mind that each tap manufacturer may recommend a different drill bit size for their tap. Turbo gasket was re-usuable, as the truck doesn't have that many miles on it. To be honest, I've always re-used the gaskets, and never had an issue.



On the boost gauge, I drilled and tapped a 1/8" NPT hole in the backside of the airhorn. A bit of a pain in the neck, in comparison to how we used to be able to do it, but not really a big deal...
 
Originally posted by RSnaith

The tap was a 1/4" NPT, and the drill bit was 7/16". Keep in mind that each tap manufacturer may recommend a different drill bit size for their tap



Rod,

DO these Numbers seem a little off? I think that a1/4' tap would fall through a 7/16' hole?
 
NPT pipe sizes are I. D. of pipe. The holes you drill are aprox. O. D. .

Hopes this helps you understand why the numbers don't sound right.

I would like to see pis of these installs also.
 
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