turbo 6 bangers post here
Well, I peruse FABO every day at lunch and today I started reading this from the beginning. I'm only through page 5 so far so I don't know how it ends yet.
But....
1. Love the idea of a 4 door valiant giant killer.
2. I'd like to see a street version of this car that looks completely stock with all the turbo stuff hidden. (hub caps and all that) A little Whoosh and Adios!
3. I can see a hand-built fiberglass nose piece on this car that resembles the ones on a racing 65-66 Shelby GT-350, Nice flowing shape in place of the bumper with a rectangular opening in the middle for the intercooler and a spoiler underneath everything. All one piece.
4. The aftermarket needs to make a /6 head with bigger ports and valves.
5. Keep it up Bill!
1. So, I assume you're talking about our '64 car and not the Scamp with the Supra motor?
2. This IS a street version with no visual mods except for the intercooler and the Cal Tracs... The hood is fiberglass (lightweight version) and the front fenders are so light that the weight-saving in replicating them in fiberglass would be insignificant. We do need to get the OEM glass out of the side windows and replace it with something lighter, though. Just haven't gotten around to it yet. The car weighs 2,670# without driver. I guess the intercooler is a dead giveaway...
3. A one-piece nose would be nice, but then again, another dead giveaway... LOL!
4. The problem with an aftermarket head is the original bores are so small, at 3.40" there's not much room for bigger valves in a 2-valve configuration. Ours has the 1.75" intakes and 1.5" exhausts that most everybody uses, but going much larger than that requires offset guides and other "heroic measures" that don't get done much because of the trouble and expense. No, a two-valve head isn't the answer for this small-bore engine; I think an aftermarket aluminum head with 4 valves per ylinder with a dedicated valve train that would operate two valves with each pushrod would be the ticket, if that's even possible. It might take an articulated valvetrain (a two-piece pushrod system like an Arias Chevy/Hemi) to get the job done, but that might work. Then, we might have a chance with a normally-aspirated slant six... Until then, (and that scenario is not likely to happen anytime soon) the answer is forced induction for this motor, I think, and thankfully, the short-block infrastructure is up to it... lots of boost!:headbang:
5. Thanks for the encouragement! Next week, the engine is getting some O-Rings on top of the block.... now maybe we can see if this "increased boost" theory of mine actually works...:prayer::prayer::prayer: