early 99 upgrade order?

[red99powerstroke]

I want as much HP as I can get without risking to blow it completely sky high. 30' goose neck with tractor=25,000#+ over all rig

[strokin_early_99]

Copy my set up. I would tow anything and never worry about it. The most I have towed was 22,300lb and that was from Cali to Texas and back. Not a care in the world on the trip. The only one little hick-up was I did not tighten down a intercooler boot and it popped off going over the rockies. That was all me and not the truck failing.

[red99powerstroke]

What type of boost do you run? I can get as much as 50 out of the turbo I have now

[vitalidle]

Are you sure you gauge is working right?

[vitalidle]

Nevermind I read that wrong your just saying your turbo is good for 50psi I think?

[strokin_early_99]

Originally Posted by red99powerstroke

What type of boost do you run? I can get as much as 50 out of the turbo I have now

What turbo are you running now? Stock injectors with a larger than stock turbo and you can get 50psi? That one is tough to believe. Very tough. I must be misunderstanding something here.

I saw 51psi today and hope to see more when I get the fuel system installed this weekend.

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Last edited by strokin_early_99 : 10-19-2007 at 09:27 PM.

[strokin_early_99]

Originally Posted by red99powerstroke

Beans Diesel Performance or https://amjperformance.com/ They both have injectors and turbos. Im doing the switch to the 99.5 to my early 99. I have the ball buster turbo but like you im still wondering what kind of injectors would be a good match because all my truck does is pull.

The ball buster turbo is good for 50psi? At what CFM?

I did find where someone said it was good for 500hp but have never herd of any at that power level. I would say your turbo is good for 40psi, not 50. The garrett BB and the TN BB are good for up to 40psi so that is where I get the 40psi. Plus if you are looking to go over 40 I would recommend head studs. To get to this power level you would have to run hybrid injectors and the EGT's would be over 1500* I would guess. To tow with that set up would be very doable with tuning.

On edit: I did some research and you will have to do some research yourself here: Ball Buster Turbo - Page 2 - Powerstroke Nation

From the reading I did I found that the most power this turbo will dyno is 390hp, not the 500hp they claim.

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Last edited by strokin_early_99 : 10-19-2007 at 10:52 PM.

[red99powerstroke]

no no the guy I bought the turbo from said the turbo will produce that much boost but the wast gate is set at 32 I have no idea I dont have the turbo on yet. My truck as of now is all stock and it gets around 30 but wanted to upgrade turbo and injectors

[strokin_early_99]

I would doubt that turbo could ever make 50psi. Most of the upgraded bolt on turbos like this one are 40psi turbos. If you do some research out there as I posted above, you will find some very informative and maybe rather disappointing info.

Yes the turbo is an upgrade over stock but nothing like the Garrett ball bearing.

Go ahead Joe, give me crap for saying garrett.