PISHTAS turbo build
lol. yup. 5psi is just enough to start the addiction.
What I find incredible is the dramatic change in available power from no boost, to 10 pounds.
A stock, non-boosted slant six A-body is a lethargic, un-inspired, dangerously slow, vehicle that can barely get out of its own way, much less, someone else's.
Add just TEN pounds of boost to that engine, (with proper jetting and timing,) and a Jeckyl/Hyde transformation occurs that is totally-amazing to witness! All of a sudden, you have a car that will spin two 9" drag slicks on dry pavement, for 30 feet, and feels like another hundred horsepower has just been unleashed. It's surreal...
Makes it a fun car to drive... with no other changes.
I haven't had my car on a dyno, nor a drag strip, yet, but my wastegate is currently set at (only) ten pounds, and I would guess that it is solidly in the 13's (quarter-mile e.t.)
I will try to get some T & T done very soon, and if I can get the chassis sorted out with regard to wheelspin, another five pounds of boost will be tried, and frankly, I can't wait!
I think both Ryan and Tom Wolfe were running 25-28-pounds of boost when they (each) ran those numbers that strongly indicated 500 horsepower, so I have a long way to go...
BUT, the addiction is firmly implanted; I cannot resist... LOL:blob: