I'm honestly considering going back to stock, had nothing but issues since upgrading it. I am currently buying everything to do an engine rebuild and then I think I'm just going to tune it all back to near stock, at this point I just want reliability.
Everyone and their nan that's watched this video has probably said it at this point. But a bead in the charge piping for the clamp to grip onto will really help with popping hoses. The one shown had no bead.
Yeah, you're not wrong. This video is very old to where the Ute is now, it has changed alot since then, including beading. Cheers for the view though man
@Finndawg No problem, just a rarity to find in-depth content on this engine. For its time, it was a good design, and I like them. They also seem to go forever, usually outlasting the "ute" itself. Like I've seen many cases where the car is falling apart or needs a lot of work, but the engine is still sweet.
Nice work mate. I'm building mine at the mo. For charge piping it has to be flanged otherwise it will keep slipping off. Get it flanged then make sure the hose clamp is right up against that flange :)
@@mr.eervianlesmana9263 I use permaseal, but most high quality head gaskets shouldn't have a problem with higher boost. How much boost are you intending to run?
great video, if possible can you maybe provide links for guages bought at and maybe a vid on how you build ya load bin and maybe make scematic available of dims and ods, else great following your stuff, looking forward to next chaps😎
Great vid mate. I had same issue with charge piping. Fixed it by turning the ends out with pliers (clean off filings with compressor) to form ridge to stop clamps slipping off
Hey Mate, Love your vids. I've heard that the radiator fans actually suck about 5HP of power. Have you considered removing the blades and using an electric fan? I did this in the early '70s and it made the engine perform much better and reduce running costs. The engine is a shit ton quieter too. Maybe do a vid to prove or disprove the theory?
only reason I don't advise going electric, is if you're in the middle of nowhere and an electric fan goes you're stuffed. A viscous fan has much less chance of being damaged and will get you out of trouble :)
@@trevorjudd516 exactly. I've seen brand new fans get slightly wet after a shallow river crossing and never work again. One thing I'll never risk is my cooling system. :)
Sorry mate I never saw this comment, sorry for such a late response. I am willing to lose 5hp on the grounds that viscose fans rarely fail, and they are actually alot more effective at pulling air through the engine bay, radiator and intercooler than electric fan. But I totally hear what you're saying.
For the stuff I have on here I paid roughly $4k, best way to get in direct contact with him is to search Gareth Brunt on Facebook, his display picture is of him and his daughter on his shoulders, unfortunately I don't know of a better way sorry mate.
That inlet manifold is not gonna have equal air flow per cylinder. That is making it a much finer balance of EGTs/soot/power and makes tuning much more limited. That would be the next thing to address IMO. Great build otherwise.
That's where firing order comes in, as well as the fact that the intake is charger with pressure from the turbo, I'm sure in higher performance applications what you said is definitely valid. But in this case I think it's perfectly fine.
beautiful bravo, doing mine up atm! not planning on any turbo upgrades but where did you get that plenum from? i have a massive intercooler that's going on and want more positive airflow.
Thanks mate, the air intake is off a fella on who custom makes them, though I went a different direction as they cause a considerable amount of turbo lag, even with an early spool and high boost.
Hey mate, what's a load bin? Also the gauges are saas muscle series digital, but they kinda suck I've had problems with them recently, going to swap them out eventually
Hey mate, I did a video on starter mods for these if you want to check that out. But I'd go a different direction in the turbo setup I chose, I'd make my own set of headers and go with perhaps an upgraded Hilux turbo or something like that. I'd have done everything else the same, except the intake plenum. ruclips.net/video/qOX7o-wLn74/видео.html
Sure man, I've actually been planning a video to cover the basics for new diesel owners looking to get into modding them. Make sure you subscribe so you see it when I post it.
