Thread: Blower or Turbo on a 406???

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Yup, no reason to worry about the block, caps, or head gaskets. Pistons are gonna be junk real quick. Get a set of forged pistons and start over, the hypereutectics aren't gonna make it....

If you end up with a turbo, get a water and oil cooled center. We make our own Turbo's and sell them around the world, and one of the most common thing that blows a turbo is NO airfilter! along with no oil to it. It will pick up a screwdriver quicker than you can say Oh Sh.., it's gone and instant turbo death. That goes for rags, shirt sleves, nuts & bolts, etc, we see it all. the cars we build them for make between 700 and 1400 hp, and drive them on the street. I can drive 700+ hp next to you, and you wouldn't know it, and very drivable, you can't do the same with a blower(cool factor type), which we have had also over the years. You could drive the turbo anywhere, I wouldn't drive a blower a 1000 miles cross country, but I drive everything I build.

Pat

Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe

If you end up with a turbo, get a water and oil cooled center. We make our own Turbo's and sell them around the world, and one of the most common thing that blows a turbo is NO airfilter! along with no oil to it. It will pick up a screwdriver quicker than you can say Oh Sh.., it's gone and instant turbo death. That goes for rags, shirt sleves, nuts & bolts, etc, we see it all. the cars we build them for make between 700 and 1400 hp, and drive them on the street. I can drive 700+ hp next to you, and you wouldn't know it, and very drivable, you can't do the same with a blower(cool factor type), which we have had also over the years. You could drive the turbo anywhere, I wouldn't drive a blower a 1000 miles cross country, but I drive everything I build.

Pat

You would'nt drive a blower a 1000 miles cross country????
Did you forget about all the GMC 71 series blowers for the past 40+ years ago on all the diesel trucks that ran tens of thousands of miles day in and day out??