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Here is where I currently am. After mounting the turbo and then doing more measuring, I decided I need to bring the pipes (mainly the passenger side) closer to the heads to make sure it clears. I thought I would have plenty of room, but that's when I was thinking the pipes would run lower...

Tonight I got both intakes set on and held in place with a couple studs to see where exactly the turbo can actually sit. I cut down the 2 1/4" to 3" y pipe to get things close. To keep from making too many unnecessary bends, I decided I could clock the exhaust housing at roughly a 45* angle and...

It's called True Blue. I wanted a blue bc I like blue. But I'm undecided on this blue bc it looks a lot like Ford Blue. I had a truck that I painted gun metal gray and banzai blue and I really liked that blue. But I saw this one in a spray can at the parts store so I figured I would give it a...

I had a little time last night to do some more cutting and fitting. I got the passenger side manifold cut down and the elbow cut and fitted. And then tacked it all into place. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As of right now, I really have no need to go to vgt. My turbo works great with my pump and I have no real issues. The only thing I can say is that when I am occasionally hauling on the highway, 70 mph with a heavy load and running 2500+ rpms does seem to be pushing the turbo to higher boosts...

To be honest, no, I never really gave a thought to anything but round pipe. Would help with clearances, but I think with the body lift that I should have plenty of room for everything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will be insulating all of the piping and using a turbo blanket. Going to try to keep all the heat I can in the exhaust. Like Leroy said, we talked about that as an option. He had mentioned using the stock location to me but I was concerned about having enough slope all the way back to the...

With the body lift I could already fit a 4" downpipe. I didn't think about rerouting the heater hoses though for easier and better exhaust routing. That just might be something I may do. I'll know more once I get the passenger side piping ran and start figuring out for sure where the flange...

The turbo could go further back on mine. With the body lift there is more room back there. It still wouldn't fit completely behind the intake, so it would still have to sit fairly high. The reason I moved it up farther is bc of the downpipe. My heater hoses are in the way if I get to close to...

Ah, I see you questioned that a few posts ago now. Helps if I read everything before I open my mouth...errrrr type with my fingers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trucks have virtually no room behind the heads for the exhaust plumbing without a body lift. I think there is like an 1 1/2" worth of room back there if you're lucky. The pipes would have to go over the valve covers. Maybe Leroy will do that next [emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here's what I got done tonight though. I did a few of the angled all thread pieces. Will is a genius. It is so simple and easy but something I would have never thought of. It seems, as of right now, that this will be the route I'll be going to mount the intakes. I also added an elbow to the...

It will most likely have to be sideways after looking at the truck. The downpipe, even with the 3" body lift I have, will not fit behind the engine with the plumbing from the heads already running back there too. Mounting it sideways would allow me to run the turbo exhaust straight over to the...

I wanted the van intake so there was the open space in the middle for the turbo to sit and for all of the exhaust plumbing. Using the van intake backwards gives me the open space down the entire valley of the engine (minus injection pump room) and allows me to run the air charge plumbing from...

How's that look??? I got one 36" piece of all thread while I was out getting some parts for my rake. I'll try to do some cutting, heating and bending tonight to see how it turns out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, I've done that several times with small blocks. Didn't take much to elongate those holes. No elongating these holes though. The angles are so far off you would be drilling through the center of the intake. Might have some issues with intake leaks then [emoji51] Sent from my iPhone using...

That might be a good solution. My thought was to mark and then cut and machine the bottom of the intake so that it sits at the same angle as the head. You would end up taking over 1 1/4" off of the inside edge of the head. Would work if you didn't need the gaps under the intake to run the...

Truck heads, van intake. Now tell! Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So this happened.... I got this intake manifold off of a van. I knew the heads were different, but didn't realize it was THAT different. I'm wondering how bad it would be, or if it's possible, to machine it down to fit correctly. My idea was to use these backwards so the inlet was at the...

Centermount turbo setup on a k3500 https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ethetruckstop%2Eus%2Fforum%2Findex%2Ephp%3Fthreads%2FCentermount-turbo-setup-on-a-k3500%2E45447%2F&share_tid=45447&share_fid=6044&share_type=t Here's a link to what I'm working on right now while I'm...