Hey Jye, I finally got around to making a turbo diesel tuning basics video which goes over the stuff you asked about. ruclips.net/video/qOX7o-wLn74/видео.html
Wow I didn't even think a WLT could handle all that boost I have a 2010 Ford ranger with WLT I always have oil leaks its pretty annoying recently rebuilt the turbo aswell
They're good for upto 30psi on stock internals, I wouldn't say it'd be safe to run 30 consistently although you'd definitely be sacrificing longevity and reliability. I'd say 20-24psi is the sweet spot for these engines in terms of longevity, reliability, decent power and performance, I also get about 10-11L/100km as well.
How did you go with the A Pillar pod, I have the same one in my Caprice and it doesn't fit the car properly, it fucking flops around while driving and gives me the absolute shits - how is yours secured? With the charge piping popping off, if the pipes have a lip rolled into them a little bit down from the edge and you secure the hose clamps over it, should prevent them from popping off like they do if the pipe is just bare.
Hey, sorry for the late reply. Really depends if you have an EGR or not, if it's pre-egr I'd say they're not as important, with EGR they're definitely worth installing.
@@nileshsingh7326 What sort of EGT's are you currently getting? I wouldn't want to see anything over 600-650degrees celcius with a post turbo EGT probe. highway cruising I'd say you should sit around 300-400.
Could be uni joints, could be unbalanced tires. As I said there's alot of things that can cause that it's really hard to diagnose without getting hands on
Checkout my video on swapping the diffs. If you have anymore questions after watching let me know and I may do a follow up video :) ruclips.net/video/CErGZgyTi3s/видео.html
Hey mate, I've only had alittle bit of experience with them but from what I do know I know they're abit underpowered and they have abit of a reputation for blowing up. But as I said, I haven't really had my hands on them for long enough to get a good idea so take all that with a grain of salt.
@@Finndawg thx mate. I had it 4 years. On the black top it is under powered by it animal on the tracks. Couple years ago my son was at The Glasshouse mountains just towing all mates out. He came back mud line nearly to the windows. He brand one of the front axle and didn't wash it. He is not allowed to borrow it.
@@Finndawg thanks for the reply mate. Went to fit the same one from Gareth and ran into that issue. I've put the stock one back on because I'm not too keen on potentially exposing the timing belt to ingress when I'm 4wding. Cheers.
It's good because my turbo set-up complicated keeping the stock one as the piping was terrible, but I am actually going to make up a custom box in the next future.
Hey man, thanks for watching. I honestly wouldn't know for sure, I'd say when she was tuned more rowdy she was pushing close to 200hp, on the current tune I'd say roughly 150hp.
12.4l/100km mate, not amazing but not terrible either. That was on that setup in the video, the newly built engine may be different so I'm going to compare that now also.
Great video man, good to see another wlt on RUclips
Cheers bro, I hope it kinda covered what you were asking about on my previous vid.
@@Finndawg where you get the air box mate?
I keep mine stock standard , no issue in 5 years and 370,000km on the clock. Great spunky motors , I see y u young blokes like em.
I'm honestly considering going back to stock, had nothing but issues since upgrading it. I am currently buying everything to do an engine rebuild and then I think I'm just going to tune it all back to near stock, at this point I just want reliability.
Everyone and their nan that's watched this video has probably said it at this point.
But a bead in the charge piping for the clamp to grip onto will really help with popping hoses.
The one shown had no bead.
Yeah, you're not wrong. This video is very old to where the Ute is now, it has changed alot since then, including beading. Cheers for the view though man
@Finndawg No problem, just a rarity to find in-depth content on this engine.
For its time, it was a good design, and I like them.
They also seem to go forever, usually outlasting the "ute" itself. Like I've seen many cases where the car is falling apart or needs a lot of work, but the engine is still sweet.
Nice work mate. I'm building mine at the mo. For charge piping it has to be flanged otherwise it will keep slipping off. Get it flanged then make sure the hose clamp is right up against that flange :)
Hey brother, good luck on your build, everything is flanged 😃 if you checkout my most recent video it's changed considerably since this video.
