Jon, check with Garrett (Allied Signal) or Banks, they may already have a
set of headers and such to bolt up turbos to a 318/360 engine. The engines
are common enough I wouldn't doubt it. A custom set of headers for this
application might be fairly pricey! You may also want to pull in professional
assistance from an authorized distributor/installer. High Preformance turbos
like the Variable Geometry ones are "racing" turbos and may require some
additional work. Make sure you intercool those beasts, it will keep the
engine temps down and be better for your motor. I wanna see that thing fly
when you get it done... Heaven help your tranny, differential, and your wallet
on the tire bills... ^_^
Shaun H.
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Any idea what sort of turbo you'll be using? Are you going to fab
it up yourself, or take it to a shop? I'd like to do a twin turbo
setup on my Dak, but I haven't been able to figure out how to make it
a simple bolt-on yet. (I was hoping to be able to just stick the
turbos on the ends of the exhaust manifolds and have a shorter Y
pipe made up, but there just isn't any room down there! :-( A
buddy of mine just got a magazine about turbos in Mustangs (I'm thinking
of picking it up, just for the tech info) and as we were glancing through
it, they all seemed to have custom headers, and you should see some
of the strange bends and turns the pipes have to do to run to turbos,
intercoolers, etc! I'd really like to do twin turbos to reduce the
lag, but that takes up twice the room. I probably aught to just do it
right and have some headers made.
I don't really want to think about what it will cost to have a shop
make me a set of custom headers. :-( I do plan to get a MIG welder
one of these days, but I'd still need a tubing bender. (Well, maybe
I can get a shop to bend up the pipes.) My problem also is that
I don't know a whole lot about the theory of designing headers, so
they won't be much more than tubes to get the exhaust to run through
the turbos... Maybe it doesn't matter quite so much on forced induction
engines though. ?
Anyway, keep us updated on your progress! :-) Based on some earlier
DML discussions, and particularly from the input of Shaun H., I'm leaning
toward the Garret VNT units.
-Jon-
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