Upgrading turbo!!! Suggestions?

[Hemicross]

Hey everyone, I was looking around online just to look and came across a turbo upgrade for my X that I can afford!! Lol, anyways it is a Garret GTP38R ball bearing turbo 88mm with a 1.00 A/R for $1,600. What do y'all think? My X is mainly a daily driver, my wife drives it but she complains cuz it's slow and she wants it to whistle louder, but I drive it on road trips occasionally towing about 6,000-8,000 lbs trailer on the back.

[MrJohnWayne]

I'd do it. if my turbo ever poops out I'm gonna go to the gtp38r

[bruce51d]

if she wants whistle the 38r will give it to her. it's a pretty stout turbo, drop in with no modifications and can support 550 horse

[campbellflage]

dieselsite sells them for 1499

[bruce51d]

i picked one up off of ebay for 1350, i plan on addin a high flow outlet and a non ebpv pedistal before i install it

[campbellflage]

a new one for that price? got the link?

[Hemicross]

Hey what's this EBPV I keep hearing about? Thanks for the suggestions guys, gunna order it soon once I learn all the details on anything else I should change while the stock turbo is out.

[bruce51d]

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/eba...MEWNX%25253AIT

[dirtboy25]

Originally Posted by Hemicross

Hey everyone, I was looking around online just to look and came across a turbo upgrade for my X that I can afford!! Lol, anyways it is a Garret GTP38R ball bearing turbo 88mm with a 1.00 A/R for $1,600. What do y'all think? My X is mainly a daily driver, my wife drives it but she complains cuz it's slow and she wants it to whistle louder, but I drive it on road trips occasionally towing about 6,000-8,000 lbs trailer on the back.

a 38r is a very good choice. You can't go wrong... I got mine for 1600 installed. But if you can DIY it's not too bad, just take your time and do it all right the first time.

Originally Posted by bruce51d

if she wants whistle the 38r will give it to her. it's a pretty stout turbo, drop in with no modifications and can support 550 horse

550hp? That's pushing it. There have been a couple that i know of but i wouldn't suggest it pushing the 38r that far.

Originally Posted by Hemicross

Hey what's this EBPV I keep hearing about? Thanks for the suggestions guys, gunna order it soon once I learn all the details on anything else I should change while the stock turbo is out.

EBPV- Exhaust Back Pressure Valve... , it is a valve located on the exhaust side of the turbo and it will open and close periodically to assist warm up.

I got rid of mine. Removing it helps exhaust flow a bit.

[Hemicross]

What size is our stock turbo? Is the GTP38R a big improvement, basically will I notice a significant difference in the seat dyno? Lol