2006 century 14L Turbo and Manifold upgrade

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Buckeyes614, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. thaistick

    thaistick Road Train Member

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    Boost and pyro should be priorities.
    What did labor end up costing? Can you post or pm me the shop that did the work and guy who did the remote tune? Always looking for good shops/mechanics.
     
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  3. Buckeyes614

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    @thaistick
    So labor totaled 1200, this included turbo and manifold change plus changing the entire main ECM wire harness (it was hell changing it), they had to go behind the engine and do some crazy acrobatics to go to places I could never imagine lol this harness ran from the front of the truck all the way back to the battery box and also connected above the transmission
     
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  4. thaistick

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    That sounds decent....I had the vpod harness replaced on my Century, was gonna do it myself but ended up have a shop do it, he had a heck of a time getting it around the back side of the engine, money well spent!!!
    Keep us updated on how she pulls and mpg gains...
     
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    Update
    I fueled up last night to the brim and idled for 11hrs at 700rpm, I used up 10.465 gallons, I'm definitely getting a apu this month or march, I should've been bought a apu back in 2012 but I didn't think much of it. I can't believe I wasted all them fuels over the years 20190209_160352.jpg
     
  6. swaan

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    About right.. its always been a rule of thumb a gallon an hour for running your truck at night. You just figured this out now?
     
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    Lol I thought it was half a gallon per hour, stupid me right. Well better to know now than never
     
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  8. thaistick

    thaistick Road Train Member

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    Yeap, and you might want to consider bumping the idle up to 900ish is gonna idle that long...
     
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    I know this is an old post but my VPOD is likely going bad so I'd like to know the name of the guy in Texas that did your tune. Thanks.
     
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    Update since I did these upgrades I've put on 82,916 miles from February 2 2019 to December 31 2019, I've purchased total of 11,387 gallons of fuel which translates to 7.28 mpg, I also purchased an apu around early march last year which helped reduce idle hrs. In comparison I got 6.7 all miles in 2018.

    Also majority of the 4th quarter last year I was running northwest parts of the country hauling heavy.

    I solely did these upgrades b/c my factory turbo and vpod were going bad, switching to Borg and a little tune up got me more power and a little improvement in mpg and it was cheaper than OEM turbo and VPod
     
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    I did my delete last May for the same reasons you mentioned....tune from Leon, BW turbo, exhaust manifold....I am very pleased. Power is awesome and my MPG are up 6/10. Wish I didn't wait so long to do it.
     
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