@@Finndawg gotcha. Nice one my dude! I'm not going for crazy power, just want it to tow my boat a bit better.
goes good for a heavy 4x4, mine is bloody slow but does have 700+ ks on the clock
I just rebuilt my engine and it goes even better now haha. 700+k is pretty epic though if she's unopened
@@Finndawg .does anyone sell a performance head gasket for this WL-T engine? so it can be safe to add more turbo boost
@@mr.eervianlesmana9263 I use permaseal, but most high quality head gaskets shouldn't have a problem with higher boost. How much boost are you intending to run?
@@Finndawg about 30-33 PSI
heavy? my falcon weighs upward of 500kg more than the bravo
great video, if possible can you maybe provide links for guages bought at and maybe a vid on how you build ya load bin and maybe make scematic available of dims and ods, else great following your stuff, looking forward to next chaps😎
Great vid mate. I had same issue with charge piping. Fixed it by turning the ends out with pliers (clean off filings with compressor) to form ridge to stop clamps slipping off
Thanks mate, alot has changed with my ute since this video, since this all the pipes have already been rolled.
How could I make my turbo louder on a stock 2.5 2000 ford courier on the cheap
Sorry for the late reply, exhaust, air intake are the easiest and cheapest. Then it gets into real money like turbo upgrades.and what not
Hey Mate, Love your vids. I've heard that the radiator fans actually suck about 5HP of power. Have you considered removing the blades and using an electric fan? I did this in the early '70s and it made the engine perform much better and reduce running costs. The engine is a shit ton quieter too. Maybe do a vid to prove or disprove the theory?
This bravo did get recked and he saved the engine and dropped it in a courier so even more reason to check out electric to see the difference.
only reason I don't advise going electric, is if you're in the middle of nowhere and an electric fan goes you're stuffed. A viscous fan has much less chance of being damaged and will get you out of trouble :)
@@ongedre Most electric motors run for 20 years + with no problems.....but I guess if you're 4 wheel driving through mud it could be different...
@@trevorjudd516 exactly. I've seen brand new fans get slightly wet after a shallow river crossing and never work again. One thing I'll never risk is my cooling system. :)
Sorry mate I never saw this comment, sorry for such a late response. I am willing to lose 5hp on the grounds that viscose fans rarely fail, and they are actually alot more effective at pulling air through the engine bay, radiator and intercooler than electric fan. But I totally hear what you're saying.
Finally found some WLT content I can use, greetings from the UK. Anyone got a link where I can buy the Ford Turbo badge thing on the valve cover??
Great stuff mate !
Could you please share the contact of the turbo supplier,
What was the cost of the mods ?
Cheers Alex
For the stuff I have on here I paid roughly $4k, best way to get in direct contact with him is to search Gareth Brunt on Facebook, his display picture is of him and his daughter on his shoulders, unfortunately I don't know of a better way sorry mate.
That inlet manifold is not gonna have equal air flow per cylinder. That is making it a much finer balance of EGTs/soot/power and makes tuning much more limited. That would be the next thing to address IMO. Great build otherwise.
That's where firing order comes in, as well as the fact that the intake is charger with pressure from the turbo, I'm sure in higher performance applications what you said is definitely valid. But in this case I think it's perfectly fine.
Hey mate is it worth turning the fuel up and what supporting mods should i need too ?
beautiful bravo, doing mine up atm! not planning on any turbo upgrades but where did you get that plenum from? i have a massive intercooler that's going on and want more positive airflow.
Thanks mate, the air intake is off a fella on who custom makes them, though I went a different direction as they cause a considerable amount of turbo lag, even with an early spool and high boost.
can you maybe post links for your guages and also show or post plans for build of your load bin
Hey mate, what's a load bin? Also the gauges are saas muscle series digital, but they kinda suck I've had problems with them recently, going to swap them out eventually
Good video bro🤙 can you tell me what size vacuum hoses I wil need to replace all standar hoses to the blue silicon hoses pleas?
Hey man thanks for watching! The size is 4mm I believe, could potentially be 5mm but almost certain it's 4.
Sounds too good mate
Thanks man! I reckon it sounds pretty nice if I do say so myself, pretty happy with where she's at right now.
