Grasshopper
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After long meditation and research i have a plan together to turbo my ol' angry buzzin half dozen. The plan includes a multiport fuel injection obd1 eec-v (with the stock computer) 300 to be run on 93 octane with a remote mounted turbo located at the factory y pipe spot aka about even with the oil pan and in between it and the frame rail tucked up and out of the way. The T04E turbo specs are a compressor A/R of .50 an inducer/exducer of 50.5/76.00(mm) and compressor trim of 55. A turbine A/R of .63, inducer/exducer of 65.5/55.9(mm) and turbine trim of 73. I feel this should spool up to max boost of 5psi(unless the 93 octane will let me run 7 without any ill effects, if not then 5 will be more than sufficient)by 2000rpms and should be starting to build boost just off idle.Timing will be set for 10-12*, will have to see what it likes best. This will be a in a towing vehicle and as such will be running highway mostly and light city driving and the final drive ratio gives a cruise speed of 65mph at 1800rpms so it would be good to have it in boost towing at speed in order to be able to pass and keep up with the with the Mario Andretti crowd on the road these days.( 85 in a 70mph zone and im still getting flipped the bird and my bumper ridden......) There will be an intercooler inline to keep temps down as the engine will be untouched internals wise. From research these engines are supposedly able to take 10psi on stock internals without ill effects if fuel and timing are accounted for, so i figure with an intercooler and 93 octane my modest boost levels should be ok. The engine is healthy and very much in good shape to be putting a turbo on it. Does anyone have any reasons why this project wouldn't work? Is my turbo sizing all wrong? Is the octane rating overkill( is there really such a thing lol) for what im planning? Any problems I might run into keeping the stock computer/fuelie system? Any and all help is very much appreciated.