Cascade Crew

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Is this the greatest thing ever?

http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151792

Note the windshield banner and professional airbag/weight jack system in the rear. Cool

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Thats awesome. The footballs are great

blue89 · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject:

Gotta love it. Remember that firebird article where the guy boosted junk yard motors? Kept going through them until he found one that didnt blow. Lol.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Looking at this inspires me. How much of a budget do you think I would need to add twin turbos to,my car?

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:16 pm Post subject:

If we ever get finished putting a single turbo on my car I'll tell you. Laughing

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject:

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

I got this nieghbor kid who has done alot with import turbos, and he seems to think that if we do all the piping ourselves that would should be under a grand including the carb, but I am not sure. I habe been doing alot of reading on tgo, but most are on FI cars

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject:

You'll be way over a grand.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Ya. I have been looking for parts on cl. Depending on piping, it may be close?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject:

Never had any luck finding turbo parts on CL. All eBay trash and ricer stuff.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject:

Off the top of my head:

$100 fuel pump
$150 regulator
$400 boost prepped carb
$xxx Tuning costs (Let's face it, you aren't there)
$200 braided fuel line
$200 fuel line fittings
$200 carb hat
$200 min for mild steel piping (Rust is always good in your intake) or
$350 min for stainless piping
$xxx welding the mild steel piping
$xxx welding the stainless piping
$200-500 exhaust system
$500 min for a pair of good turbos
$150 min cl intercooler
$125 couplers for the charge piping
$250+ for turbo manifolds

Comes out to $2675 if found cheap, plus the cost of fabing the piping on the cheap.

Good luck with that $1000.

And don't forget a pair of wastegates and blow off valves!

Oh and a turbo drain and feed line and welded fitting in the pan, easy $200 there.

Oh yeah, and your cast pistons will look really nice in the bottom of the pan. : O )

chevymad · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject:

Probably a $1k in just little shizzle you dont even think about. Thats how these projects always seem to work. Sad

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:05 pm Post subject:

For what it's worth:

I'm a guy who for a long time built crappy sh** on the cheap. On my later projects I've become a guy who plans to do everything right and ends up with a half finished project for lack of funding, but that's okay because I'd rather have a roller than a turd. Wink

As for your thousand bucks, think about this: I will probably spend more than that on an intercooler, wastegate and blowoff valve. Just three items and I've killed your entire budget. Laughing

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Ya. May seem a little far fetched. I will still do my best. I was thinking of using ford turbos.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

So as I was going through the list of parts amd costs which paul providedbme, and I appreciate, I still think that I can come close to it maybe more like 1500, and my reasoning for that is that in my quest for more power, I needed alot of stuff anyways such as exaust, headers, better fuel pump, better heads etc. so many of the costs I will have either way. So with that said, I am hoping with turbo specific parts I will only be spending 1500 or so more then I I will normallybto get more power. Which I will need to decide which way I will go. Twin turbo, or build my 327 as much as can.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Well I did somemore reading today. I suppose I could go cheap and blow motor, which probably wouldnt bother me too much, or I could do it right and build motor so it could handle 8 to 10lbs boost. That is the path I think I will go. I will redo all that needs to be done to handle a reliable 400 or so horsepower motor, get motor to that point, then decide if then I want to tt it.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject:

slightly edited for content. Let's keep our membership in mind when we post gents.

Thanks,

-Schultzy

iansane · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject:

Classic MRA. Wink