818 now with turbo and pics.

[Floridianson]

Good thread and good job on the conversion.. I like I like

My .o2 on the melt downs is heavy foot and need true temp comming right out of the head. You could have two pryros and watch both if you like. Heck have one for each cyl. and if you could balance each one then every piston is pulling it's own weight and no more.

 

[jimk]

This image in post #100 shows rubber hoses awfully close to the turbine housing. The iron housing will start to glow red at about 975*F(in daylight). Radiant energy can jump an air gap faster and more efficiently than convection currents.

EGT can reach 1200*F and cause turbine housings to glow during hard pulls. This is hard to see because the high housing temp drops faster than you can stop and open the hood.

 

[Rene M]

That's why the n14 where you got your turbo from has a 90' elbow tube clamped on. One on an n14 will **** near glow. I also like that you used a N14 exhaust manifold as well you can pick them up cheep $ 250 new. the turbo can be had for $450 new but it will not have the clamp or 90' elbow.

I was looking at doing one but with an intercooler on it. i also want to adapt a better air heater unit to the intake than a spark plug..lol


What fuel pump were you using? did you go and have a ntc 350-400 pump re calibrated with a boost control in it or just push the fuel up on the nhc pump?

 

[Rene M]

Rats there goes my heater box.......Id rather have the turbo..

 

[OPCOM]

Good thread and good job on the conversion.. I like I like

My .o2 on the melt downs is heavy foot and need true temp comming right out of the head. You could have two pryros and watch both if you like. Heck have one for each cyl. and if you could balance each one then every piston is pulling it's own weight and no more.

6 pyros. I have always wanted my vehicles to have instrument panels that look like they belong in aircraft.

 

[Rene M]

Any one done this turbo set up and kept the heater box?

 

[bambambam22]

I am in the process of doing it and I am just going to move my heater to the other side. I have not done it yet but I have seen M813 with the heater on both sides and I can not see any reason that I can not just move it to the other side. I am sure I will have to patch and cover some holes and make new ones but at this point I see no reason it will not work. If I am wrong and anyone KNOWS I am wrong and not just guessing please let me know. In fact I am going to remove the coolant type heater and install an Arctic heater unit. I have made my cab a 4 door with 10'6" inside of the cab and want the additional heater capacity.

 

[mikeroot2]

Eastern Surplus is now offering turbo conversions for your 800 series and 900 series A1 cummins powered trucks

Give a call for a quote

Dave
www.easternsurplus.net

Has anyone checked on the price of this kit? Your guys' handy work has me wanting to turbo the 818 I don't even have home yet.

 

[mikeroot2]

FYI. Eastern wants $5000 for this "bolt on" kit. $3200 without intake/exhaust tubing.

 

[Rene M]

FYI. Eastern wants $5000 for this "bolt on" kit. $3200 without intake/exhaust tubing.

ouch.. a bit steep for those welds.

 

[rwbrown72]

FYI. Eastern wants $5000 for this "bolt on" kit. $3200 without intake/exhaust tubing.

You can ask whatever you want. I have an 818 I'll sell for $46,999. It is really nice and even has a 5th wheel. You could buy mine and add the turbo and have a loud slow truck for $51,000. What a deal!

 

[jollyroger]

So since this older post got brought back up.......Are there any updates to the longevity of the motor and or if you need to run the IP off of the turbo motor and such?

I ask because I have an 818 and an 817 I would like to turbo and put on bigger tires for more road speed. 65 MPH would be real nice for the tractor so I can actually go more than 110 miles before I have to pee. I'm just sayin'.

 

[Derrickl112]

So since this older post got brought back up.......Are there any updates to the longevity of the motor and or if you need to run the IP off of the turbo motor and such?

im wondering the same thing...

 

[jwaller]

I've put over 10k miles on my truck now with no ill effects. It just gets better with age. Still haven't touched the IP settings that it came with right out of DRMO and it still runs cooler now than it did without the turbo.

 

[velociT]

12 pages, 3 modded trucks, 0 youtube videos.


For shame...

 

[jollyroger]

RIGHT ON! Thanks Jwaller for the 411.

 

[bambambam22]

Jwaller,

I may have been mistaken but I was under the assumption that the crossover pipe I was getting from you with the turbo kit would look something like one of these on pages 8 or 9 or 10. I am sending you this so it will link you to the thread where I first contacted you and this is where the information I made the decision to buy the kit from you with this information. I will contact you privately and discuss the rest. I do not feel that it would be fair to do that in a public forum.
Rick

 

[jollyroger]

So do you have pics and a price for the final kit? I can't remember if you already put that in the post. So if so my bad. If not I'm interested.

 

[Ord22]

keep it up jwaller.

 

[jwaller]

a few pics for you guys. this is my crossover pipe. it uses the original cummins pipe coming out the the turbo and across the valve covers. I then attach the same 2.5inch pipe and continue it over to the intake manifold. it may look weird but this is the part that cummins used.

it has to be tight to the valve cover to clear the hood.