I'm considering a trying a turbo. If I do this, I want to stick to my tried and true, bang-for-the-buck strategy. This means I fab/ mod my own headers, junkyard turbo's, and home tuning.

My first question revolves around selecting a turbo, size wise. I understand size vs lag/peak power compromise. But here is the problem; should I look for a turbo based on displacement&RPM only? Or on HP only (airflow=hp)? For example, my engine is 6.6 liters, and makes ~300 hp @~5000 RPM. With 2 turbos and 5-6 lbs of boost, I would expect it to make well over 350hp @ the same 5000 RPM. So should I look for a 3.3 liter turbo engine for two units, or should I look for two 200 hp engines to get 2 turbos from, regardless of their size?

The second question is about carburation and boost. What are the pro's and con's of blow through vs draw through? If I did a blow through, could I use a Vortech FMU to adjust float bowl presurizing?

 

Tom,
I don't have the answer for you but if no one else helps, you can look at the link below. I know they also have a newsgroup you can join. It isn't only for Studebakers. I'll be buying their book this week for a project I have going...

http://www.studebakerclubs.com/21stC...bo/Default.htm

John

 

Thanks Badone. Does anyone else have turbo expirience here??

 

A lot of people do on the Power Adder board might want to search there.

 

Yeah, I didnt' even think of the "power adder" (good name ) board until right after my last post. I'll take it there. Thanks though.