My work of "art"

[87 F250 6.9L]

I bought this truck for $1700 about a year and a half ago and have been plugging away at it ever since, just turned 16 and got my license and am now about to send it to get painted. I bought an old banks kit but due to my cab mounts being bad, I would have to really cut my firewall to make it work, so I am gonna TRY to do my own thing and put an hx35 about right above my power steering pump. As of now I have stage 1 injectors and a turbo cal pump from dps, I would put pictures up but I don't have a clue how to do that yet. I would really appreciate any help you guys can give me, cause I still have no clue where to get flanges or how to make my manifolds

[92f350cc]

If you already have the pump/injectors in the truck, I hope you are taking it very easy. Also, you need an EGT gauge to be sure you don't melt your engine down. A DPS Turbo pump can easily ruin your engine without a turbo if you don't watch the EGTs closely.

[88 Ford]

Definitely get that turbo on quickly for the reason that 92f350cc said. What other plans do you have for your engine man?

[hairyboxnoogle]

Idk about over the PS pump, but if you think theres room go for it, seems to me the routing would be a pain. IMO i would do the cab mounts since its something that needs done anyway and throw the banks on it. If its any help to get ya in the right direction if youre set on a HX35, i cut my own flanges out of 3/8" and used a modified NA Y-pipe. But for where youre talking of putting it, sound like you would want to build a Y-manifold similar to the ATS kits. Easiest way still aint easy as far as i see it.

[southtexasidi]

Me and you were pretty much in the same situation. I wanted a turbo, just didnt know whether to do something custom or do a "kit" like banks or ats. my suggestion to you is to put the banks turbo on, in this you will pick up alot of knowledge for turbos in general. After you put it on and have fun with it, you can decide if you want to hang on to it or do something custom. And...you already have the banks setup, which looked like a nice kit to me

[diesel_brad]

How about you FIX the body mounts

['94IDITurbo7.3]

that is quite the concept there brad. i was thinking the same thing. fix the issue rather than walk around it.

[88 Ford]

Ya body mounts aren't that bad. It would just take part of the afternoon if and when you do it...

[87 F250 6.9L]

Its not the fixing the body mounts that would be a pain in the ass, when I had a guy "fix" my rusted out floor, he cut the mounts for the front cab mounts, so they no longer support the cab at all, which puts about a half inch sag in the truck, I would have to really cut the firewall to put the kit on, I put a long time into figuring that part out trust me. I know I need to watch my egts and I havent been driving the truck so I know that I need to get a gauge before it becomes my daily driver. And before all this I need to get studs put on.

[jdkl81]

Hey, it's a lot you're taking on by jumping into one of these IDI's as your first vehicle. As far as doing custom turbo stuff, you need to research NMB2 and Racinndrummin's build threads. That sag is going to be a real pain for any kind of turbo kit. There isn't enough room between the engine and firewall for a real downpipe on a perfectly healthy truck, let alone a sagger. You might have to break down and cut that firewall regardless of what turbo you use, choose not to run a turbo, try to "unscrew up" whatever that guy that fixed your floor did...or something. One other option might be to scrap the cab, save the drivetrain and replace.