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The down pipe puts the exhaust OUTSIDE the frame rail, not inside. Easy to fab up a system but you won't get one out of the box a NAPA. For really serious off roading you'd probably want to modify the crossover for more clearance but I drive this truck through the woods with heaping loads of...

It's a real tight fit on mine but I just went ahead and did it as all of the posts I read were done that way. I was actually looking to have a 1/4" copper spacer made but the guy I was emailing never came through.

Yes. 4/3 reducer at the front. ODdave welded it up for one of his trucks and originally ran straight back to rear bumper. Nice exhaust but close to my rear tire due to offset of the H1 wheels on my truck so I cut it and put an elbow in it with weather flap. Sounds good!

Finally got some exhaust on the truck. MUCH more pleasant to drive!

I haven't done anything with the head gaskets. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it but so far so good. Been hauling lots of wood with it the last few months with boost in the 10-12 psi range.

Mine is a simple mechanical gauge that reads plenum pressure through a brass fitting and plastic hose.

I just watched ebay until I found a good deal on a matched pair. I'm sure all of the name brands work well. I chose small diameter Autometer units so I could fit them into the panel where the volt gauge was. (I moved that gauge down to the radio block off plate so I could keep the turbo gauges...

Yes there is. It is not needed. There wasn't one there before and the truck had been driven on a daily basis with no issues. There is also not one there on the newer donor vehicle. The purpose of the large underhood filter is to catch any debris coming from the tank before it gets to the IP. I...

The factory electric lift pump is no bigger than a fuel filter so there are plenty of good places for it. I mounted mine back by the tank on the inside of the frame rail where it was on the donor vehicle. Black wire simply grounds to frame. Red wire has an inline fuse in the wire and it picks up...

True. Many folks retain the mechanical lift pump and braize a tube to the pan for oil return. My used turbo came with the stock electric pump as well as the engine block off/ drain so I went that route to keep things as factory as possible. Best thing about it is there is no chance of vapor...

Just hooked my CDR back up as I was tired of getting whiffs of crankcase fumes while driving. This use of extra plumbing materials may look hack but it gets the job done and allowed me to keep the original CDR and bracket in the stock location and reuse the rubber hose to the filler neck.

Why? It's got very few miles on it and does the job well.

Nope. With the double gaskets everything cleared but indeed close. I could see how the manifold could be swapped without jacking the engine, but it definitely would have taken a lot of finagling on my truck. A few of the bolts would have had to have been inserted into the manifold and held there...

Good point on the frame brace. However it was easily unbolted and modified by slotting the bolt holes to move it slightly farther within the frame rail to clear the 6.5 manifold. That was easier than changing one end of the crossover and bending it IMO and I really did not want to use the...

Thanks. I'll look into that when it's off.

Just a couple bucks worth of hardware store stuff. The gold colored cupped washer is from inside the vacuum canister after I cut it apart and I drilled the center hole out to fit over the rod I made. I took it to the store with me and selected a spring that fit into the cup well. I also bought a...

Well I finally tried it out on a 100 mile drive up the hilly back roads towing my boat up north. This is where I noticed the best difference. No more trying to gain speed in anticipation of the uphill grades, no more holding the pedal to the floor to reach the summit, and I did not lose speed...

I've read that it adds 60-70 hp to the 6.2. More would be easily possible with extensive bottom end work, but in stock form the limit for the 6.2 is about 10 psi boost. That being said, I don't see much reason for further performance upgrades in the turbo department. The trans shifts smoother...

Yes there is a wastegate and it is also shown in post #31. The battery tray is the factory rear tray with the top repositioned farther outboard on the legs for turbo clearance. Good idea in theory but it did not pan out. The inner hood bracing contacted the battery with the hood closed. I...

500 deg does seem a little low, but it probably depends somewhat on the amount of boot the engine is getting at that point. I noticed today that at 60 mph mine runs about 600 degrees at 7 psi boost.