Trying to Gauge Interest In Some Parts

mcnoople said
I will be building the turbo header and fitting it up with carb, but I don't think I will ever run it with a carb. I am also collecting all the pieces for MPI using a megasquirt to run fuel and spark (likely ford edis). I will be building the turbo header around a factory intake, but I am considering making an intake as well. Currently I am focusing on frame reinforcements on the car while I am at the car. The header will be a work side project. I can bolt the header flange and an intake to a spare head and do the pipe fitting at work without too much trouble and then take it home to weld it together.

These are all things I have thought about for years, but the straw that broke this camels back was the fact that I picked up a brand new ac/dc hobart tig welder for $450 in october. It was a theft recovered unit that insurance had paid out on so the state police sold it at auction.

Here are a few pictures of our header. My partner, Freddie built it with no previous experience nor any help from me. He's 75 years old (I'm only 74...) and had never built a header before, and can't weld. He cut all the pieces and adhesive taped them together and took the assembly to a welder. Not bad for a first effort, I'd say.

There were problems with the wastegate port location. It was far enough back that it only got signals from three pipes, so we had to move it to the area closer to the turbo where the 0-2 bung was welded in, and move that bung to the downpipe, where it should have been in the first place.

I love it that you got such a screamin' deal on that T.I.G. machine! How VERY cool!!!

Fuel injection may be the way to go, but I had some experience with a blow-thru carb on my supercharged Valiant and like it, so we have that for now.

Tuning is definitely tough, though... lots of R & D time...

Good luck with your project! Remember, A Bodies rule!!!! :cheers: