I am strangely intrigued by this...
From what I understand you don't see it everyday because turboing the 318 doesn't work as well as turboing the slant six or a big block.
Grizz wrote: From what I understand you don't see it everyday because turboing the 318 doesn't work as well as turboing the slant six or a big block.
No reason why it wouldn't. Nothing wrong with a 318.
This combo looks like it has some sort of old RV turbo setup on it.
Rob_Mopar wrote:Grizz wrote: From what I understand you don't see it everyday because turboing the 318 doesn't work as well as turboing the slant six or a big block.No reason why it wouldn't. Nothing wrong with a 318. This combo looks like it has some sort of old RV turbo setup on it.
Hell, I don't even remember where I heard it, think I asked someone about it a few years back when I was looking to do the same thing to an Aspen I wanted to buy.
If it wasn't in Florida and if I had the cash I'd buy it in a second.
Does that only have one bank feeding the turbo?
paint it green and call it "Lawn Dart"
Prolly what we're NOT seeing is the exhaust crossover under the pan. Other than a little higher turbo platform than I'd care for, there's no good reason not to do this.
i think a 318 would be a good candidate for turbocharging glory.. they have an abysmally low compression ratio and it's impossible to break them as long as you keep the rpm's down.
$5000 invested, selling for $2500 but advertised for $2 ?
nobody ever said that cars were a good investment.. though that number really blows
I've seen that on a Little Red Express truck before. Never heard how effective it is, owner wasn't around.
For Pat, the other side manifold feeds up into the bottom of the manifold with the turbo.
Interesting. Looks almost like the 301 Pontiac setup, or an early draw through Buick.
mad_machine wrote: nobody ever said that cars were a good investment.. though that number really blows
Turbos suck, not blow.
Mikey52_1 wrote: ...there's no good reason not to do this.
Which applies to adding a turbo to any car IMHO...
Suck through setup from the looks of it. No need to modify or pressurize the carb. Looks rusty and unfinished though. I don't see any exhaust pipe coming away from that turbo other than that little ram horn deal pointing right at the passenger side fender well.
It looks to me like the exhaust goes through a hole in the fender.
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