Hey man real good vid,
Any ideas what you'd do if you started again stock?
I'm looking at getting a wlt for heavy load towing
Hey mate, I did a video on starter mods for these if you want to check that out.
But I'd go a different direction in the turbo setup I chose, I'd make my own set of headers and go with perhaps an upgraded Hilux turbo or something like that. I'd have done everything else the same, except the intake plenum.
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@@Finndawg cheers bud i sent the comment and then seen your other video straight away sorry about that.
@@Catnapchronicles24 no worries at all brother!
can you pls give us a tour of the engine bay and exactly where you have all the probes for the gauges? mainly boost and egt cheers
Sure man, I've actually been planning a video to cover the basics for new diesel owners looking to get into modding them. Make sure you subscribe so you see it when I post it.
Hey Jye, I finally got around to making a turbo diesel tuning basics video which goes over the stuff you asked about.
ruclips.net/video/qOX7o-wLn74/видео.html
Heya with those blue vacuum hoses ,what size are they cause I wanna do the same to my wlt cheers
@@jofi7581 Hey mate, they're 4mm I believe, could potentially be 5mm can't 100% remember. Thanks for watching though, really appreciate the view!
@@Finndawg cheers mate 👍
Wow I didn't even think a WLT could handle all that boost I have a 2010 Ford ranger with WLT I always have oil leaks its pretty annoying recently rebuilt the turbo aswell
They're good for upto 30psi on stock internals, I wouldn't say it'd be safe to run 30 consistently although you'd definitely be sacrificing longevity and reliability. I'd say 20-24psi is the sweet spot for these engines in terms of longevity, reliability, decent power and performance, I also get about 10-11L/100km as well.
Nice clip.Could you please give the details of the exhaust manifold supplier?
If you hop on any of the Facebook groups for these cars you'll find him bro, his name is Gareth Brunt.
How did you go with the A Pillar pod, I have the same one in my Caprice and it doesn't fit the car properly, it fucking flops around while driving and gives me the absolute shits - how is yours secured?
With the charge piping popping off, if the pipes have a lip rolled into them a little bit down from the edge and you secure the hose clamps over it, should prevent them from popping off like they do if the pipe is just bare.
Hey man, abit of velcro on the top and the bottom fits into a slot
What garret turbo are you running.
Do you think a catch can for these wlts are a good investment?
Hey, sorry for the late reply. Really depends if you have an EGR or not, if it's pre-egr I'd say they're not as important, with EGR they're definitely worth installing.
Hey bro how much do you reckon the EGT should be if the Egt probe is on ppd down pipe just after turbo? I’ve got the ppd straight flow exhaust. Cheers
Depends on what you're doing, like heavy load? high way cruising?
@@Finndawg highway cruising and hill climb
@@nileshsingh7326 What sort of EGT's are you currently getting? I wouldn't want to see anything over 600-650degrees celcius with a post turbo EGT probe. highway cruising I'd say you should sit around 300-400.
Hey man not sure if you will see this but my 05 courier has a rattle in 4th gear 1500 revs then goes away. Any ideas what causing this problem!?
Could be afew things mate, kinda hard to diagnose without hearing it
Mine has the exact same thing 04 Courier, was wondering the same as to why
Could be uni joints, could be unbalanced tires. As I said there's alot of things that can cause that it's really hard to diagnose without getting hands on
Were did get high mount manfold?
I thought I said in the video, though it's from Gareth Brunt homie.
Where can You get those turbos from? Having trouble finding them.
Custom built by Gareth Brunt mate
Can you make a video on the 4wd system ?
Checkout my video on swapping the diffs. If you have anymore questions after watching let me know and I may do a follow up video :)
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Do some offroading content
Haha, thanks for the suggestion, I don't actually do much apart from taking her up the beach. She's built for camping and beach trips.
Hey mate do U anything about the 2.8l turbo GQ diesel. Thx
Hey mate, I've only had alittle bit of experience with them but from what I do know I know they're abit underpowered and they have abit of a reputation for blowing up. But as I said, I haven't really had my hands on them for long enough to get a good idea so take all that with a grain of salt.
