Installed My rebuilt and lightly modified Holset turbo. WOW!

[bigceltic]

I have BBi stage 1s and when not towing, S06 SW3 (when towing I use UDC) Lowering PoD to 90 was the way to go. Perfect now.

 

[CToney]

I had talked to John about modding my turbo as well but went a slightly different route but it didn't work. I have access to a couple 351VE wheels that I might try out. My turbine housings were machined for a 70/60 wheel that doesn't work that well. I'm hoping that this works. I need better fuel economy and a bit more power never hurts.

 

[DValentine]

Any new thoughts on the turbo upgrade? I'm leaning toward this mod.

 

[Motorhead]

Funny that you should ask this today... I just got back from a 110 mile round trip towing my car trailer with our, NOW Volkswagen's, 2012 Jetta TDI Sportwagen. I turned the car back to the manufacturer. Combined weight trailer and car is 5000 pounds, not much for the Dodge but the truck runs like there isn't much in tow. Mine being the 6 speed stick, it is a pleasure to get on the freeway and at the bottom of the ramp be doing 55-60 mph. The low end boost is right now! This to me is one of the best single turbo mods that could be done with our trucks. AH64ID (John) said that this is how the turbo should have been set up from the manufacturer for our 5.9 trucks from NEW. Driving today, I was thinking of emailing Tom at Turbo Resource and letting him know how well this is working out. He could literally sell a MILLION of these! I HIGHLY recommend this modification ALONG with the 2 piece, PDI exhaust manifold. I port matched the turbo exhaust flange ports to the exhaust manifold. You don't have to remove much but I got rid of any ledges that would cause swirl or impede the exhaust flow to the turbine wheel.

 

[dieseldanhowes]

I have one on order from Turbo Re-Source now, hope to have it in a few days! After a brief discussion with Tom, I opted for his "Stage 2" modified HE351CW since I have the BBI Stage 1 injectors. Tom's specs for this turbo are:
67x76mm Turbine wheel, 60x86x90mm billet compressor wheel. Tom estimated it should flow 10% over stock, 64lbs/min and 928CFM. So, I am hoping this turbo along with a SteedSpeed 3rd gen exh. manifold will get my EGT's in check when towing in higher elevations. No sense bolting on a better turbo with a choked up stock manifold, right??
In case my signature line does not show up, it's an 05, 48RE, 3:73's, 4wd, BBI Stage 1, headstuds, Pacbrake PRXB direct mount, Smarty S-06 with UDC Coffman Tuning (thanks John!) GDP2 kit, 285/75R17 Nitto Terra Grappler G2's

 

[Motorhead]

I have one on order from Turbo Re-Source now, hope to have it in a few days! After a brief discussion with Tom, I opted for his "Stage 2" modified HE351CW since I have the BBI Stage 1 injectors. Tom's specs for this turbo are:
67x76mm Turbine wheel, 60x86x90mm billet compressor wheel. Tom estimated it should flow 10% over stock, 64lbs/min and 928CFM. So, I am hoping this turbo along with a SteedSpeed 3rd gen exh. manifold will get my EGT's in check when towing in higher elevations. No sense bolting on a better turbo with a choked up stock manifold, right??
In case my signature line does not show up, it's an 05, 48RE, 3:73's, 4wd, BBI Stage 1, headstuds, Pacbrake PRXB direct mount, Smarty S-06 with UDC Coffman Tuning (thanks John!) GDP2 kit, 285/75R17 Nitto Terra Grappler G2's

Keep us posted here on how it works out. My truck is stock except for a Smarty Jr on 70 hp setting and of course the turbo and exhaust manifold. I am very happy with this. I can't really beef my G-56 up like you Slush Box Guys can. Like I posted in another posting, I would seriously entertain installing an AISIN 6 speed auto if someone came up with a trans controller that would work with the AISIN Auto and My ECM.

 

[AH64ID]

I have one on order from Turbo Re-Source now, hope to have it in a few days! After a brief discussion with Tom, I opted for his "Stage 2" modified HE351CW since I have the BBI Stage 1 injectors. Tom's specs for this turbo are:
67x76mm Turbine wheel, 60x86x90mm billet compressor wheel. Tom estimated it should flow 10% over stock, 64lbs/min and 928CFM. So, I am hoping this turbo along with a SteedSpeed 3rd gen exh. manifold will get my EGT's in check when towing in higher elevations. No sense bolting on a better turbo with a choked up stock manifold, right??
In case my signature line does not show up, it's an 05, 48RE, 3:73's, 4wd, BBI Stage 1, headstuds, Pacbrake PRXB direct mount, Smarty S-06 with UDC Coffman Tuning (thanks John!) GDP2 kit, 285/75R17 Nitto Terra Grappler G2's

That should tow well!!

How are the tunes working out?

 

[dieseldanhowes]

The tunes are great!! your tow tune is a big improvement over the box tunes when I got the trailer behind me!! and has yielded decent MPG when I am not on it. Once I start moving a little more air with this modified HE351, I feel I will be right where I want to be. Once I get the new turbo and exhaust manifold in and down the road, I will post some results for everyone to see.*

 

[AH64ID]

The tunes are great!! your tow tune is a big improvement over the box tunes when I got the trailer behind me!! and has yielded decent MPG when I am not on it. Once I start moving a little more air with this modified HE351, I feel I will be right where I want to be. Once I get the new turbo and exhaust manifold in and down the road, I will post some results for everyone to see.*

Great!!

Let me know if they need tweaked at all after the new turbo is installed.

 

[Northfork]

This mod is on my list of things to do this year. We will be towing over Donner for the first time in a month or so and I will get some baseline numbers then hopefully early in the fall put in the order for this turbo on an exchange deal. Seems like the perfect set up for towing, and that is what I do with mine, or will shortly.

