Thread: Turbo?

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Turbo's are designed as a system. Just tossing a bunch of leftovers together might not be the best method to build one. The quality systems also include a timing retard module. Tube length from the turbo to the carb is important too, shorter means less turbo lag. There is also a lot of technology incorporated into the design of the impeller, vanes, and an oiling system. Done wrong, it's a really easy way to gernade an engine.

Turbo's can be peiced togther cheaper than a kit but you have to know what you need, or you will find yourself overboosting from too small of a turbo ( wastegate cannot keep up ) or excessive lag from too large of a turbo. oiling system is pretty standard, turbo's don't need a lot of preassure, but the engine does. most oil feed lines have built in restrictors, to keep up the engine oil press. Timing is easilly fixed with an MSD 6 BTM which will retard the timing 1-3* per PSI of boost. I'v heavilly researched turbo's, because I'm putting the Turbo on My Falcon 200 I6. going to rebuild the engine for 8.3:1 comp. found an engine kit for $336 that includes everything from pistions to gaskets, everything needed including camshaft ( which I would dump for a slightly hotter camshaft ) oil pump ect... and a rebuilt 1980 EO casting head with 62cc chambers at $300. gonna do a .030 overbore to true everything up.