225 turbo headers
does anyone know where I can get one? or who makes them?
We looked for a long time before giving up and building our own.
All the flanges, collectors, turbo mounts and other necessary hardware are available if you're a good welder and have the time and patience to fabricate your own stuff,
If not, there is a member on FABO whose screen name is PISHTA who showed us how to fabricate a turbo manifold from a stock, cast-iron exhaust manifold and a 2.5" -diameter, short-radius U-Bend by welding a flange on one end that would boilt to the outlet of the stock manifold, and placing a turbo mounting flange on the other end of the U-Bend and... presto; a workable turbo "manifold" that was cheap and effective.
Don't give up; a slant six and a turbo is a combination made in Heaven, and will pay BIG dividends in the performance department, if done right.
It's not easy, and not particularly cheap, but you can get horsepower and performance by turbocharging that is never going to happen, normally aspirated.
There are lots of people on this board who can, and will help you when you need advice and assistance, if you decide to do a turbo setup.
What kind of system do you have in mind? What kind of performance are you looking for; 200 horpower, 300 horepower,? There are options that will allow you to make 500 horsepower if that is your desire, but as with all deals of this type, horsepower costs money; how fast do you want to go???
A 300 horsepower turbo'd slant six in a 3300-pound Duster or Dart, could reaonably be expected to run 12.90's at aboput 102 mph.
Faster is more expensive; slower is cheaper...
You pays your money and you takes your choice, but if you want to go 12's in a 3,300-pound A Body, you can do it with a normally aspirated slant six, but expect to spend a lot of money and you'll end up with a car that is marginaly street driveable IF it's street driveable at all.
Doing that kind of performance with a turbo slant six will result in a lot better street driveability and may be cheaper... I said MAY.
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask questions; the only dumb one is the one you don't ask!
