I tracked down a fellow at corvette forum running a twin turbo on his 71 big block Corvette. He has been sharing some photos and details of the build with me. He is running 11 psi of boost on a non-intercooled system spinning a pair of turbos tucked in the space between the firewall and front tires. The turbos are high enough to drain into the pan. He is running it all through a carb.
He is still tweaking and tuning but according to Mike it is a beast. He plans on going back and cleaning it all up with more detail items at a later date.
This is PURE inspiration for me. The coolest thing is he kept the sidepipes. I would have to ditch the power brake booster and possibly lay my radiator at a different angle as he did to clear the pipe coming over the core support. However, I think there may be other options with this.
An intercooler does not seem possible without a major overhaul of the nose. If I am keeping compression around 9.2:1 and running low boost (desired hp in the 600 range), I wonder what value a cooler would or wouldn't have.
Here are some pictures of Mike's turbos.
Last edited by 69MyWay; 11-19-2009 at 08:46 AM.
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