The 03 turbo is louder. Whistles more on the exhaust side but is said to spool a little faster. Many people just like it for the sound.
Got the motor unloaded and drained the oil and quite a bit of coolant came out before thick black oil. Has blown coolers both egr and oil.
Fuel system is...
Took off the downpipe y pipe, turbo, and pedestal off. Confirmed failed egr cooler. Has coolant in the manifolds
Much easier to work on it outside the truck.
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haha i know you did. i might be persuaded to hook you up for the cost to ship it since itd need going through at 177K haha. im gonna sell the 04 turbo as a core cuz thats all its good for and i have no use for a quiet one like that
cant beat that diesel curse
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haha i know. the only issue im gonna run into on this one is the different oil rails from 03-04.5 and 04.5+ the 04 motor in the bed has a different oil rail system in the heads and the icp sensor on the valve cover. it does have a plug on the hpop cover where my...
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id like to do that dave but thats gonna be quite a chunk of change there. i could probably get by with enough to maybe put in some 155cc injectors with some of the parts off the 04 and then build it up over time
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now this gets confusing. lets refer to my truck motor as the 03 motor and the one in the bed as the 04 motor.
your saying build the shit out of the 04 motor and put it in? or do studs to the 03 motor and then work on building the 04 as the spare?
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damn work always getting in the way of truck stuff. hoping to get it offloaded tonight or tomorrow morning and then i can decide what i want to do once i get it torn down.
my plan was to steal the heads and have them machined/rebuilt and install them on my current...
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:thumbs:
overall dimensions not much bigger really its more about all the insides. the compressor wheel is larger etc
heres a good comparison on the intake of the compressor side
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