Wanting to turbo and lsx swap my 71 firebird, could use some ideas!
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Wanting to turbo and lsx swap my 71 firebird, could use some ideas!
Well I have decided to turbo my car as well as LS swap it this upcoming winter. I am not a welder by any means so I was curious if any company's out there make any turbo kits for ls swapped 2nd gen f bombs. I've searched with no luck. Basicly just asking in here to gather any info I can to help make things go smoother down the road when I start this project.
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Do you have a small welder? You can buy a bunch of universal bends, tack it all together and bring it somewhere to have it finish welded.
Theres ample room for all different types of turbo placement. I'm trying to plan out the hotside for my 71. I wont be turboing it this year, but I can take pics and draw up some blueprints of the hotside if that'll help.
In reality I think designing the hotside is the easiest thing about building a street driven turbo setup.
Theres ample room for all different types of turbo placement. I'm trying to plan out the hotside for my 71. I wont be turboing it this year, but I can take pics and draw up some blueprints of the hotside if that'll help.
In reality I think designing the hotside is the easiest thing about building a street driven turbo setup.
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My cousin has a 88mm on his 79 lsx swapped Camaro. It is mounted in the trunk lol, literally in the trunk. His charge piping is ran through the car along the passenger side tunnel then through the firewall. Makes good power but not the look im going after lol
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Unfortunately if you want to keep A/C your either going to have to drop off your car at a shop and drop stacks of $$$ to get it done or buy a cheap-o welder and some bends and try to snake it around the compressor, tack it all together yourself and have a professional tig it up real nice for you. No other options really. If you dont mind lots of trial and error, doing it yourself you end up with a welder which is always a good thing to have haha
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yes,
bring me the car and I'll fab up a turbo system for you or if you are interested in these pieces let me know, parting out a TT vette
I have the following if interested
4.8 LS with manley rods, wiseco pistons, stock crank head and main studs
80 lb injectors, manifolds, twin t60 turbos, LS1 intake, custom oil pan, braided lines LPE tuned ECM with wiring harness
or a full boogie haltech s2000 with egts, meth controller, 127 fic injectors, ect...
also a nice 480LE trans (needs to be built) and stock convertor with the associated ECM and wiring
I would go twins as they are really nice on the street and with all the room under the hood it would be easy to do
plumb some intake tubing and filter box to let the factory ram air hood off a 70 bird feed the turbo
flavor with some nice pro touring suspension and a nice 12 bolt rear (bolts right in from a 70 bird) and you have quite the ride!!
nothing better looking than the "early birds" 70-73
I've hot rodded quite a few TA's previously (used BB chevies) but the LS TT is what really is nice
my current ride is a TTiX TT Z06 with a build RPM 4l60E swapped in.
very fun ride.
PM me if interested in any of this stuff. life is getting in the way so my projects are on hold for now.
bring me the car and I'll fab up a turbo system for you or if you are interested in these pieces let me know, parting out a TT vette
I have the following if interested
4.8 LS with manley rods, wiseco pistons, stock crank head and main studs
80 lb injectors, manifolds, twin t60 turbos, LS1 intake, custom oil pan, braided lines LPE tuned ECM with wiring harness
or a full boogie haltech s2000 with egts, meth controller, 127 fic injectors, ect...
also a nice 480LE trans (needs to be built) and stock convertor with the associated ECM and wiring
I would go twins as they are really nice on the street and with all the room under the hood it would be easy to do
plumb some intake tubing and filter box to let the factory ram air hood off a 70 bird feed the turbo
flavor with some nice pro touring suspension and a nice 12 bolt rear (bolts right in from a 70 bird) and you have quite the ride!!
nothing better looking than the "early birds" 70-73
I've hot rodded quite a few TA's previously (used BB chevies) but the LS TT is what really is nice
my current ride is a TTiX TT Z06 with a build RPM 4l60E swapped in.
very fun ride.
PM me if interested in any of this stuff. life is getting in the way so my projects are on hold for now.