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Tommy, you are not technically wrong. Trendsetter is not technically right.
Different gear manufacturers build differently. I would never purposely use a ring gear from one and a pinion gear from another. Although the tooth count can be exactly the same, there are so many differences in the manufacturing process, hardness scale, pitch, ECT they probably won't last, not to mention, getting them setup to spec, would probably be a nightmare.
I've setup hundreds of gearsets. When I did Mustang gears, the ONLY gears I would use in a 8.8 were Motorsport gears from Ford. I knew exactly what I was getting out of the box. I could set those gears up in 2 hours total. Different brands, different story.
I personally think, setting up gears, is the second most time consuming, and critical thing in assembling a item on a car, next to building a transmission.
If you look at most "typical" gearheads, those are the 2 things I'd guess 75-80% of guys just won't do themselves.
Different gear manufacturers build differently. I would never purposely use a ring gear from one and a pinion gear from another. Although the tooth count can be exactly the same, there are so many differences in the manufacturing process, hardness scale, pitch, ECT they probably won't last, not to mention, getting them setup to spec, would probably be a nightmare.
I've setup hundreds of gearsets. When I did Mustang gears, the ONLY gears I would use in a 8.8 were Motorsport gears from Ford. I knew exactly what I was getting out of the box. I could set those gears up in 2 hours total. Different brands, different story.
I personally think, setting up gears, is the second most time consuming, and critical thing in assembling a item on a car, next to building a transmission.
If you look at most "typical" gearheads, those are the 2 things I'd guess 75-80% of guys just won't do themselves.
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Tommy, you are not technically wrong. Trendsetter is not technically right.
Different gear manufacturers build differently. I would never purposely use a ring gear from one and a pinion gear from another. Although the tooth count can be exactly the same, there are so many differences in the manufacturing process, hardness scale, pitch, ECT they probably won't last, not to mention, getting them setup to spec, would probably be a nightmare.
I've setup hundreds of gearsets. When I did Mustang gears, the ONLY gears I would use in a 8.8 were Motorsport gears from Ford. I knew exactly what I was getting out of the box. I could set those gears up in 2 hours total. Different brands, different story.
I personally think, setting up gears, is the second most time consuming, and critical thing in assembling a item on a car, next to building a transmission.
If you look at most "typical" gearheads, those are the 2 things I'd guess 75-80% of guys just won't do themselves.
Different gear manufacturers build differently. I would never purposely use a ring gear from one and a pinion gear from another. Although the tooth count can be exactly the same, there are so many differences in the manufacturing process, hardness scale, pitch, ECT they probably won't last, not to mention, getting them setup to spec, would probably be a nightmare.
I've setup hundreds of gearsets. When I did Mustang gears, the ONLY gears I would use in a 8.8 were Motorsport gears from Ford. I knew exactly what I was getting out of the box. I could set those gears up in 2 hours total. Different brands, different story.
I personally think, setting up gears, is the second most time consuming, and critical thing in assembling a item on a car, next to building a transmission.
If you look at most "typical" gearheads, those are the 2 things I'd guess 75-80% of guys just won't do themselves.
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And the troubleshooting begins, forgranted I haven't had the truck re tuned yet but it's stuttering it's *** off. I changed the plugs and wires so I'm hoping maybe a plug wire is loose or maybe I have a boost leak somewhere, also plan to check the maf sensor. Any suggestions on things I could check?
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coupling came loose by the intercooler, where it makes the 90 at the thottle body it was sticking up a little to high and the hood pushed down on it and made it disconnect. I just trimmed about 3 inches off the pipe and rolled the 90 so it cleared the hood and now it's good. Off to muffler shop tomorrow then Sunday I'll drop it off to get tuned
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Wow the truck is so quite after getting the exhaust done and with the turbo, na it was loud and obnoxious. You could hear it from a mile away when it was na. Now it almost sound like a stock truck. You can still hear the cam but nothing like before. It's a drastic difference.
I literally went through the exact same thing and finally just used an AN nitrous line lol. Glad to see it's up and running. Its nice having it quiet when you want. Just have a cutout for when you want to party.
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[QUOTE=ddnspider;20520073]I literally went through the exact same thing and finally just used an AN nitrous line lol. Glad to see it's up and running. Its nice having it quiet when you want. Just have a cutout for when you want to party
Wow thats crazy, idk why they leak like that. Thats what i did too, and I have a cut off already installed, it was there before the turbo.
Wow thats crazy, idk why they leak like that. Thats what i did too, and I have a cut off already installed, it was there before the turbo.
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my last turbo build i used a amazon braided steel line. leaked like a sieve. bought a proper earls line from summit problem solved.
i have added that to my list of 'worth the extra money' list of parts.
i have added that to my list of 'worth the extra money' list of parts.
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it took 3 lines to get it right, first line with the kit then they sent a replacement and it still leaked and then i went out and bought a better one and the problem went away. That and a few bolts missing were the only issues i had with the kit
Bad or missing parts always sucks, but in the world of turbo kits your experience is downright awesome. Livernois once sent my neighbor a turbo kit that was missing all the usual little things that fall out of bad packaging, but was also missing THE WHOLE DAMN TURBO. It took proof of the shipped weight of the entire package to finally get them to agree that there was no way it could have been that light if the turbo had been in the box. Then the kit still required extensive remodeling of the downpipe to clear the frame.
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Bad or missing parts always sucks, but in the world of turbo kits your experience is downright awesome. Livernois once sent my neighbor a turbo kit that was missing all the usual little things that fall out of bad packaging, but was also missing THE WHOLE DAMN TURBO. It took proof of the shipped weight of the entire package to finally get them to agree that there was no way it could have been that light if the turbo had been in the box. Then the kit still required extensive remodeling of the downpipe to clear the frame.
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So just an update, tuner has had to make alot of adjustments. The manifold keeps burning spark plug wires so he's trying to figure out how to resolve that issue and I didn't quite understand what he meant but he had to remove the turbo and drill a hole and put an npt fitting and redo the wastegate because the boost was spiking up too 22 pounds and he said that's to much. Basically that with the stock ecu in my truck it shouldn't be seeing over about 15 pounds because it's an e39 and it has 540 something. I'm not sure what he meant by that