Junkyard turbo

[lonesouth]

anyone installed a junkyard turbo on their engine? any suggestions for donor vehicles or other setup requirements?

 

[Bronco Ben]

kinda wonderd about this myself, the piping would be fun to do. I'd like to see more on this.

 

[Synds9]

you're looking for two thunderbird coupes i believe an '85 and a '86. you'll need a set of shorty headers, turn them upside down, and put them on opposite sides and run one turbo on each side... waaalaaaa twin turbo 302. type that into google.

 

[YelloTx73]

That twin turbo sounds fun. But I dont think the local black & whites would appreciate me speedin' all over town.

 

[lonesouth]

I'm actually going to do this to a 170 I-6, so i suppose i'll just get one of the turbos, or get both and run them sequentially. I'll post pics as they come available. Thanks for the info.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Try looking here for info
http://www.turbomustangs.com/forums/
Basic junkyard shopping consists of finding a donor engine of about the right displacement and makes the HP you want to make and use that. For twin turbo, get 2 matching turbos off of engines half the size of yours.
Too big of a turbo will be worthless because your exhaust will never impart enough energy to spool up your used dump truck turbo.
Power stroke turbos apparently work good for singel turbo applications.
Turbo coupe turbos work good for twin turbo builds.
For blowing up the 170, I would shop for a chrysler 2.5L turbo, tha should be about the right size.
When you get done with that you can build one of these.

 

[Lttrbox]

Okay, I give. Is that a propane turbine driven turbo boost Huh. ;D ;D Does it work. Lets a movie when ready, that atta be a hoot. ;D

 

[Broncobowsher]

OK, it is a converted junkyard catapiller diesel turbo converted into a jet engine that runs on propane. I just put it on the first light weight rolling chassis I got my hands on, the 3wheeler with a bad engine.

The engine has ran on a test stand, but not since I mounted it on the 3wheeler. Total investment is only time, NO $$$!! The bad part is that the free bottle of propane is now empty, I will have to spend a few bucks and have it filled.