Trojan366
trucks are slow
Blown turbos and coolers in what time frame?
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The last time we blew a cooler was about 2 years ago and I want to say we lost a turbo about 6 months prior to that.
Blown turbos and coolers in what time frame?
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I'm not completely sold on the idea of going to an aftermarket turbo kit but oldguytuner.com seems to be having good luck with them. He said he had multiple fleets that have converted all of their trucks without issues. I like to keep my work trucks easily serviceable and break my duramax haha
The cost of replacing factory turbos or the precooler every 50-75k is not exactly appealing to me. As far as performance loss I find it hard to believe that a single on a c-13 would be any worse off than all of our single turbo c-12 powered trucks
Edit: We are not doing this for fun. The truck needs attention and this is not the first time it has had issues
I would personally find myself a good running C12 and swap the entire C13 engine out. Sell the C13 as it still runs well. Tune the C12, get rid of the stub shaft Garrett turbo. Come out very well in the deal and never look back.
Did i here something about removing the IVA and swapping parts from a 6NZ? correct me if I am wrong on this? Farmers main concern is oil pressure and has to do with IVA leaking. he said if he is spending the money he wants to go simpler and do single turbo, so he is able to work on it easier if need be and to clean up engine bay since the truck will never be sold. I got invited to talk to a company at the Peoria Farm show in Peoria Illinois about single turbo conversions and having our shop test some of there tunes on repeated customers. I told them I want to optimize stock tuning on the c13 before we make the swap to have numbers to back it up rather than just word of mouth.
If only you could read my text messages.I've done a bunch with IVA's deleted and hp added and they do great. 550hp to the tires and never get your hands dirty. Some up to 800k miles and never been touched. The single turbo conversions are a solution to a problem that practically doesn't exist. Had some guys want them done because they keep breaking bellows. Blaming the twins when all it is they didn't align the turbo housings when they reinstalled them.
I've done a bunch with IVA's deleted and hp added and they do great. 550hp to the tires and never get your hands dirty. Some up to 800k miles and never been touched. The single turbo conversions are a solution to a problem that practically doesn't exist. Had some guys want them done because they keep breaking bellows. Blaming the twins when all it is they didn't align the turbo housings when they reinstalled them.
If only you could read my text messages.
Repeated turbo failures are almost always due to kinked supply lines and openings in the charge air components.
Bellows are almost always damaged. They can be incredibly subtle, to the point you have to stick your hand in and feel the air charge escaping.
Like others have said, the money is better spent on the oil system updates, diverter valve update, and a tune to disable the IVA's.
After that you're just waiting on a rocker to turn sideways at 600k ?
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You don't know nuthin' bout no bellows ?This. When bellows are properly aligned, they can live to overhaul.
Thanks guys! This is why I started the thread. Where could I locate parts for the IVA deletes? is there CAT part # etc. or a thread on CompD doing this? Every farmer in this area has a C13 and they want better mileage. They come to us for Performance and they go to CAT for the rebuilds since cat wont do performance modifications themselves. Anyone on here tune c13 for IVA delete optimal mileage?
Thanks guys! This is why I started the thread. Where could I locate parts for the IVA deletes? is there CAT part # etc. or a thread on CompD doing this? Every farmer in this area has a C13 and they want better mileage. They come to us for Performance and they go to CAT for the rebuilds since cat wont do performance modifications themselves. Anyone on here tune c13 for IVA delete optimal mileage?
I can tell you with confidence that this sort of information isn't TYPICALLY given out. There may be a good soul on here that will but most have to spend hours in the CAT engineering software or sorting through files to find their tuning and tend to guard it a little closer than that.