Good lord... good luck!! I obviously have never done it, and I don't think many of the members here will have either. If you're going that far, why not just pull the motor out? By the time you get done fighting, I'd imagine you'll probably wish you did in the first place.

 

id like to pull the motor, but i dont have a cherry picker, and i think if i can raise the cab 6" or so I can get to them. Im onlt 145lbs, and i can fit in small areas..
If i remove DE downpipe, heatshields and jack the body up alittle bit, I think i can get them.

 

I just got a set of RDL up-pipes as well. Bought them used. Thats the only reason I went ahead and bought them. Im not gonna even attempt doing it myself. Im gonna pay Lary Reisner(He built the 7.1 stroker in town) to do it. Im curious though. When installing the up-pipes do you have to completely delete the EGR or do you just have the block it off or whatever?

 

You can see MMLMM's idea in my engine bay.
Either completely delete the egr, or remove cooler, tie in coolant lines, and make a 3/16's plate for the egr motor assembly.
The problem isnt the egr itself, its th eintake manifold thats the problem, you need to have something that can suppoort the weight of the intake if the egr assembly isnt there.

 

You will need to either block or remove EGR. To remove EGR, you will need a plate and 2 spacers to hold the Intake up. The plate I designed bolts uner the intake cross piece and and then 2 of the bolts go all the way down with 2 spacers in there to rest the intake, as it will need to be supported.

The other option is to remove the EGR cooler and put a plate there on the EGR motor. That way the EGR motor/plunger housing still supports the intake.

You will also need to splice your EGR cooler line together.

 

So would you be up for gettin me the parts needed to delete the EGR when I need them?

 

Install shouldn't be too bad I'm hoping, I'm coating mine and then throwing some heat wrap on them. I'm swapping turbos at the same time so it'll be a two in one sort of deal like you are planning on. Good luck with it!

 

You also have a lb7 and you can fit a small child behind your motor..

You can remove them with everything in place. Get them from the wheel wells. Buy a few GOOD quality 12 point 12mm sockets. 1/2" breaker bar and some patience will get it done. Do the pass. side first and reach all the bolts from there. The pass. side of the engine is stagered forward, so more room.

Sounds good Rob, thank you. It sounds easier than it looks but halfway i will ask myself what did i get myself into. :rof

 

i am about to do the same work but it looks like if you pull the trans its all right there

 

You can remove them with everything in place. Get them from the wheel wells. Buy a few GOOD quality 12 point 12mm sockets. 1/2" breaker bar and some patience will get it done. Do the pass. side first and reach all the bolts from there. The pass. side of the engine is stagered forward, so more room.

 

You can remove them with everything in place. Get them from the wheel wells. Buy a few GOOD quality 12 point 12mm sockets. 1/2" breaker bar and some patience will get it done. Do the pass. side first and reach all the bolts from there. The pass. side of the engine is stagered forward, so more room.

Thats the way ive always done it, I use a long handled flex head 3/8 drive snap on wratchet, but i rip the gears out everytime i do one!! Have atleast 1 good deep well and one good shallow 12pt socket, you will probally break atleast one tool befor your done along with some skin!! No need to rip the whole truck apart!

 

this is a dumb question....what are the up pipes? are they on both sides of the engine? was thinking of doing the bd manifold. should I hold off and just do the up pipes along with doing a diamond eye turbo pipe. want to do an egr delete but stuck in kalifornia smog is coming. already did the blocker plate, could I reroute the coolant lines, put a plate or sheet metal in between the intake, and egr motor. so it looks like the egr is still there for smog? Thanks

 

The Up pipes are the exhaust pipes that connect each cylinder bank manifolds to the turbo pedistal.
AKA feed pipes.
As for the BD manifold, you can do that, wont feel a SOTP hp increase, but its something that you know helps, but dont offer better mpg.
hope this helps.

 

Have some band-aids and a cat to kick handy, not a fun job.

