That is some great work.
Project: 300 (diesel hp...) nearly done!
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It's been awfully quiet around here on the modded Navara front....
My long postponed upgrade of a diesel d40 is nearly finished as of today, in fact, the truck started up nicely yesterday....
Now it's on to roadtuning and a dynorun in a week or so, and I'm bringing along a bonestock diesel d40 for a quasi baseline.
Here are some pics (crappy, sorry!) of the build.
My truck:
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Main fuelling mods:
-DTE injector plug-in, 28 maps for upping dutycycles;
-Monster Industries/DMS FPC (fuel pressure controller);
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-Throttle controller;
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And now for the hardware upgrade:
-Tial/Garrett GT2860RS;
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-equal length stainless custom tubular manifold;
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-Tial MVS watercooled external wastegate with atmospheric dump;
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-Bar/plate intercooler upgrade, 21x10x3" core, and alu boost pipes (in hindsight a 20x12x3"core, 27" end to end would have been even easier);
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-Turbosmart diesel BOV and controller;
-Carter 100gph liftpump;
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-Larger Blitz intake to replace K&N Apollo II while retaining my cold air intake setup:
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Overall hardware setup has been repositioned for optimised efficiency: IC piping is now short and straight, turbo sits higher and more to the front:
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In a week or so I'll post some dyno results (as well as a cleaned enginebay..) The goal: at least 250hp atw.....or a nice even 300 flywheel hp or thereabouts...
My long postponed upgrade of a diesel d40 is nearly finished as of today, in fact, the truck started up nicely yesterday....
Now it's on to roadtuning and a dynorun in a week or so, and I'm bringing along a bonestock diesel d40 for a quasi baseline.
Here are some pics (crappy, sorry!) of the build.
My truck:
Main fuelling mods:
-DTE injector plug-in, 28 maps for upping dutycycles;
-Monster Industries/DMS FPC (fuel pressure controller);
-Throttle controller;
And now for the hardware upgrade:
-Tial/Garrett GT2860RS;
-equal length stainless custom tubular manifold;
-Tial MVS watercooled external wastegate with atmospheric dump;
-Bar/plate intercooler upgrade, 21x10x3" core, and alu boost pipes (in hindsight a 20x12x3"core, 27" end to end would have been even easier);
-Turbosmart diesel BOV and controller;
-Carter 100gph liftpump;
-Larger Blitz intake to replace K&N Apollo II while retaining my cold air intake setup:
Overall hardware setup has been repositioned for optimised efficiency: IC piping is now short and straight, turbo sits higher and more to the front:
In a week or so I'll post some dyno results (as well as a cleaned enginebay..) The goal: at least 250hp atw.....or a nice even 300 flywheel hp or thereabouts...
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Only the bare aluminum of the new IC gives away what has changed under the hood:
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It could almost pass for OEM, couldn't it?
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My new office (pre IC boostgauge, Greddy boostcontroller showing post IC boost, scangauge, EGT):
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Some teething issues (which is to be expected):
-some exhaust vibrations;
-boostgauge sticks a bit;
-some steady chattering above 15psi, will recheck BOV and wastegate.
First instance I stretched her legs just a bit:
About half throttle: from 2500rpm and onward boost shot up to 23psi in an instant (boostcontrol is off), before i had the chance to lift....sounds/feels very promising....
It could almost pass for OEM, couldn't it?
My new office (pre IC boostgauge, Greddy boostcontroller showing post IC boost, scangauge, EGT):
Some teething issues (which is to be expected):
-some exhaust vibrations;
-boostgauge sticks a bit;
-some steady chattering above 15psi, will recheck BOV and wastegate.
First instance I stretched her legs just a bit:
About half throttle: from 2500rpm and onward boost shot up to 23psi in an instant (boostcontrol is off), before i had the chance to lift....sounds/feels very promising....
Yes, the gills were cut and beaten by hand out of the original metal fender. I did buy an ABS plastic intake of the same shape initially, and I intended to have that cut and bonded in, but the guys at my bodyshop were sure that they could reproduce the same shape by hand out of the fender's original sheetmetal.
They were right....
Isolating the intake from the hot enginebay air is just a simple plate with rubber ring snug around the filter's suction bellmouth (assuming that you'd use an enclosed filter intake such as the K&N Apollo or Blitz Sonic).
No problems my friend!
In return I only expect the mailman to bring me a VK56 complete with tranny...
Wait a minute, I actually hope to better the VK's power (certainly the torque curve...) with my tiny little 2.5l oil burnin' fourbanger....:nana:
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