190's and 68 VGT review thread

Cutting-Edge Diesel · Apr 8, 2012

stroke of luck said:
would like to keep the trans alive as long as possible till I.can afford a built unit.

I told you this is not a valid excuse....

BlueWaffle · Apr 8, 2012

You planning on staying till Monday night and putting in a spare haha?

Cutting-Edge Diesel · Apr 8, 2012

stroke of luck said:
You planning on staying till Monday night and putting in a spare haha?

........... 3.5hrs right :lookaround:

Breaking Habits · Apr 8, 2012

Looks good man. Glad your liking this turbo

jimmyz32 · Apr 9, 2012

I think I have made up my mind. I will be getting a RCD 68mm VGT for my truck. Great write up.

smokinstroker · Apr 9, 2012

lance get a bp gauge or ae on there asap

BlueWaffle · Apr 9, 2012

smokinstroker said:
lance get a bp gauge or ae on there asap

why? ignorance is bliss! :thumbsup:

workin on it.

smokinstroker · Apr 9, 2012

haha after you grenade 2 of them.....been there done that.

let me know man, glad your liking the charger. and awesome your not having surging problems.

motoxracer42 · Apr 9, 2012

awesome.

the chad · Apr 10, 2012

so is this seeming to be the ticket for knocking for the VGT/190s discussion? After driving it around a little bit now are you still happy with it?

Breaking Habits · Apr 10, 2012

Just spoke with lance about a few of the new tunes we sent him. Stay posted

BlueWaffle · Apr 10, 2012

the chad said:
so is this seeming to be the ticket for knocking for the VGT/190s discussion? After driving it around a little bit now are you still happy with it?

yes happy with the turbo so far! great for just driving around town and has some serious balls at WOT.

i ran the RCD street tune for a couple days. great tune to run around town in. seems like there is a lot of fuel pulled out of it so it's virtually smoke free even with my 100% nozzles. shifting is good and temps stay LOW. turbo spools really fast as well. definitely not a race/hot tune but if you're towing or just wanting something with less aggressive shifting for a DD...definitely a good tune. now since my truck is just a toy...i'll be needing something hotter so I'll load up the Hot Race tune they sent me and reviewing that one as well.

PTSUPERD · Apr 10, 2012

stroke of luck said:
yes happy with the turbo so far! great for just driving around town and has some serious balls at WOT.

i ran the RCD street tune for a couple days. great tune to run around town in. seems like there is a lot of fuel pulled out of it so it's virtually smoke free even with my 100% nozzles. shifting is good and temps stay LOW. turbo spools really fast as well. definitely not a race/hot tune but if you're towing or just wanting something with less aggressive shifting for a DD...definitely a good tune. now since my truck is just a toy...i'll be needing something hotter so I'll load up the Hot Race tune they sent me and reviewing that one as well.

Good job lance!

BlueWaffle · Apr 15, 2012

Ran a couple times at Test n Tune at Texas Diesel Nationals. only made two passes cause of a few oil downs and some dumbass ran off the end of the track into the gravel pit and got stuck. Anyways:

I'm thinking around 8000 lbs??? 13.038 @ 101.39 and a 1.76 60' tried a several different hp calcs using trap speed and I've got anywhere from 566 to 585 at the wheels (used 15% drivetrain loss for those that gave crank.) had a few give over 600 so I'm not really sure where it sits......but 585 came up a couple times. i'm thinking I can def dip into the 12's with this setup on fuel.

MorganY · Apr 15, 2012

570-580 ish?

Cutting-Edge Diesel · Apr 15, 2012

stroke of luck said:
642??

Lol!!!!

faster6.0 · Apr 15, 2012

Great times lance !!

06f250powerstroke · Apr 15, 2012

what size of tire?

BlueWaffle · Apr 15, 2012

33 13.50

Silverback · Apr 15, 2012

I'm guessing you weigh around 7850-8000. I'd say your between 550-575rwhp,which sounds about right. You'll have to weigh the truck with you in it to get a dead accurate number.

Congrats on the times btw, just barely breaking 12.9:ford: