Puma turbo upgrade

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Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

Yep, me. I am currently getting it all bolted back together again after the 4th gasket failure. My tune is very mild too

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Hi, did you upgrade your intercooler too?


Cheers

Don't want to hijack this thread but would running a higher flowing turbo reduce egts? Less boost required to make the same power equals cooler inlet temps hence helping reduce egts or is this false??

Also what egts are people getting with their tunes? I always wonder this, and how does the upgraded intercooler affect them?

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Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

Yep, me. I am currently getting it all bolted back together again after the 4th gasket failure. My tune is very mild too

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Jeepers! 4th! That is concerning. Are there any gasket options?

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Originally Posted by El Rey

Hi, did you upgrade your intercooler too?


Cheers

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I did. Used an Allisport.

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

Jeepers! 4th! That is concerning. Are there any gasket options?

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I've been using the 3mm copper ones.

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Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

I did. Used an Allisport.

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Ouch, thanks for the info. Do you have any opinions on whether it's the upgrade that is responsible, or some other combination of factors?

Still not performing as i had hoped, still sorting some other issues out though as well, has anyone else done a bigger turbo on a puma?

also for those who have done the remap, how does yours handle towing at speed? my recent trip up the highway to QLD from Newcastle, i had a decent load in the tray, full water tanks, full fuel tank, kimberly camper in tow with a decent load on board probably 1200-1400kg total including camper, i was loosing speed on the hills regardless of what gear/RPM, the bigger hills had me back to 60kph at times... i dont remember ever having this issue with the original turbo doing similar trips up the highway. Coming home with a much lighter load i thought would be better but it was much the same with some hills again getting me back to 4th gear and 60-70kph.

There's something wrong for sure,my cub camper is 1500kg and my Tdi tows it better than that.My TDCi is stock except for the de-cat pipe and it tows it without issue,120km/hr on the flat easily.The only time it struggles is if I get caught behind a caravaner and try to accelerate from directly behind up hill in an overtaking lane,I drop back a few lengths and get a run on it. Pat

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Originally Posted by cal415

Still not performing as i had hoped, still sorting some other issues out though as well, has anyone else done a bigger turbo on a puma?

also for those who have done the remap, how does yours handle towing at speed? my recent trip up the highway to QLD from Newcastle, i had a decent load in the tray, full water tanks, full fuel tank, kimberly camper in tow with a decent load on board probably 1200-1400kg total including camper, i was loosing speed on the hills regardless of what gear/RPM, the bigger hills had me back to 60kph at times... i dont remember ever having this issue with the original turbo doing similar trips up the highway. Coming home with a much lighter load i thought would be better but it was much the same with some hills again getting me back to 4th gear and 60-70kph.

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Maybe it an actuator/boost issue??

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suggested that to bruce davis, they are going to have a look, does any one know a way to show boost on a scangauge?

I did some very basic testing on stockton bridge near my house, based on what i know of how it was stock, pre alive tune, and again pre alive turbo, its performance seems closer to standard then the stock turbo and alive tune right now.