 

[promisedland]

I have one on order from Turbo Re-Source now, hope to have it in a few days! After a brief discussion with Tom, I opted for his "Stage 2" modified HE351CW since I have the BBI Stage 1 injectors. Tom's specs for this turbo are:
67x76mm Turbine wheel, 60x86x90mm billet compressor wheel. Tom estimated it should flow 10% over stock, 64lbs/min and 928CFM. So, I am hoping this turbo along with a SteedSpeed 3rd gen exh. manifold will get my EGT's in check when towing in higher elevations. No sense bolting on a better turbo with a choked up stock manifold, right??
In case my signature line does not show up, it's an 05, 48RE, 3:73's, 4wd, BBI Stage 1, headstuds, Pacbrake PRXB direct mount, Smarty S-06 with UDC Coffman Tuning (thanks John!) GDP2 kit, 285/75R17 Nitto Terra Grappler G2's

Oh wow! I didn't realize Tom makes that size 351 turbo. My Tater Built 351 has a 64-76 turbine & 62-89/92 comp wheel. Mine performs well. I also have UdcPro tunes from John. Really brings out the wow factor.

 

[rckymtn]

I just found out the hard way with allot of white smoke that my turbo is shot. I am running a Smarty Jr on setting 1, truck is bone stock except a cold air intake with a big silicone hose from the airbox and a FASS lift pump and a 48RE from ATS. I called Turbo re-source and they recommended not just the 6.7 mod but also an aluminum wheel similar to the wicked wheel but not as extreme. Is this what you guys had installed? Also when you port matched the PDI exhaust manifold did you do that work or send it to Turbo re-source? If you did do the port matching, what was the procedure? Thanks

 

[Motorhead]

I just found out the hard way with allot of white smoke that my turbo is shot. I am running a Smarty Jr on setting 1, truck is bone stock except a cold air intake with a big silicone hose from the airbox and a FASS lift pump and a 48RE from ATS. I called Turbo re-source and they recommended not just the 6.7 mod but also an aluminum wheel similar to the wicked wheel but not as extreme. Is this what you guys had installed? Also when you port matched the PDI exhaust manifold did you do that work or send it to Turbo re-source? If you did do the port matching, what was the procedure? Thanks

Do you know for sure that the white smoke is from oil from the turbo, a stuck injector or a leaking head gasket? I kept the stock compressor wheel and the 6.7 turbine wheel with the turbine housing modified by Turbo Resource to fit the 6.7 turbine wheel. I port matched the turbine housing myself. I took some poster board and made a template of the EXHAUST manifold flange and ports. I also marked the 4 bolt holes and cut them out. I cut out the port holes the size of the ports on the exhaust manifold. Be sure to mark the template so you keep the markings where they belong. I placed the template onto the turbo exhaust scroll flange aligned the bolt holes and drew where I needed to relieve on the exhaust housing. I made sure the housing walls were thick enough. I stuffed a soft cloth down into the housing to prevent chips from getting into the turbine wheel. I used a Dremel tool to grind out the step. I tapered it quickly without going down into the housing very far.

 

[bigceltic]

I kept the stock compressor wheel and the 6.7 turbine wheel with the turbine housing modified by Turbo Resource to fit the 6.7 turbine wheel.

I did the same mod (kept the stock compressor wheel vs getting the billet one) but did not do anything to the manifold as I had a less than year old Steed Speed in there already.

 

[rckymtn]

I stopped at a small truck shop near my house and I power braked it a little and the turbo began to howl and screech (bearings shot) and then the white smoke bellowed out the tail pipe, the shop owner said he was 100% sure that it was burning oil not fuel from an injector after taking a good whiff of the smoke. I put the FASS on the truck as soon as I started seeing a little puff of white smoke when I started it in the mornings and wow what a difference the FASS makes, I know eventually I will need to do the injectors but for now they seem OK with the FASS. My truck is an '05 with around 125K miles on it, so its just a matter of time before I will need to do the injectors, I am saving up for the BBi's. It looks like they have a new set which are called stage 1/2 instead of the stage 1. Anyway I tow horses and drive the truck on weekends and don't really hot rod the truck at all. I was still unsure about doing the billet compressor wheel, he told me its very mild compared to a wicked wheel but was recommending it since I have a FASS and the Smarty Jr. His reasoning was that with those two things and stock injectors plus the cold air that the Turbo would work really well with the billet, btw its about another $100 putting the cost of the turbo right at $1038. Another question, how much difference does the after market manifold make, I was looking at the stock one on the truck and I don't see much difference?

 

[Motorhead]

The stock manifold has obviously less flow than an aftermarket one. I can't remember but there was something about the rear three cylinders and how they flowed out of the manifold on the stock one. You can certainly use the stock manifold with the modified turbo.

 

[promisedland]

I have stage. 05 BBI's & they work great with stock AND custom tuning.
I use Smarty's UdcPro. I wanted to stay close to stock in size.

 

[Bob4x4]

Look at the stock manifold and compare it to any aftermarket.there is a small opening about the size of a silver dollar in the oem.All the aftermarket have all cylinders with a more normal size.If you have the tools,time and skill set all the manifolds can be ported to improve flow,

 

[Tinman]

How does this modded stocker compare with the fleece cheetah and the new BD modded stocker?

 

[CToney]

I would get the billet compressor wheel. *Not much more $. It will be lighter to spool up a tad quicker. *It should grab a bit more air too. *I have billet wheels with my modded turbos. *I should get both my trucks tuned by John. *The exchange rate went south on me before I pulled the trigger. *

I need to sell a few more Ekotunes. *If any of you guys run construction or Ag equipment check out Ekotuning.com. *Same quality of tuning that John does but for construction and Ag.