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turbo system for my 5.2L
Typically twins are different sizes. The smaller of the two spools up before the larger one. It adds boost in the lower RPM ranges. The larger spools up at higher RPMs with more boost.
That's how a lot of the cars do it anyways from what I've seen.
That's how a lot of the cars do it anyways from what I've seen.
Did you build your Megasquirt ? What options do you have with it ? Turbo is the way to go. No belts to deal with. From my research on SCT and boost is its more of a work around or hack if you will. No vehicles were offered with boost and the JTEC pcm so there's no Map's for boost ect.
Typically twins are different sizes. The smaller of the two spools up before the larger one. It adds boost in the lower RPM ranges. The larger spools up at higher RPMs with more boost.
That's how a lot of the cars do it anyways from what I've seen.
That's how a lot of the cars do it anyways from what I've seen.
Oil doesn't have to be pumped back to the turbo, the feed line from the engine will supply the oil using the engine's oil pump. Only the return needs a pump, don't bother with anything other than the TurboWerx Exa-pump, it's the only one that'll last. Air inlet temps will be cooler. Depending on how you mount the turbo it can be more vulneralbe depending on how/if you use your truck off-road. With a properly sized turbo, lag isn't an issue. I just have a filter directly on the turbo, and we get a LOT of rain here in western WA and there are no issues with sucking in water either. Other than killing the cheap oil pump after 7K miles, my truck has been daily driven with the turbo since last August/~15,000 miles without a problem.
Oil doesn't have to be pumped back to the turbo, the feed line from the engine will supply the oil using the engine's oil pump. Only the return needs a pump, don't bother with anything other than the TurboWerx Exa-pump, it's the only one that'll last. Air inlet temps will be cooler. Depending on how you mount the turbo it can be more vulneralbe depending on how/if you use your truck off-road. With a properly sized turbo, lag isn't an issue. I just have a filter directly on the turbo, and we get a LOT of rain here in western WA and there are no issues with sucking in water either. Other than killing the cheap oil pump after 7K miles, my truck has been daily driven with the turbo since last August/~15,000 miles without a problem.
These should give you a good idea. I'm not running an intercooler. I plan on water/meth injection after I do headgaskets and crank up the boost and timing. The highest air temps I've observed were about 160º in the summer, which is similar to a stock motor pulling air from under the hood. Yes I'm running a BOV, you will want one, compressor surge is hard on turbos.



And a shot of the BOV/Airhat. That's the AIT sensor for Megasquirt as well.



And a shot of the BOV/Airhat. That's the AIT sensor for Megasquirt as well.
As far as fuel goes did you have to upgrade the fuel pump to support the 42lb injectors? also did you need to run fuel return lines for your setup?
I'm in the process of building a mega squirt for my truck and going to be running 48lb injectors ebay t72 and hopefully 12psi inter-cooled on the stock rebuilt engine. any advice offered is greatly appreciated
As far as fuel goes did you have to upgrade the fuel pump to support the 42lb injectors? also did you need to run fuel return lines for your setup?
I'm in the process of building a mega squirt for my truck and going to be running 48lb injectors ebay t72 and hopefully 12psi inter-cooled on the stock rebuilt engine. any advice offered is greatly appreciated
Glad to see you're going with Megasquirt and not messing around with making the stock turd PCM work with boost
Why would you want to go twin turbo? It's going to cost twice as much as the turbo kit just to get the truck running right. Don't forget all the extra things you'll need besides the turbo kit plus the tune.
The idea generally with two smaller turbos, as opposed to one larger one is: Less turbo lag. Smaller turbines spin up faster than the large one.









