Import killing turbo six parts list!

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The reason it took me so long to put this up is.........well I am lazy. Sorry. :lol: Well here it is, I cant remember the exact prices of some of this stuff but it should be really close anyways.

'87 Buick Gran National T-3 with .82 exhaust housing....got it at the Buick Nationals in KY, I paid $50 for it knowing it needed to be rebuilt. Rebuilt it with a rebuild kit for $15 I got through a friend. It is still leaking oil so I am working on that right now. I like the GN turbo because it is about the right size for our small sixes and they can be found easey and bought, worked on and upgraded for cheap.

90 degree heater hose to clear turbo....got it from NAPA, part # 10078 $11.99

Brass "T" for oil feed line and oil pressure gauge....from NAPA, can't remember the part # but it was around $4.00

Brake line to go from brass "T" to turbo....got it from NAPA, Can't remember the part # but it was aroud $3.00

Carter "strip" pump for SBC with 200 pump arm in it modified for boost with brass fitting tapped into air port for vacuum line....Got it from Summit, part # CRT-M4891 $61.95

Home made three bolt turbo exhaust flange and turbo bracket....Me and my friends with some scrap metal, hammeres, welders and cutting tools did the trick, free

Holley nitrophyl float noched with jet extentions....Got it from JEGS, part # 710-65228 $16.99

Hydrolic hose for oil return 15" long, 1/2" inside diameter with fitting....got it from TSC, Can't remember the part # around $18

'98 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 air bonnet....could not find one in a junk yard so I had to get it from Jeep, Cant remember the part # it was about $50

It is going to be hard to tell you much of a price on my exhaust because I got screwed on price and quality the first time I got it done and had to get it done over again by another shop. I am going to say you should be able to get it done for around $150-$250 at the most.

I can tell you about my muffler though, 3" Dynomax race muffler Ultra Flow Oval....My friend got it for me for Christmas but you can get it from Summit or JEGS, part # WLK-17223 $65.88

Well, that is all I can think of for now. There is really not that much to it as far as parts go. :D

Dan
 
sounds like a heck of a good inexpensive turbo setup.How do you think a turbo from an 80's (not sure of exact year) Turbo-T (thunderbird) would work with a small six?A 170 to be exact.

Previous owner told me it was a 200 and as far as I knew it was a 200 till I got down to it an realized there were 3 freeze plugs after I saw someone else on here trying to identify an engine. I'll keep it though and see what I can get out of her with my "custom" intake/log chopping.

Once again good deal on the turbo setup.I'd like to see some 1/4 mile times and some top speeds :D
 
Dan,

are you using cast dished pistons? What size jets for your Holley 500?

later
 
Thanks for the info, and balls to take this on. :thanks: I have a few questions.
1) how much boost are u running?
2)what is your a/f ratio
3)what carb are u using, and what mods did u perform to it
4)how much lag do u have with that huge J bend coming off the stock manifold?
5) whats your compression ratio


I am in the process of putting a ct-26 (mkiii supra) turbo on my 200.
Just a sugguestion, you might want to get a metal head gasket, and ARP head studs. Boost tends to blow head gaskets! :fume:
~scott
 
This is so great! I want to turbo my six so bad.
I'm saving this list to my desktop.

I'm out in AZ and worry about the heat. Have you noticed a temp increase with the turbo setup?
 
scottiedawg66":2jgx2bpi said:
Thanks for the info, and balls to take this on. :thanks: I have a few questions.
1) how much boost are u running?
2)what is your a/f ratio
3)what carb are u using, and what mods did u perform to it
4)how much lag do u have with that huge J bend coming off the stock manifold?
5) whats your compression ratio


I am in the process of putting a ct-26 (mkiii supra) turbo on my 200.
Just a sugguestion, you might want to get a metal head gasket, and ARP head studs. Boost tends to blow head gaskets! :fume:
~scott

Since Import Killer isnt here right now, i'll see if I can be of some help.

1. It is currently runnig @ 11# of boost.
2. No A/F gauge yet, its pretty fat though.
3. Holley 2300 series, 350cfm 2bbl Milled choke horn, nitrophyl float
4.What lag? The Jbend isnt THAT huge....It really doesnt haev any lag. Froma stand still you can count to about 2 before it tears the tires off.
5. Stock 200 bottom end with a late model 250 head. Probably around 8:1. Who knows....


He is fully aware that boost is blmaed for many blown head gaskets. The fact remaiins that boost isnt what kills the gaskets, its the tune. If the tune is off, it will either kill a gasket or a piston. Would yourather have a weaker gasket in there to act as a fuse? or would you rather just kill a piston? Besides,metal gaskets have more of a habit for leaking than regular gaskets do for blowing.

He had a 100 shot of the sauce on it before the turbo, he has an idea of what he's doing.
 
thanks for the info, i didnt mean to imply that import killer didnt know what he was doing...just trying to save someone from the problems ive had. It would be cool if he used the 100 shot to spool the turbo and take the track.

