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Old 05-12-2001, 02:13 AM
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Junk Yard Turbos & Mercury wagon in HotRod

Did you guys see this thing? He built the engine for about $3000 using junkyard turbo's. It makes 355 rearwheel HP, but with...get this...714 ft/lbs of torque. This big old boat runs the 1/4 in 12.2. Has anyone on this board fabbed up a setup using Junkyard turbos?

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not yet, but the thought has crossed my mind. only problem is that i have no idea where to start if i picked up a turbo. i do have a friend with a V6 86 S10 that is thinking the same thing.

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Old 05-12-2001, 05:57 PM
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Check the 80's ford SVO turbo 2.3 and the thunderbird/cougar with same engine they have garrett T3's that should work fine for a twin setup.

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im starting up a project similar to that,
A 406, Brodix stage II heads,ported and polished, 8:5:1 compression,Accel cam, Victor jr. intake, 1050 Barry Grant carb and Twin turbonetics running at 21lb of boost each, hp should be at 700 and torque at 900.
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for cheap DSM turbos (13b, 14b, and T-25s) you can try http://www.dsmtrader.com you can also get intercoolers, BOVs, and other stuff from DSMs cheap there.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by vortech305:
im starting up a project similar to that,
A 406, Brodix stage II heads,ported and polished, 8:5:1 compression,Accel cam, Victor jr. intake, 1050 Barry Grant carb and Twin turbonetics running at 21lb of boost each, hp should be at 700 and torque at 900.
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you might want to rethink the compression. That is quite a bit high for even a single turbo. Or you better have a seriously strong crank... The TTA's had 7.6 at the most. I would look at 7.8-8.0 at the highest personally.

And it sounds like you are going to try to run 42 pounds total?...good luck is all I can say. I would try running 25-32 and you will find it alot more pump gas friendly and still have the 700 ponies you are looking for..trust me. A guy in chevy H.P. had a LS1 twin turbo on 93/4 pump gas with 35 pounds I think at 985 ponies..and over 1k torque.
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my fault i meant 21 lbs all together. My compression is fine, i've been told by many people that race in englishtown that my combination is a good setup
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Camaro_hunter_d:
The TTA's had 7.6 at the most. I would look at 7.8-8.0 at the highest personally.
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The TTA is 8:1.



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