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Old 01-02-2004, 01:34 PM
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thinking about going to a twin setup, tranny upgrades..

Well I have found a very good deal on a set of twins, plumbing etc. I was previously considering the jump to an PDR HX-40 or 50 but with the price on these twins I think it would be foolish not to jump on them. My tranny already has a Suncoast 1835 lowstall converter, and valve body. What else should I do to the tranny before the jump to the twins? I dont pull, hell I dont even have a hitch on the truck. It's a 3/4 ton play toy. It has 41,000 miles on it. Thanx for any info.
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Honestly not sure where you should go with auto tranny work, I row my own gears!

What kind of injectors are you running? What are the twins you are looking at?

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The twin setup is a Schwitzer HT3B, and an S-300 lower. My injectors right now are 5.9 ISB's .012? Whatever the hell that means.Im not to familiar with the sizes on the 24 valvers. It was a lot easier with the 12 valve when I knew I was buying 350-375 horse injectors etc. My truck was set up by a very good pulling shop so I let them use their judgement.
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Might need to find out more about the injectors from the people that installed them. I would get an HP rating. All that will help in terms of getting good advice on what you need to do to the tranny.

Also, I am fairly certain in a compounded set of turbos the little one goes on top.

Am just picking your brain! I would like to see how all this pans out as well!

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You are probably right. I really dont know that much about the twin setup other than the fact the setup I found is a decent deal, in fact it's not all that much more than going up to a bigger single. I wasnt really thinking about twins but more HP for not alot more $ always sounds good to me.
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You'll need a Billet input shaft.

Depending on how many holes, those injectors would be above 100HP, but less than 170.

The Large turbo being an HT3B, and small one an S-300 sounds like a good combo, although it does sound like you have them "reversed" in your description. The S-300 should be "on top", or on the manifold, while the Big turbo is "on bottom".

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Thanx for the clarification
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The best price Im seeing on the billet shaft is about 595. Is that about what I should be paying?
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I ran that como on my truck last year. The stock s-300 with the ht3b is a pretty laggy setup with my 5-speed. I could not get any boost built up until about 2200 rpm. Its gonna be very doggy on an auto truck. The s-300 is a lil bit to big for the ht3b. At that price these are most likely stock turbos. It all depends on what you want. JMO


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Things are starting to sound like I should be looking into a bigger single setup.
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Once you go twins you'll never go back. Yes that would be a lot of lag with those turbos on an automatic. If you were running a stock turbo you could have it reworked and use it for your upper or first turbo. It would have alot less lag.
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Can you think of a better combo of different size schwitzers? I may be able to get the company to work me a deal on something that wont give me so much lag.
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You would think they would know what turbos would work.
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Sorry just having trouble contacting them as I work 3rd shift, and they dont have email. You guys are here often and know alot. If you dont want to talk about what you know then thats fine to.
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MoreSmoke,

I would advise asking the shop you are dealing with (vaught technologies)
if they offer a kit utilizing your HX35 as a top turbo.
Also you would have to purchase a non wastegated 16 or 18cm turbine housing for decent flow up top (for the HX35).

If you have anymore questions, drop me a pm.

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