Theres different types of flanges to use and yes on the exhaust side

 

No, I never had. I almost did because a shop near me (When I lived in Arkansas early this year) had a 50 dollar charge for 3 pulls. Seemed like a good deal. Never got around to it.

I would guess that it makes about 220 RWHP. But that is just a wild guess.

I think someone dynoed a bone stock thirdgen and it came in at around 195 RWHP. I think my mods are good for 25 HP. I could probably free up about 25 HP with a better y pipe and hi flo cats. But that is for later down the road. I don't need to spend 570 (Plus welding) on the y-pipe cat system (3 cat magnaflow) right now.

I like the power my truck has right now, but all the mods I do from here on out are really just for "perfection." Like having the perfect exhaust and the perfect tranny. But that is about 4K right there (PATC, Magnaflow system, Aeroturbine resonator).

Then there would be steering box and shaft upgrade, electric fans, trac bar upgrade.

It gets expensive. SO, I would probably do mods in order of price. I will probably never have a PATC tranny...unless mine BREAKS!

There are upgrades you do because you want to and upgrades that you END UP doing because a stock part breaks. The latter is easier to explain to your wife!

 

There are some oddballs out there, but standard is T3, T4 and T6. For our purposes, T4 is most appropriate, mine is T3 and on the small side (as is the compressor). Precision is starting to make V-band inlet turbos now, I think the Cummins VGT turbos have a non-standard flange and a lot of import stuff has proprietary flanges.

 

Please forgive me, but why would you want a 3 cat exhaust system?

 

Quoting multiple people is just gonna screw me up more so bear with me a little. Apparently typing late wasn't wise, I know all turbos are susceptible to surging however diesel engines cannot, and it may not be related but the turbos are built differently, and I just would see no reason going out of my way to make one work when I could get one better suited for my needs for probably not much more....
And I've never poured water on a hot turbo before but they do get hot and I don't see how it would be wise to expose something like that to the elements, just my thought.
Also somebody said something about custom turbo headers, I don't believe there is anything inhibiting placing the manifolds so they face forward, then you just need somebody to weld up tubing to connect them and a downpipe to run to the rest of the exhaust. Seemed cheapest and highest horsepower setup I can think of just as an extra idea.

Sorry for long posts but I've watched a couple people go at this backwards and give up cuz they were getting nowhere.

 

Diesels can and DO have compressor surge, just because they don't have a throttle doesn't mean they can't surge, here's one of dozens examples of this. Since diesels do not have throttles and therefore no vacuum, it makes putting a BOV on a diesel very difficult (expensive), so most chose to put up with the compressor surge. I already said there's much better turbos for our application than the HX35 I'm using but it's not like it can't be used because it's a "Diesel turbo".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YdkC...eature=related

It works and it's been done, the only problem is the manifold on the drivers side runs into the PS pump. So you have to relocate the pump or use shortys and modify them.

 

Ok so I didn't know as much as I thought, used to trying to figure this out for my mustang, so it looks easier in my truck with all the extra room

 

It is a cali emissions truck. Came with 3 cats.