LB7 Duramax Turbo Removal!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2019
- Removing the stock turbo out of my LB7 Duramax in order to make room for bigger and better!
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2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LB7 Duramax
Here is a list of everything done to this truck to date:
Engine:
Headgaskets/ARP Studs
Stock Injectors
DuramaxTuner Built Trans Tuning
HSP Diesel 3"Hot/Cold Side Piping
HSP Diesel 4" Fabbed Intake
DRP 3.5" Intake Horn
WCFab 3" Ybridge
LML Drivers Side Exhaust Manifold
Danville Performance Pinned LBZ Waterpump
Rebuilt Port/Polished Turbo
HSP Diesel Corner Mount Coolant Reservoir
HSP Diesel Billet Thermostat Cross over pipe
Fuel:
Fass Titanium 150 Lift Pump
1/2" Fuel line running directly to 1/2" inlet fitting on LBZ CP3 and FPR
BD Sump Kit
FPRV Block Off Kit
Transmission/Transfercase:
Built Transmission with Suncoast Gmax 5 Kit and Suncoast 1056 TD Converter
Trans Tuning for Defuel shutoff and 2nd Gear launch
Rebuilt transfercase with Pump Rub Kit
5/8" trans cooler lines
TCase Brace and new Transmission mounts
Allison Deep Pan/Filter Kit
Steering:
PPE Pitman/Idler Arm Braces and new Pitman/Idler Arms
Rare Parts G2 Tie Rods
Empire Stainless Steel Straight Centerlink
Redhead Steering Gearbox
Performance Steering Products Power Steering Pump
Bilstein Steering Dampner
Suspension:
HSP Diesel 70" Traction Bars
Fox 2.0 Front Shocks
Bilstein 5100 Rear Shocks
All new Timken Wheel bearings
Cognito Upper Control Arms
Kryptonite Swaybar Links
Hellwig Rear Swaybar
New GM front bumpstops
MA Rear Suspension Stops
Detroit Trutrac/New axle seals and bearings in rear axle
Exhaust:
3" MBRP Downpipe
5" Magnaflow Straight Pipe
DMAXStore MaxFlow Manifolds & Up Pipes
Wheels/Tires:
Gear Big Block 725BM 20x12 -44 Wheels
305/50/R20 Toyo Proxes
1.5" Spacers in rear - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This will help me Tremendously! Thank You!
Hey really crazy random question I know it's been a while since you replaced the turbo.. but what size of bolt are on the oil drain tube on the bottom of the core of the turbo?
Do you have to remove both up pipes to get to the oil return or just one? If one which side? I’ve seen videos for driver side only and passenger only and I would prefer to not have to remove either of them since it’s such a pain. Thanks.
That 3/8 hose for turbo coolant return right ?
Can you pull the turbo out with the downpipe attached?
How much coolant do you have to drain?
Hey man, thanks for the video! I'll be replacing my IHI with a drop-in 64mm this weekend. Are there any mounting fasteners under the intake horn? I'm going to try and remove the turbo with the intake horn on then swap the horn onto the new one on the bench before install. Have a FabTech horn and those bolts are dang near impossible to remove due to being allen heads. Thanks again!
Good question! You should actually be able to remove the turbo with the horn on, as long as there are no other lines in the way on top of the intake horn. The coolant lines are mounted on the passenger side, the oil supply is on the top/driver side, and the oil return can be detached at the back behind the charger. With those lines off and the 3 mounting bolts out the turbo should be able to lifted up and shifted forward to remove it. Or at the very least you can tip it back to gain better access to the bottom intake horn bolt to remove it. Good luck!
@@FixedVaneDuramax , perfect, thank you sir.
