Has anyone here ever turbo'd a small block Chevy or something similar? I've had this idea floating around in my head and I want to start doing some research. I have extensive experience when I was younger doing 3-400hp SBC builds in my old F and G body cars, but they were all NA and would have been lucky to run 12s. I also have recent experience doing big(ger) turbo builds on a modern car which uses ECU-controlled maps, diverter valve and wastegate actuator, etc. So this would be like combining the two.
Keeping cost and simplicity in mind, would it make sense to do a carbureted setup with a carb hat? Or would some cheap, early EFI setup like something out of a third gen camaro be easy enough to get working and tuned properly? I'm looking to do this cheap. I already have a nice, quick daily. I'm looking for a weekend car to potentially kill myself with on the highway. I'll be running an MBC with twin turbos with and IC or two and meth.
You're going to be hard pressed to find info my man, most of the people on here wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a Holley and an Edelbrock. If you're going to do an SBC then keep it carbed for simplicity I suppose, I don't think EFI off a turd gen would be very reliable.
Why not just turbo a sbe LS truck motor if you're looking for cheap and easy 500whp to kill yourself with? It would be a LOT easier and cheaper than a SBC for sure.
Carter Moore
You can do 500 WHP with an NA LS
If you twin turbo one you should be looking for closer to 800
Jeremiah Myers
Twins seem like a load of work just for a fun street car though.
>You can do 500 WHP with an NA LS but then it doesn't make choo choo noises
Joshua Smith
yo just run single turbo ls, if your still taking this on the street you'll never really get a chance to run hard enough that justifies dealing with twin turbos
Tyler Johnson
800 might be a bit much. im looking for 5-600 wheel torque by 4k and wont be revving over 6k. dont care about streetability or usable powerband, just want something to rip my dick off when i hit boost for fun. ive heard great things about the LS motors obviously, but im just more familiar with the older SBCs and can get them dirt cheap, if not for free, and build them up for super cheap as well since i still have plenty of parts kicking around the garage (intake, heads, cam, fuel pump, etc).
not looking to do an NA setup at all, its mostly the challenge and learning experience of building the turbo motor that im looking for. id rather have a 500hp TT 350 then a 500hp NA LS, even if it's not as easy. figure a blow through carb will be my best bet.
i mean look at all that space. its practically begging for a set of turbos.
hah just watched a bunch of his vids. cool stuff, thanks for sharing.
Michael Rogers
Get a 5.3 LS or a teksid 4.6 Ford
/thread
Carter Wright
>5.3 LS Lol
Jack White
You do know 5.3 and 4.8 vortecs can make loads off power on stock internals right?
Brayden Davis
looks like the owner of this vehicle was ripped off, those are just alternators with oversized cooling pipes.
Brody Sanchez
Kinda funny i just saw this thread and then a post on Roadkills instagram about an upcoming engine masters involving a blow through carb sbc. There should be some decent info from that when it comes out.
Lucas Cox
>pushrods
Cameron Brown
NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT
Joshua Morales
Congrats on your autism, hopefully you are getting treatment for it
Jason Jenkins
800 is the absolute low end for a TT build. For less, go with a twin screw and a suck through carb setup, or injection throttle body and enjoy much better throttle response. Really though, since you don't care about streetability, just go n/a with a wild cam and build it to 427 cubes with a clearanced small block. Hell, with that displacement it might still be relatively streetable.
Anthony Hernandez
But hey, if turbos are what you want to do and still make obly 5-600whp, just grab yourself a 6-banger.
I really don't know the sbc strength for turbo pressure, but as long as you run it rich or retard the timing you wont detonate the motor. Your best bet is to do a blow through carb turbo setup and keeping it around 8psi max.
thats the best info i have, best bet is to go to forums, theres always tons of info for that on them. But my suggestion to keeping cost low, blow through carb turbo.
Justin Parker
Search sloppy mechanics. He might have the answer you're looking for. Worst case scenario ask him in the comments, he replies a lot.
Cooper Martin
if cost is an issue, consider that you can get a pair of t25 turbos for nothing, those would spool up faster and in a pair provide enough air to get 5.3 to 8 to 12 psi.
Landon Sullivan
>I don't think EFI off a turd gen would be very reliable. Based on what my man? Its very simple and very easy to mess with, there are tons of people out there that have perfectly running cars after buying a few special cables and spending some time diying. It'll handle a turbo no problem. OP you can research all you want but basically you're going to have to get creative. For your goals twin turbos is just extra work, just get one big enough and be done. Check these guys out youtube.com/watch?v=oFLqaSNp45Q
Oliver Smith
now compare the pushrod v8 to a dohc v8
Mason Carter
>500 hp >179 lbs lol
>pushcucks will defend this
Kayden Barnes
BTFO
Justin Gray
>179 lbs >of torque
Ian Gomez
>the pushcuck defended it
Samuel Baker
not everyone is trying to haul your mother around
Leo Roberts
It was setup so perfectly, how could I not go in for the kill?
rip torqelets
Angel Brown
B T F O T F O see
Justin Powell
Thats a sweet motor for a kit car.... but not everyone has an 1800lb car with a sequential gearbox sitting around.
Nor do they want one.
But look at me, talking to someone too poor to afford even a Mustang let alone a cadged together hayabusa V8...
Samuel Morris
t. pushcuck
Juan Morris
Assmad GM fangirl detected
Connor Flores
>see >a 1/10 "mom joke" in response to my glorious 10/10 shitpost
Lol stitch your ass up
Adrian Thomas
>so btfo he resorts to ad hominem
Gabriel Garcia
>this triggered you got btfo >projecting your need for stitches lol, isn't it about time for you to ragequit and cry about the big bad ford bullies?
Sebastian Lopez
>he ragequit yep i called it.
Carson Rogers
>lol, isn't it about time for you to ragequit and cry about the big bad ford bullies? No, i'm gonna quit life and sit here for 24hrs a day to try and get prezo and GM back for ruining my life... oh wait
Nathaniel Green
>"everyone who triggers me is the same person!!!" lel. nice damage control though but there's more than one person bullying you. nice to see you're still obsessed with me. stay delusional tho.
Xavier Hughes
bump for trigger from obsessive pushcuck
Leo Green
NO DELETE THIS
Blake Cook
most importantly find skinnier tires for the build...
Thomas Hill
A twin turbo LS will make at least 1k
I recommend a 4 barrel carb hat, edelbrock or volley make the good shit. There was a fuel pump made specifically for this, but the name escapes me, search "the winningest fuel pump" probably want to get some forged internals if you want more than 1k HP, you can get them from summit racing. If you're looking to fork some dough, nelson racing engines is probably the BEST for this specific application, he sells engines, and he has a full list of all the individual parts in his build pages.
Matthew Gutierrez
Damn, this looks so easy. Here I am thinking I need to beef up my bottom end and get a turbo cam and all this jazz. Just bolt on a cheap turbo kit and make 600 ft lbs of torque. Fuck, I'm sold. Maybe I'll buy an old second gen camaro and do this next weekend.
Here's a quick one off response because I hate posting in Veeky Forums lately, get a 5.7 vortec 350 sbc motor, you now have 4 crank main, forged internals, sfi fuel system with a option for a cheap upgrade to mfi and probably the best heads you can get for 350s, get a super charger for cheap and a lt4 hot cam. Now you can also get a 4l60e teams for cheap and you won't find much better for strait line unless you do a powerglide, but there are multiple options with bell housing swaps. Now with all that done you can drop it into anything Chevy put a v8 into with almost no work again up to you, this setup will push you to 600+ hp with a retarded amount of torque 800+ on the low end for next to nothing.
