HOHN

Thanks for posting.

Which Garrett? 4202? 4508?

Thanks.

Justin

cyric

I am not sure which Garret it is I will try and look tomorrow and let you know Justin. It isn't a BB unit. It came of a Detriot 60 series. Anyway I got all the boost leaks fixed but one. The compressor housing on the 35 leaks around the snap ring, nothing major but it still bothers me. I can't get these turbos to light until 2300 rpm but when they do hold on. I know I got alot of tuning to do yet but I am making progress. I know pictures would be nice. i will try and get some posted tomorrow. I must say that this has been a learning experiance. Nothing has been overly complicated just time consuming.
Joe

cyric

Ok here are a few pics as promised. I will try and get the number of that Garret turbo posted I am having trouble reading the tag.
Joe

DodgeCTD

Wow im very impressed how this came out...excellent job. I am also considering doing this to mine but i aint sure if i could be able to do it..how is the power/egts and everything? I'd like to get close to 600 hp with my truck one day...do you think this setup would get me close?

the496rocket

I have been toying with the idea of making my own twin setup, about how much has it costed you? minus the hx35 cause I can use my stocker

cyric

Well I am still in the tuning stages right now. I ended up taking that huge Garret out and used a s400. I need to get a smaller housing for it so it will spool a little quicker. Egts rise quick till the turbos light and then they are not an issue. Drive pressure is close to a 1:1 As to supporting 600hp some of the more experianced members will have to chime in on that one. If you have some basic fabrication skills it shouldn't be much of a problem. It takes some patients and a whole lot of fitting but it is not that bad. There are alot of good threads on this site about building twins do a search. Joe Farmer has a great photo album on firepunk.com. http://www.firepunk.com/gallery/lavontwins I hope he doesn't mind me posting a link to it. His pictures really helped me out.

Well so far buying both of the turbos I have tried, the tubing, and hoses it has cost me roughly $1300. If you are smarter than me and buy the right turbo the first time you can save a few $$$. What really saved me some money was that I made all the flanges at work. If you have to buy them the price goes up. I hope this helps.
Joe

DodgeCTD

I was looking at it yesterday about how i would do it to mine, did you use the stock header? I could not figure out how i would get the turbo up high like that unless you flip the header upside down but then the stock turbo would not be able to hook up ha...I'm thinking of buying an s400 and starting this project on my 3rd gen soon just dont want to get into somethin i cant handle. Welding aint a problem for me..thanks for the help!

AlpineRAM

IIRC the 3rd gen exhaust manifold isn't symmetric anymore so you can't flip it like the 2nd gen ones.

cyric

Most of the 3rd gen guys that I have seen do this buy an aftermarket 3pc manilfold and turn it upside down. I actually made some flanges for the stock 3rd gen turbo exhaust outlets for twins setups. The guy I made them for said that he couldn't find them anywhere. Good luck with your project.
Joe

99globalwarmer

thats sweet man, its great you got it all together.

cyric

Sorry it took so long Justin but here is the part number for the Garret turbo I tried using. P/N 23535351