Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Many things appear simple and easy when they are designed.... The actual assembly and operation is where the proof comes in. Can't even began to tell you how many great ideas I have had that in actual application turned out to be far from ideal. The trial and error based on a solid design is what produces working combinations, or shows their inherent flaws. It's great to experiment and try new combinations, but trust me, they never go together quite as easy or work quite as well with the first turn of the key as they should.......
This is all true. but with my 200 I6, there are a number of people who have arleady turbocharged the 144-250's and gone through this. If you look up on google Will and Kelly's Falcon, you will come up with a Mustangs and Fords Article on a turbocharged 250 in the Falcon ( a '63 ) running in the 12's, that is an old setup now, they have since had the car at 11.75, and they changed the setup again, using an OZ 250 head ( approx 100% better flowing ) but there going to change over to a better head than that, which is the Ford Six Aluminum head. Will and Kelly are both on www.fordsix.com/forum.

Most of the problems that occour with budget turbocharging is too big or small of a Turbo, putting that Diesel Turbo on a 4cyl, that 2.2 L Mitsu turbo on a 350. it can be done saftly and effectively if 1 learns to read a compressor map, because that tells you if it's correctly sized for the engine.