Boost for the poor.
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From: Richmond, VA Where fast cars, well......are hard to come by.
Boost for the poor. So has anybody tried a DIY junk yard turbo system yet? I know it's somewhat popular for the mustangs, how about an LS1 application? Are any readily available turbos big enough to flow the air required for 450+rwhp? I'd guess it might have to be in a twin setup to work. I'd love to have some boost, but there is no way in hell I can afford the big name kits.
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Re: Boost for the poor. You will still end up spending quite a bit. A turbo is really only about 1/4 to the 1/5 the cost of the whole kit. You can save money buy doing that and by using aluminum or stealing tubing instead of silicone hoses. What cost are the exhaust manifolds. If you go single you can use an ls1 motorsports or turbo tech manifolds, but then you will have hard time finding a junk yard turbo to put on their. Plus their is lot more to putting together a kit, than just buying parts.
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Gary
Re: Boost for the poor. you could get one of those electric superchargers of plastic turbos, the'll give you about 5 lbs of thrust.
or the do it yourself leaf blower mod!
Buwhaahaa!
or the do it yourself leaf blower mod!
Buwhaahaa!
Re: Boost for the poor. FWIW, there is a Junkyard Turbo mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jyturbo/
My friend did it on his '88 Ford Ranger. Beats Mustang GT's (and some stock LT1 cars) now with 10 psi. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> But he didn't have to fab any manifolds or anything - just flipped the stockers around and routed the pipe forward. You'd have to be a pretty proficient welder to build a system for our cars. Or have a very, very good friend with a welder. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> But it can be done.
-Andrew
My friend did it on his '88 Ford Ranger. Beats Mustang GT's (and some stock LT1 cars) now with 10 psi. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> But he didn't have to fab any manifolds or anything - just flipped the stockers around and routed the pipe forward. You'd have to be a pretty proficient welder to build a system for our cars. Or have a very, very good friend with a welder. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> But it can be done.
-Andrew
