hey everyone! okay so every friday we've been taking the maverick up to sonic and last friday a 65 mustang showed up with a turbo'd 302it basically inspired the hell outta me. so i now ask the important qeustion that make's this a project or remains an idea is it a good idea to do this will ill i get a significant hp boost and of cousre its not a bolt on but what would it take custom pipings etc. just any knowledge you may have. share it please!!!!
you should be able to get a good amount of power increse with a turbo. every thing you need to know is on this site http://www.theturboforums.com/
How much money are you willing to spend? And how much HP are you looking for. Im doing a turbo build with a TO4B.
well i found a good starter turbo at my local junkyard t3 with intercooler and blow off for 250 bucks and piping but this is going to be a about a 4month project (lack of money up front) i might go buy that turbo and intercooler combo but i have no clue on how to install this what i need etc. im trying to stay under 2000 for the finished project. if there's kits for my engine it's be easier seeing as i can just pull a loan. and HP hell thats a toss up i still gotta buy forged pistons and a new arm for cyl.#3. i have no experiance with turbo's and how much hp they give out (of course this all depends on size of turbo)
The T3 will be too small, they put those on 4cyl for a reason. There are a couple of kits out there marketed for our cars but they are cut to fit. The ebay ones use cheap chinese turbos so i would stay the hell away from those.
well thanks for saving me 250 bucks! what would you suggest for my 302 all i've got upgrade'd is a 650 cfm edelbrock carb and alum. intake and i just bought an electric fan with thermo but need to install it.
And the first thing i would do is to throw the junkyard turbo idea out the window. Its not going to happen with a V8, the only way would be to find a pair of the T3`s off the turbocoupe. The manual ones had the .60cold side and i think the hot AR was .61. But the thing is these are insanely hard to find in the junkyard then to make matters worse theres not alot of room in our engine bays.
Well for starters how much HP do you want? If your looking for 350 i would just do an NA build, in the long run itll be cheaper and alot easier.
yea i through that out when 2 people told for sure! and joe dirt i wish you still had all of your setup for sale :'( ha but in all seriousness any links or info is appriciated. my engine isnt an h.o. though (i wish)
yea true thats by far enough hp but i thought i'd talk to you all before i spend any money thanks for pushing me away it'll be cheaper for sure!
The size of the engine compartment is the limiting factor. I originally purchased a pair of the Turbocoupe turbos (the good Garrett ones with the .63 a/r not the IHI's) and I decided that there just wasn't enough room to fit them in. Messing with the exhaust, I decided that I had to cut the towers in order to fit the headers that I wanted to build for it. Exhaust manifolds probably would have worked but were too restrictive for me. Needless to say these engine bays are tight. I hate to talk you out of it but if I were to rate it in difficulty I would say that turbocharging is an 8 or 9 (on a 1-10 scale with 10 being the hardest) because of all the fabrication. It can be done and several people have completed them, but it's not as easy as building a motor. Also to do it right you really should build the motor for boost with forged pistons and a cam that is turbo friendly. Just my two cents.
agreed the more i look into this it would be a very very tight fin and wouldnt really make enough difference without the tt set up which is even more room plus all the custom work i would have to do.
Hey Tony since he already got his answer I wanna pick your brain for a bit. Are forged pistons absolulety required in a turbo build? I ask because i talked to a guy who builds Honda Turbo motors and most of his are running stock cast pistons and most of them are running mid10s and are daily drivers. Now he has a couple of drag cars running the same piston but their running nines. The piston is actually a susuki vitarra piston that you can pick up at any parts store. And he said besides the strenght forged pistons are just a little less prone to detonation. But not a whole lot.
