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?huh,? Why a jerk!. the idea of asking questions and sharing info on here is all about getting as many opinions as possible that's why I stated at end of my reply --" that's certainly the case with my cummins" and didn't say " it was all cummins .. Just a simple acknowledgement of someone...

You asked the question and you got the answer from someone who did this and has run it for 3 + years and yet it's as if you totally ignored it- perhaps you could of said thanks very much for your reply and help , but instead it comes over as you obviously don't believe me and my reply didn't...

?are you blind? If you read the previous post it tells you those holes are not drilled right through so they will not give you any more boost

I put a turbo on my 816 3 year ago and all still ok but I would say don't worry about those holes as they are NOT drilled right through so will not affect any boost , certainly that's the case on my cummins. Martin

just a couple more pics of the 816 and my farmall super md( i know its not military)

fitted my turbo back last march on the 816. Not done as many miles as Jwallers but makes the 816 a pleasure to drive now and lets the cummins really hang on when working and as a bonus sounds awesome.

picked up the 290 turbo motor last saturday and will swap turbo bits soon but did notice it also didnt have any external fixings in lower block for the piston cooler nozzles just the same as the 250, you could see where they would be but the block was not cast for them.. this leads me to...

thanks jwaller, that does make good sense so it is possible that this turbo mod used sensibly may not cause any problems. if the 250 was at say 20:1 compression to start with and turboed then it could be under some stress?. madsam this might interest you for in my cummins book they say that a...

?any more news on your mod jwaller, this is a interesting post as im about to by a 290 engine and want to swap over the turbo parts . ive spoken to a cummins man who says the turbo will drop egt,s so am i right in thinking that if one of the biggest problems the 250 suffers from is high egt,s...