Installing Phantom II's
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Installing Phantom II's
Need some tips for installing boost and pyro, things I should or shouldn't do or things you would have done different. Thanks in advance.
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The boost guage is not that hard, I'd take the intake horn off to tap it. Make sure that you cover the intake above the heater element and the I/C tube while you have the intake horn off. I would tap it all the way to one side or the other, you may want to add more stuff on the horn later.
There are a few ways to tap the pyro guage. I have mine tapped pre-turbo, which is where you will see the most accurate numbers. You can do it with out dropping the turbo or removing the manifold, but you have to be careful. Coat your drill bit with grease, and put a magnet right next to where you are drilling to catch the chips not only on the outside, but on the inside too. When you are done with the hole, pull a shop-vac over the hole while pulling the magnet toward the hole. Start the truck, and let it idle for a few. This will blow out any other metal pieces.
There are a few different ways to do this. Some people leave the truck running, and partially block the exhaust, so that the back pressure blows the shavings out.
Others drop the turbo from the mainifold and tape off the exhaust inlet for the turbo.
I would reccomend placing the probe just behind the collector on the manifold, historically, cylinders #5 and 6 are the hottest.
Anything else? That's just the probe stuff, if you need more help, just ask...
I'm sure that others will chime in with their own tips.
HTH...
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There are a few ways to tap the pyro guage. I have mine tapped pre-turbo, which is where you will see the most accurate numbers. You can do it with out dropping the turbo or removing the manifold, but you have to be careful. Coat your drill bit with grease, and put a magnet right next to where you are drilling to catch the chips not only on the outside, but on the inside too. When you are done with the hole, pull a shop-vac over the hole while pulling the magnet toward the hole. Start the truck, and let it idle for a few. This will blow out any other metal pieces.
There are a few different ways to do this. Some people leave the truck running, and partially block the exhaust, so that the back pressure blows the shavings out.
Others drop the turbo from the mainifold and tape off the exhaust inlet for the turbo.
I would reccomend placing the probe just behind the collector on the manifold, historically, cylinders #5 and 6 are the hottest.
Anything else? That's just the probe stuff, if you need more help, just ask...
I'm sure that others will chime in with their own tips.
HTH...
mad
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Thanks Madhat! I didnk think of the magnet, I will use it and have a buddy running the shop vac while I drill, so you think I can do this w/o taking the Exhaust manifold off? Thanks again
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when I installed my pyro I started with the smallest bit I had then went up one size at a time until I had the size I needed for the tap. This keeps the fileings as small as posible, almost like dust. Then used tap with grease on it and about every full turn backed it out and cleaned and regreased it. Then used a magnet like suggested and also used a straightened out coat hanger to reach into hole while the magnet magnitized the hanger. This makes the process longer but it works and no chewed up turbo.
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The boost guage is not that hard, I'd take the intake horn off to tap it. Make sure that you cover the intake above the heater element and the I/C tube while you have the intake horn off. I would tap it all the way to one side or the other, you may want to add more stuff on the horn later.
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There are a few ways to tap the pyro guage. I have mine tapped pre-turbo, which is where you will see the most accurate numbers. You can do it with out dropping the turbo or removing the manifold, but you have to be careful. Coat your drill bit with grease, and put a magnet right next to where you are drilling to catch the chips not only on the outside, but on the inside too. When you are done with the hole, pull a shop-vac over the hole while pulling the magnet toward the hole. Start the truck, and let it idle for a few. This will blow out any other metal pieces.
There are a few different ways to do this. Some people leave the truck running, and partially block the exhaust, so that the back pressure blows the shavings out.
Others drop the turbo from the mainifold and tape off the exhaust inlet for the turbo.
I would reccomend placing the probe just behind the collector on the manifold, historically, cylinders #5 and 6 are the hottest.
Anything else? That's just the probe stuff, if you need more help, just ask...
I'm sure that others will chime in with their own tips.
HTH...
mad
There are a few different ways to do this. Some people leave the truck running, and partially block the exhaust, so that the back pressure blows the shavings out.
Others drop the turbo from the mainifold and tape off the exhaust inlet for the turbo.
I would reccomend placing the probe just behind the collector on the manifold, historically, cylinders #5 and 6 are the hottest.
Anything else? That's just the probe stuff, if you need more help, just ask...
I'm sure that others will chime in with their own tips.
HTH...
mad
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Got every thing drilled and tapped, but i am about to roll my truck off a cliff trying to find out how to get power to these auto meters, please help!!!
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Pull power from your cigarette lighter. You will have to remove the stereo benzel by grabbing it and pilling it off. For your lights pull the little cover on the dash next to the drivers door. There is room to see the wiring on the light switch. You will need to remover the knee plate ( 2 screws down low then pop iit off) and the gauge cluster benzel (5 screws) to get to the wiring on the switch. One of the black and orange wires provides the 12 v on/off for lighting. USE A test light FOR THIS. tap it. and you are done.
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