Since I have relocated to Las Vegas I thought I'd check out Silver State Motorsports. Mike Arnett built a single turbo Gen 2, and is currently scheduling the second installation. I can't believe how simple the setup is, the Gen 2 definitely lends itself nicely to this set up. Once I upgrade his Dynojet software (I work for Dynojet), I'll have a look at the numbers. The Eaton is definitely not the best compressor for out trucks....IMHO.
Single Turbo = drool!
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Interesting. Not a lot of detail (pixels) to the photo so it is difficult to tell what all has taken place. Looking at the size of the discharge tube and rubber coupling from the turbo's compressor to throttle body I would guess that the diameter is not bigger then 3 inches. That turbo better spool up very fast and produce some big boost numbers 20 to 30 PSI or at least be augmenting the Eaton or that Lightning will be like the QEII looking for some tugs so that it can pull away from the pier. Without the Eaton and using the stock lower manifold there is no individual runner length and your low end torque would suffer. I would like to see and hear more details especially the exhaust routing.
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Perhaps a Twin (sequential) setup would work better....allowing the smaller one to spool quickly so that the much needed lowend torque isn't lost. After the truck is rollin' and the rev's are rising, the "Big poppa" could come on hard.
Or another option (used by alot of Turbo'd LS1's), is to spray a small 50-shot off the line thru 1st gear. That buys time for the Thumper to spool up and start Huffin'. After that, it's time to rock'n roll
. One of my buddies uses this setup and runs mid 10's @ 130+ with only 7.5 lbs of boost.
Or another option (used by alot of Turbo'd LS1's), is to spray a small 50-shot off the line thru 1st gear. That buys time for the Thumper to spool up and start Huffin'. After that, it's time to rock'n roll
. One of my buddies uses this setup and runs mid 10's @ 130+ with only 7.5 lbs of boost.First of all from what I can see that system looks like an easy install, probably crosses the RH exhaust tubing in front of the motor and ties it into the LH at the turbo (like the Turbo Technology 5.0 kit). It would deffinetly take a little convertor work to come up with the ideal launch rpm but I would be the first to say with a little powerbraking (ala GN style) it could 60 ft like a monster. The only problem I see with the setup is that the rods would peek their heads out from their hiding places in a hurry. Even though the turbo puts less strain on the motor when compared to a supercharger there is something devious about being able to turn up the boost with a twist of a knob vs having to jack the truck up and change pulleys 
. Hey if 20 psi feels good lets try 24 , then you start the chain reaction associated with finding the next weakest link in the driveline, ask Jason Brown about thi$$$$. I met Jason when his truck was running high 11's @ 115mph and looked stock, have you seen his truck lately? Two Y2K turbos are not stock on any year L .
. Hey if 20 psi feels good lets try 24 , then you start the chain reaction associated with finding the next weakest link in the driveline, ask Jason Brown about thi$$$$. I met Jason when his truck was running high 11's @ 115mph and looked stock, have you seen his truck lately? Two Y2K turbos are not stock on any year L .
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Why not put a single turbo feeding the eaton supercharger? This would give you the bottom end power that we are used to and give us the top end power that we need. Your underhood temps would be the biggest downfall to the system, if you are using the cold air intake system. Look at the older Detroit Diesel two stroke engines. They run this set up and sound awesome. Somebody has got to try this!!
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rumor has it hes runnin twin turbos!