Hey man I recently saw a guy with a pedestal on his aftermarket turbo. It doesn't change the up pipe locations but because it raises the turbo, I am wondering will the 3 inch downpipe and exhaust fit normally or does it need to be longer to compensate for the raised turbo? Thanks in advance
Hey good question, so for some clarification, to run any "standard" turbo you will need a pedestal. When I say that I mean transportation/performance industry wide turbos that are s300 or s400 based. These turbos don't have a integrated mount and exhaust inlet routing for our v8 duramaxes so aftermarket companies have come up with different pedestal designs to fit the s3 or s4 series turbos into the engine valley and utilize the stock style uppipes. If you go to wcfab.com or hspdiesel.com and look at their s300 or s400 single turbo kits, apart from all of the pretty piping they will come with a new downpipe that a.) is longer to compensate for the slightly higher turbo mounting and b.) Uses a standard v-flange mate to the exhaust housing of the turbo. Only the lb7 stock and drop in chargers (built from a stock housing) will use the flat face with bolts exhaust downpipe. It is a bad design that GM went away from when they switched to variable vane chargers with the lly and up (also switched from IHI to Garret for the manufacturer as well I believe) Sorry for the long winded response. Short answer: I believe stock or upgraded stock style uppipes will still work, any downpipe stock or aftermarket made for a stock or drop in still charger will not. A standard 4 or 5" downpipe back exhaust will fit as well. Hope this helps.
Can you leave the down pipe attached and pull the turbo and downpipe as one piece? Probably getting into this this weekend if my RDS 64mm shows up.
Hmm I doubt it but I have never tried it that way. I feel like it would be a lot harder to get the uppipe bolt off if the downpipe was still in the way. You could remove it from the turbo and sit it back against the firewall until the turbo is out, which would make getting the downpipe out much easier. Or remove it once the up pipes are out. Either way would work fine.
Makes sense, hadn't fully considered the uppipe bolts yet. Thank you for the response. I like your truck and enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
Do you have a link for the mirrors youre running?
I don't, these we're actually on the truck when I bought it almost 4 years ago, I just took them off and painted them!
I know this is a old video. but I'm doing my turbo and I have the same down pipe. I had to use a plumbing bracket for trans tube. you mentioned using a different one to route it to other side. but I didnt catch what was said. what are u using.
thanks
WCFab and a few other companies make a driver side trans tube for a little over $100 if I recall the price. The allison trans has an identical port on the driver side so you can mount your fill tube on that side instead. I was able to flex the mounting bracket on my standard passenger side tube just enough to make it work so I never installed my driver side unit, but if I ever have it all apart again I am planning to switch it over.
@@FixedVaneDuramax thank you. I'm doing a cab off redo on mine so thought it would be a good time. take care
Kinda off subject for the video but is your truck at stock height in the rear with turned down keys in the front or do you have any kind of drop shackles?
Truck is all stock suspension. Keys are turned down a little but overall it sits pretty level. I want the rear end as high as possible for sled pulling so I won't run drop shackles.
How long did this take to do
IF you have replaced your downpipe before it is probably a 2-3 hr job. If you have not expect to take longer as those 6 lb7 downpipe bolts are a terrible pain.
Whats all done to your lb7?
The description on this video has the entire modification list!
do we need to rebalance the turbo after installing the wheel?
Yes you do need to rebalance if you install a new wheel.
@@FixedVaneDuramax if the wheel is balanced independently?
I may be wrong, but from what I understand the oem turbo shaft assembly (exhaust turbine/shaft and compressor wheel) are balanced as an full package. So even if the new compressor wheel is balanced by itself the turbine shaft isn't balanced with it, so the smallest imbalance of the new assembly spinning at 100k+ rpm can potentially cause premature bearing failures. Just my 2 cents, when I rebuild chargers I have the assembly rebalanced every time.
Where can I get that ladder
I am not sure where you can pick one up locally, but it is called a TopSide Creeper if you google it there are options to purchase online.
I don’t suppose you’re going to the truckmaster truck show in Wisconsin lol
I was hoping and planning to! But I don't think now that I am going to be able to make it. We have had some family plans come up that will come first. I am bummed to miss it though I was hoping to get the truck on the dyno with the new turbo!
You going with a 67?
It has a Wold Fab 64mm in it now!
Why would you do this
To replace the turbo with a larger one.
Fixed Vane Duramax oh i thought u meant like no more turbos