Re: turbocharger supercharger

Posted by shinyribs on Sep 28, 2011; 4:20am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/turbocharger-supercharger-tp3374914p3374947.html

Oh,i wasn't thinking. If you go turbo you dont need to buy a kit.The exhaust alone drives it so you just pop it in the tail pipe,then plumb the outlet into your carbs.Using the factory airbox would probably be the easiest method.But you need more fuel pressure than the air pressure that you will be generating.You would have to incorporate an electric fuel pump and boost referenced fuel pressure regulator to supply the correct amount of fuel pressure according to the boost at any given time.The boost ref. fpr's we use on the cars are around $250-300 for a good reliable one.That is STREET DUTY reliable,not just boogie down the 1/8 mile reliable.Now that i think about it,a turbo would be alot easier to setup since they are not application specific.You just need to do some research as to which one will feed,what is it,44 cu. in.??? at 8-1000 rpms. Then you would need a waste gate.There is another $200-300.But you can get "junkyard" turbos off of ebay cheap if you can catch them.As long as you are able to cut and weld some exhaust tubing,you can build one at home no problem.

We turbo'd a 5.0 Mustang once.Bone stock motor with EFI removed and 4bbl added.Way too big of a cam and used a turbo off of a 5.9 Cummins off of a buddies truck that got creamed by an oak tree.It hit him,not the other way around.Took a little fidgeting with the carb to get it right,but once it was,it would flat PUUUULLL!!! Insanely flat tirque curve.Never dyno'd it ,but according to weight of the car and 1/8 mile times we got we figured it was in the 800-850 hp range...easy cheap hp

Of cours Nitrous Oxide is super easy to package and only taxes the motor when called upon.Not nearly as in your face though