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How do you all get 6.2s to 300K miles

I'm not familiar with the ATS turbo, others here are. I will let them chime in on that for regulating boost pressures. just keep it under 12psi unless you have head studs installed. but also to avoid cracked main webs.
 
dbrannon79 said:
I'm not familiar with the ATS turbo, others here are. I will let them chime in on that for regulating boost pressures. just keep it under 12psi unless you have head studs installed. but also to avoid cracked main webs.
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Apparently it's not as common for people to have those as opposed to Banks, haven't met anyone else with such a setup
 
you've got you a highway cruiser with that setup, but don't expect to pull anything heavy. being that you have a 4x4 if you decide to do a gear swap, youll need to do both axles. but if you want more power to climb and to pull/haul go for 4.10's or a higher ratio then install a gearvendors overdrive unit behind your trans. it's a lot of investment but you'll get the best of both worlds.

also smaller tires too!
 
dbrannon79 said:
you've got you a highway cruiser with that setup, but don't expect to pull anything heavy. being that you have a 4x4 if you decide to do a gear swap, youll need to do both axles. but if you want more power to climb and to pull/haul go for 4.10's or a higher ratio then install a gearvendors overdrive unit behind your trans. it's a lot of investment but you'll get the best of both worlds.

also smaller tires too!
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Yup I'm aware, I get surprisingly decent MPG (my friend with a 454 BB Suburban envys it) with it

I have no reasons to really swap anything since, as I stated before. I'm not going to tow or anything like that, this is a mere daily driver vehicle
 
Has it always had this issue since you bought it or is this new?

The black smoke is unburned fuel. It can happen from air intrusion, but 95% of time is lack of oxygen to burn all the fuel. That oxygen is supplied by air flow- so a restriction in air filter, or lack of boost.

The ATS turbo was a dealership option on Ford, not GM. The dealership option in early days for GM was the Banks Sidewinder.

Take several pics of the turbo, try to find the name plate on the turbo. When you post the pics please DO NOT choose thumbnail.
 
Will L. said:
Has it always had this issue since you bought it or is this new?

The black smoke is unburned fuel. It can happen from air intrusion, but 95% of time is lack of oxygen to burn all the fuel. That oxygen is supplied by air flow- so a restriction in air filter, or lack of boost.

The ATS turbo was a dealership option on Ford, not GM. The dealership option in early days for GM was the Banks Sidewinder.

Take several pics of the turbo, try to find the name plate on the turbo. When you post the pics please DO NOT choose thumbnail.
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It's only been issue when climbing steep hills, but as I said, I dont go out and do that at all, its very rare for me to do that, other than that, it drives decent at highway speeds, city driving, etc, peep my other comment for the video reference
 
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