 

awsome thanks, good luck.

 

Thinking of just removeing cab mounts, steering shaft, and slide the cab back 2" till it is flush with the bed.. hmm

 

The trans is not that hard to remove. Once that is out they are easy as can be to remove. I think I took my bolts out with a 3/8 air gun there was so much room.

Just a thought

 

The fun has began...

 

Good luck. Hope it goes well.....remember take plenty of pictures for my stupid self in case I have to do mine myself.

 

I need to take pictures to put my wheel liner back on.

 

honda rider if you dont mind me asking what do you do for a living to be able to pay for all of this stuff? im 19 also and i make pretty good money for my age and can buy some sweet stuff for my truck but not at the rate you go! lol

 

I worked for my dad and uncle starting at age 12 for a demolition company in california, ACR contracting. 8 hours a day during summer and everyday after school in a bobcat.
I now work at
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I put the go fast goodies on some diesels here in AZ.
not too busy, but its steady.
I also have bought 90% of my mods used.
Truck was used with 8200 miles on it when I bought it and im still paying $422/month on it.
The only thing my dad helped pay for was my transmission, i bought the kit, he paid Mike L. to put it in ($1200)
I got the up pipes from RDL at a price I cannot even post. Didnt even hurt the wallet if you get what im saying.

 

so, those are the up pipes. Do those flow better than the stockers?

 

They are 1 7/8" all the way through vs the stock up pipes that narrow down to 1 3/8" in areas. They also lower drive pressure 5 psi and add 30-35rwhp.

 

1 7/8, my bad i was thinkning about the race headers


edit:
just measured them and they are 2"....umm?

Edit again:
they are 1 7/8
I cant measure

 

At first I thought it was a MX racing team :rof
I then read the smaller print about pet food.

 

yeah thats just the website for all the race teams that we sponsor. I actually race off road in the class 10 car and eventually in the trophy truck on that site. Dog Food: All Natural, High Quality, Holistic Pet Foods. Dog Foods, Cat Foods, Dog Biscuits this is my actual employer! the company has many perks to go along with working here so its sweet. VIP tickets to all the events i want!! lol

 

This is the idea that im have. This came off a LMM but egr motor is same as LBZ.

 

Is that all you have to do? Put a plate over whatever port that is?

 

RDL ?? Do these guys make the headers that a couple fellas on here are running as well ?? I'm thinking they might be a nice addition to the truck.

So.....baby Cheetah bawanna ??

 

Todd this would be kick A$$ on on your lmm with the twins.
Rick D Lance only makes the full log style headers and up pipes, or just the up pipes for the oem manifolds now. Thinking about a cheetah quite a bit. talked to brayden about the 68mm for 1700 bucks...mind as well do it if i pull my turbo.

yep that is correct he has two versions of each thing. the tow and the pro! is there any videos of trucks with the full pro setup running besides the motor on the engine dyno? i would love to hear what it sounds like and how fast it spools the turbo..

Only Pro series now.
NWTDIESEL has a set on his lb7 with his a5k and it spools as fast as my stock charger.

 

Hey Brian can i come work with you? PLEESE!?!

 

yep that is correct he has two versions of each thing. the tow and the pro! is there any videos of trucks with the full pro setup running besides the motor on the engine dyno? i would love to hear what it sounds like and how fast it spools the turbo..

 

Not only do they help spool up but they lower drive pressure which adds power and is easier on the motor. If you have the money its a nice addition, Rick makes the header and up pipe combo or just the up pipes I believe which is what I'll be putting on soon.

 

good luck with ur install u dmax15 and hondarider

 

Thanks buddy, I was planning on taking the turbo out anyways so it won't be much more to swap the up pipes in the process.

 

Got the egr motor block off plate made today with the help of MMLMM.
2 1/2" x 4"

This will go where the egr cooler meets the motor.

 

Brian, dont forget you have some cutting and drilling to do lol. You cant just glue that there :rof