~scotty
 
Dude..thats not lag. From a stand still at idle, if you mash it, its tearing the tires off in less than two seconds. Thats not lag inmy book. Thats a damn sight quicker than it owuld get up on the cam that was in the otehr nitrous motor.


Plus he has the bigger turbine housing, its not the stock GN .63 ITs a .82 housing.
 
Sorry I am just now getting on here. :oops: Work, sleep, work, sleep! :lol:

Grease monkey: I would think a Turbo Coupe turbo would be good for a small six. It should spool up quick and have lots of lowend power. I would checkout a compressor map before you start in on it to make sure it will be the right size. I will be getting a LOT of track time and test and tune on it shortly. I will post up the #s when I get them. As far as top speed....I have no idea but I am sure it is WAY faster than you want to go in a 65 Stang with 10" drum brakes!

DBzOkole: Yep, stock pistons in a 100% stock '64(four main) 200. Even the old "weaker" sixes are strong!

Scottiedawg66: Thanks man! I am loving it! Disney awnsered your all your questions right on but one thing and that is I am running 12#s of boost and not 11. And that is on a stock '64 four main 200 block, crank, rods, and pistons with no IC on 93 pump gas. Also a stock style Felpro head gasket and stock 200 head bolts. I have run this thing VERY hard so far and have had no problems at all out of the motor yet. And like Disney said boost(or nitrous) does not kill pistons or gaskets just the tune. We set it up a little rich to start off with and to be honest I have not really messed with the jetting yet. I will probably get it on a dyno soon and get it tuned good. There is not really any lag with it at all. The J pipe is not hurting anything at all. Like Disney said from a dead stop at idle 2 seconds and it is into boost and killing the tires. But that is not how you launch a turbo car anyway. Hold the brake and spool it up and the 2300rpm converter becomes a 3000rpm converter quick and you are WAY into some boost! This is with the .82 exhaust housing. And one thing you can count on is the nitrous kit going back on in the near future. :twisted:

linearsix: Cheap and easy stuff you know! It works! I have had no problem with heat so far. It does so good that I am not even running a cooling fan on it at all right now! :shock: I have one for it but have not put it on yet. It stays very cool. I will need it when the weather gets warmer though. It runs and drives like a nice little stock six untill you mash it!

Dan

Dan
 
right on dan, i cant wait for numbers. All my supra friends laughed when i told them i was gonna turbo the I6 in my stang so having some #s will be cool. Does that jeep bonnet pressurize ur carb or do i need to make a box??? Thanks for the info

~scott
 
scottiedawg66":1k3wdgy5 said:
right on dan, i cant wait for numbers. All my supra friends laughed when i told them i was gonna turbo the I6 in my stang so having some #s will be cool. Does that jeep bonnet pressurize ur carb or do i need to make a box??? Thanks for the info

~scott

Well, you can just see how hard they laugh when you smoke 'em in your old school inline six! :lol: The Jeep bonnet does not pressurize the whole carb but all I really had to do for that was epoxy up the small hole in the top of the carb where the choke lever whent through. It really works well and I don't have any problems with air leaks with it at all. I don't see any reason to make a box but that is just me.

Dan
 
what intake manifold are u running? Sorry for all the ?s, but im super into this idea, and working on an intercooler as i try to determine how the motor is gonna work.

~scott
 
can you explain how you modified the fuel pump or possibly email me a pic? I was going to use an electric pump with a boost reference regulator, but this sounds better ( not having to run new lines and electrics). Thanks in advance for the info.


Dean
 
98cobra":29wp2aj1 said:
can you explain how you modified the fuel pump or possibly email me a pic? I was going to use an electric pump with a boost reference regulator, but this sounds better ( not having to run new lines and electrics). Thanks in advance for the info.


Dean

I can not say enough about my fuel pump! It is just unreal! I have put it up to some big tasks and it has worked great everytime. I was like you I was going to run an electric pump and regulator set up to read boost for the turbo but that was going to be some $$$. Then I remembered Mike Sitars website. I will try to post up a link to it. This guy is my hero! If anyone on here has not seen his site yet be sure you check it out. Talk about some FAST cars home grown for cheap! :shock: Anyways, I used his idea and tapped a vaccum line into the atmospheric port on the fuel pump and ran the other end to my intake where it sees boost. Sitting at idle it is around 1/2psi and as soon as you touch the gas the fuel pressure goes up and will keep going up under boost! You probably don't beleive me and I would not ether unless I saw it for my self but it really works perfectly! Oh yea, it's a Carter Strip pump for SBC. I used a 200 pump arm in place of the SBC one that came on the pump. This is not hard to do. Hope this helps with your question. Here is the link to Mikes site. www.toohighpsi.com Click on the low budget twin turbo black T-Bird then click on how to do it yourself. Good info!

Dan
 
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