I was looking around and found a good deal on a big turbo for the new slant project i've started hear is a pic


http://www.max-boost.co.uk/max-boost/im ... _turbo.jpg


nah. just kidding but I do have a valid question I don't know anything about turbo's and I was planning to build a turbo slant to put in my roadrunner and I want to have all my plans made so I can start building up supplies and parts to do it all in a matter of a few months. So the question is ware can I look to learn the stuff I need to know. I do have a turbo but I don't know if it will work on a slant. I think it is the "pull threw type" I don't know if that is the correct term, but I think it is the type that sits on the intake manifold and you have to run exh. to it. But to make a long story a little longer, and to get to the point. I'm looking for a good book to tell me what I need to know about the turbo. And a second book to tell me what I need to know about the engine being prepped for a turbo. Or if someone knows a really good book that will correlate all this info in a single book. I'm not a beginner at building engines but i'm lost when it comes to turbo's.

Hugh MacInness's Turbochargers is about the best book out there for turbocharging an old engine. It's the only book I've seen with a decent treatment for how to deal with carbs and turbos if that's your thing. It's going out of print soon and will be replaced by a new book, Street Turbocharging, that is more aimed at injected engines. There's also Corky Bell's Maximum Boost, a good if somewhat opinionated read. Corky does know how to come up with a good turbo kit, though - one of the DIYAutotune cars is running his hardware and the kit is pretty good quality. And if you want a really hardcore book, try A. Gram Bell's Forced Induction Performance Tuning. But Hugh's is likely to be the best overall, although all of these cover both turbo selection and tuning the engine around the turbo.

Where exactly did you get the turbo? The turbo's sizing is likely to be more important than if it came from a blow through or draw through application.

I'd also tried to write up an article of the best turbo wisdom from the forums - pm me your email address if you'd like to see a copy.

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that is awsome every thing i'v found on the net is for injected with a computer. I did find a few good peices of info but then everything would turn around and relate to injected motors the books you recomend look to be my best bet thanks.

sorry I forgot to add I dont know whare the turbo came from it is old tho. I will try to find a good pic and see if I can post it. I dont know for sure if it is a draw threw or not but that is what i'm quessing from the layout if the hookups. I had 2 at one point but ended up selling one to a friend that wanted it (he just wanted to put it on a shelf for a decoration cuz it had a stamp on it that said CarCraft all as one word and it was shinney) the one i'm working with isint huge like a deisel turbo but it isint really small eather (I know you cant tell much just by size)


THANKS

Read all the stuff on here, and you might get an idea:

http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/index.php

I like the old turbochargers book too, even if it is old, I bet the stuff still work ok

That can be arranged...

A lot of the guys at TurboMustangs (now The Turbo Forums because they had so many non-Mustang guys show up) have managed to get turbos to work with a carb. My own carbed turbo setup didn't work too well, but that carb had some major issues and I never tried replacing it with a good one.
It's often possible to clock the two halves of the turbo to a more reasonable setting, particularly if there isn't a built in wastegate. (And if there is, you can make a bracket for it.) Does the turbo have any numbers stamped on it, or logos or anything?

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'66 Dart - turbocharged 225
My blog - Mad Scientist Matt's Lair

I am doing a turbo project too (seems like it will never get done). Do a search on the form for turbo and you will see a few thousand posts on the subject. Just think, your B-body has more room than most everyone on this forum, so you will actually have an easier time packaging your idea.

Listen to the new turbo guys like Matt and Lucky (and others), but read all of the older posts... those early guys laid the groundwork for what we are all about to do to our slants!!!!

(and why do you think they slanted the engine over anyway... TO FIT A BIG A$$ TURBO ON THE SIDE!!!!

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I have all 3 of those books. I find all are good, and all have certain points that make them better than the other 2 in some areas.
The Hugh MacInnes book is the best on carb/turbo stuff for sure.

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the turbo does have some #'s on it I keep meaning to grab it out of the shed and bring it to work so I can reaserch the company a little (not having a home PC right now is a real pain in the A$$ right now) also I just orderd the Hugh MacInness's Turbochargers book off AMAZON. I think my best bet right now is do some major reaserch. Mostly on understaning turbos fully then go from their, before I evin get the parts to build the engine, cuz my main goal with this project is to have something different that will turn heads.

THANKS, all for the steering me in the right direction.

Could that "turbo" be a centrifugal compressor from a large electric chiller?

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