C-15 ACERT

I've considered it, but I know someone who has done a number of them. Everyone who has done it has been pleased. The only thing that has held me back is my OPT warranty. I have all the big pieces, just need the little stuff.

 

Here is a list of needed parts I may forget one or two but I'll try my best to get it all.
Exh manifold
Turbo
Turbo oil feed line
Turbo oil drain tube
Block adapter (where drain tube goes in)
Block off plate for extra drain tube
Cam
Cam gear
Cam position sensor and brk
Engine wiring harness
Under cover wiring harness
ECM
Valve mechanism base
Outlet elbow for turbo
A charge air cooler pipe from turbo to charge air cooler
Various plugs
I don't know what others have done but I reused the vva assembly's for the Jake and backed the vva's all the way off and is working fine for me.
I can tell you I put the 800 horse marine cam the pdi exhaust manifold and the Borg Warner c16 turbo with a c16 600 brakesaver file and this engine runs very well. It builds about 43 psi boost with the wastegate blocked and the pyro never goes over 1000.

 

cant ya just take the manifold off and put a single turbo and pdi tune just asking

 

what i thought just manifold and turbo , only have to change ecm if you want to delete accuators?

 

I don't think just pulling off the twins and bolting on a single will work because it will not build enough boost to get the ECM to full fueling and if it did go to full fueling I think the egts would be high because of the vva's reducing the air charge in the cylinders combined with the lower boost of the single turbo. I am not saying it run but I think performance would be less than desirable.

 

i have to agree with u on that one superhauler. i bought an o6 w900l. its got an 05 c15 550 acert. last week i was headed home from kansas city mo and i just come off 435 south to 70 east. i heard a strange noise in the motor...it sounded like a burble like when u get low on fuel...welllll it wasnt. just as i started to give it fuel to merge on to 70 something went BOOOOOOMMMM in the motor. it blew black smoke for a second and then started hammering. i pulled over and totally expected to see either a piston through the oil pan or a hole in the side of the block. luckily neither one was the case. got towed a few miles back to the shop and when they tore it apart they found a broken intake rocker arm. snapped the adjustment end off. they did an overhead and found EVERYONE of the intakes set way toooo tight!!!! i was planning on an overhead but it was goin to be a little later. so no matter how nice a used truck looks or runs always be on the look out for something to happen.