@@Finndawg thx mate. I had it 4 years. On the black top it is under powered by it animal on the tracks. Couple years ago my son was at The Glasshouse mountains just towing all mates out. He came back mud line nearly to the windows. He brand one of the front axle and didn't wash it. He is not allowed to borrow it.
What gauges and cluster pod?
Gauges are just saas digital ones, they work okay but not amazing. Pillar pod is 4x4 concepts pk/pj ranger
Hey mate, did you have to cut the timing belt cover mount below the intake manifold inlet to get it on?
Yeah mate, gotta cut off one of the mounts.
@@Finndawg thanks for the reply mate. Went to fit the same one from Gareth and ran into that issue. I've put the stock one back on because I'm not too keen on potentially exposing the timing belt to ingress when I'm 4wding. Cheers.
@@Bozzl3 checkout part 5 of my engine rebuild series mate, I talk about the intake plenum afair bit in there, I wasn't overall very happy with it.
Yeah I'll check it out mate. Cheers.
Would you or anyone recommend that induction air filter over the stock one?
It's good because my turbo set-up complicated keeping the stock one as the piping was terrible, but I am actually going to make up a custom box in the next future.
@@Finndawg I was thinking of getting one and hooking it up directly to my snorkel as the stock box really is terrible.
@@briangibson7876 I personally wouldn't do that, just because at that point you may be restricting airflow and that wouldn't be ideal.
Where do you get the high mount manifold
A fella called Garreth Brunt mate.
Hey man where did you get the weather shields from look sick!!
Hey man, they're for a pj/pk ranger, picked them up for about $100 online.
@@Finndawg thanks man. So do alot of the pj/pk parts fit these cars?
@@braydennicolai6609 yeah man, they're super similar, alot of it doesn't fit perfectly but alittle bit of modification or tweaking and it works.
@@Finndawg Sorry for all the questions but what exhaust you running?
@@braydennicolai6609 man I love questions haha. It's originally a ppd but the down pipe has been modified to fit the high mount turbo.
hey man how’d it hold up in the long run?
Still purring man
Hey bro
how much did you pay for your turbo kit ? and do you think its worth it ?
All said and done about 4k man, and honestly I've had alot of issues with it since putting all this gear on
@@Finndawg worth it tho ? Im thinking about doing it to mine. knowing what you know now is there something you would of done diffently ?
where did you get the exhaust?
cheers
Thanks for watching. It is a modified PPD 3inch stainless exhaust. Modified by a local engineering shop.
Hey man where did u get those gauges and gauge mount from?
the pillar gauge setup is from 4x4concepts and the gauges are SAAS muscle digital series. Thanks for watching!
@@Finndawg cheers mate highly appreciated
@@Finndawg I have had look on the website but not having much luck unfortunately
@keltonmoss8555 try looking up "pk ranger pillar pod" or "pj pillar pod" on eBay brother.
Where did you get the gauge cluster?
They're from a pj/pk ranger 2006-2011 I just went to find you the link but they're sold out where I got them from.
@@Finndawg thanks for that I’ll find something from that
how much power do you think she's making?
Hey man, thanks for watching. I honestly wouldn't know for sure, I'd say when she was tuned more rowdy she was pushing close to 200hp, on the current tune I'd say roughly 150hp.
Wow that’s impressive, what exhaust you running?
how do i get the piller pod that fits it mate
4x4concepts make one bro, suits pk/pj ranger but fits straight over the pillar plastic.
@@Finndawg does it just clip over it
And how much for the gauges?
@@chadpurdon8048 pillar pod was $200, gauges were about $400. Yeah just clips over.
What boost are you running
20-24
Whats your fuel consumption mate?
12.4l/100km mate, not amazing but not terrible either. That was on that setup in the video, the newly built engine may be different so I'm going to compare that now also.
@@Finndawg no thats not bad at all tbh,considering you get less than that with a petrol and less KW than the diesel