Better Duramax Turbo Performance
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00:00 turbo surge is bad when it happens it’s like riding a bucking bronco oh Jesus here’s a stock Turbo from a 24 Duramax normally it inhales air into the wheel compresses it and sends it to the engine surge occurs when you’re not moving much air but you’re asking for a lot of boost
00:20 pressure in other words the air is so thin that the wheel loses its grip when the pressure is greater in here than what the wheel can support it bursts back backwards through the wheel and all the way out to the filter to reduce surge GM engineered this feature air
00:37 flows through this channel is cushioned by this cavity and is turned around and sent back into the wheel once we perfected this feature on our monster ram we opened up the outlet and massaged the interior to outflow the stock unit but it’s not just about airf flow weadd a notejump to
00:53 computer modeled and iterated the hell out of it to perfect the geometry the goal was to present the air flow with uniform velocity and pressure to the face of the compressor wheel this makes the turbo more efficient and responsive and by the way you need a full engine
01:11 lab to develop one of these if all you know is flow you’ve missed the target the result is better response quicker acceleration and greater speed on grade without turbo killing compressor Surge and that’s where we kick everybody’s ass
The Monster-Ram intake elbow for the 2017-2024 Duramax improves throttle response, extends turbo life, and is the only aftermarket intake elbow that outperforms stock without the destructive effects of turbo compressor surge. And best of all, it’s 50-state emissions compliant.
When we set out to engineer the best-performing intake elbow for the 2017-2024 Duramax 6.6L, we built upon on GM’s anti-surge geometry. Half of this important feature is machined into the turbo’s compressor cover and the other half is machined into the intake elbow. Watch below as Gale Banks explains how the Monster-Ram blows away the competition. Only an engine design and manufacturing team like Banks could create a performance part with this level of sophistication.
We digitally designed, printed, and tested more than 40 iterations before landing on the ideal geometry. The result is better throttle response, quicker acceleration, and greater speed on-grade without turbo-killing compressor surge.
Monster-Ram Features
• Improved throttle response with no turbo surge
• 23% Greater Gulp Capacity™ (volume)
• 17% Larger turbo inlet size
• 18.67% Less restriction vs stock
• Outflows stock by 11.9%
• Retains PCV geometry for air-oil separation
• OE-quality aluminum casting
• 50-state emissions-compliant