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Here's something I've never done, a build thread on a kit from start to finish. This is what I'd consider a budget kit from start to finish with before and after pics. This kit will include flipped shorties, blow through carb, powerglide and a dart iron eagle 331. The turbo is an 82MM. The wastegate is an ebay special, 60MM. Intercooler uses a 4" core, inlets and outlets. It should put down somewhere near 950rwhp and run 5.20's.
Keep in mind, this is how I do things, not necessarily how someone else would do it. Also, the TURBO kit is budget, the supporting hardware is not. This is MY personal car fwiw - NOT an original 5.0 car, nothing special other than a plain ol' coupe. Yes, it will be driven regularly on the street.
Some of the tools, procedures, and materials aren't necessarily available or feasible to everyone else.
Enjoy.
This is with the old 306,MPT70, wedge heads, Fcam, and a powerglide - on drag radials. It ran a best of 6.22@112 - the motor is still alive today.
This is the dart iron eagle 331 n/a.
Here's the beginning - First, the turbo has to be mounted. The mount bolts to the pinch weld on the frame. (to be shown later).
Next, the turbo mounted (scroll is not clocked yet, the apron has not been cut at this point)
Next, the shorties have been modified. The original flange cut off and a vband ring welded in place. I didn't have any vbands, but had 2 matching clamps. I machined the rings to my own spec and used a 5 star clamp. First pic shows first operation in machinging the rings. Second pic jumps to a finished rings, and 3rd pic shows rings installed.
Now, the beginning of the crossover -
Merge area completed (looking at it from the bottom side).
Merge complete (from top, partially complete)
Merge area on the inside - before grinding.
Crossover complete, minus wastegate. (normall I use a 3rd vband connector near the merge to make the long passenger side removable, but didn't have a matching clamp - not a big deal)
....stay tuned.
Keep in mind, this is how I do things, not necessarily how someone else would do it. Also, the TURBO kit is budget, the supporting hardware is not. This is MY personal car fwiw - NOT an original 5.0 car, nothing special other than a plain ol' coupe. Yes, it will be driven regularly on the street.
Some of the tools, procedures, and materials aren't necessarily available or feasible to everyone else.
Enjoy.
This is with the old 306,MPT70, wedge heads, Fcam, and a powerglide - on drag radials. It ran a best of 6.22@112 - the motor is still alive today.
This is the dart iron eagle 331 n/a.
Here's the beginning - First, the turbo has to be mounted. The mount bolts to the pinch weld on the frame. (to be shown later).
Next, the turbo mounted (scroll is not clocked yet, the apron has not been cut at this point)
Next, the shorties have been modified. The original flange cut off and a vband ring welded in place. I didn't have any vbands, but had 2 matching clamps. I machined the rings to my own spec and used a 5 star clamp. First pic shows first operation in machinging the rings. Second pic jumps to a finished rings, and 3rd pic shows rings installed.
Now, the beginning of the crossover -
Merge area completed (looking at it from the bottom side).
Merge complete (from top, partially complete)
Merge area on the inside - before grinding.
Crossover complete, minus wastegate. (normall I use a 3rd vband connector near the merge to make the long passenger side removable, but didn't have a matching clamp - not a big deal)
....stay tuned.
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