Turbo lag?

[bamfdavid]

OK when I'm going down the road the truck goes into overdrive and just seems to die. And when I give it more fuel to shift Down and go I can feel the Turbo like it should be. The only thing for the truck to feel healthy is to crank my chip up.
The truck runs great otherwise. I know i have leaking up pipes and no boost leaks. Is this normal what I'm feeling?

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[Turbostang500]

Depends on what speeds but it sounds completely normal to me.

[bamfdavid]

Thank you. Like between 45 and 55 the truck seems dead while in overdrive. After that you can literally feel the boost build. I don't have my gauges in yet( waiting on my pod) but maybe those will help to see if i have a lil problem.

[Turbostang500]

At that speed your truck sounds completely normal to me.

[Jrz13]

With the up-pipes leaking it will take a bit more throttle to spool the turbo. In overdrive your wastegate is dumping most of your boost anyway. When you fix your up pipes look into bellowed up-pipes. Wish I would have known about them before I replaced my up-pipe gaskets.

[bamfdavid]

Appreciate the advise, I've worked on 7.3s for years I guess i never noticed it until its my own haha. But yes as soon as i get some funds up I will be replacing and upgrading up pipes.

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[werkenklasse]

I actually had the same problem while hauling a trailer once. Figured out that I had to wait for the "wait to start" light went off before I cranked.