Turbo headers

Pfffttt and have you ever worked with inconel??? Holt shit what a nightmare to machine.(but it can be done if you know what you are doing ;) ) I could not imagine building a turbo kit from it. Especially out of a home garage.
 
P.F.M. said:
Pfffttt and have you ever worked with inconel??? Holt shit what a nightmare to machine.(but it can be done if you know what you are doing ;) ) I could not imagine building a turbo kit from it. Especially out of a home garage.
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That shits insanly expensive. Stainless would be just fine, M/S works but alot of people dont like it cuz of the chance of rust and flaking like Raj mentioned.

I've used ms on a few of mine and in the end by the time you coat them and what not., everything stainless comes out couple bucks more and will last longer in long run.

Velocity and heat retention pre-turbine is what you want, 1 5/8" would be fine for somthing around 400" and under in the 7k range like Sean said. I ran 1 5/8 and 2 1/2 cross over on my old set-up with a S400. Switch to 1 3/4 and 3" cross over and pick up a lil with no change in lag. This was a big inch SBF though
 
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Thanks guys I have a lot of stuff to learn on this. Any good sites? Anyone want to post up pictures of their set ups?
 
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my8950 said:
As someone else already gave me a hard time about, check out www.turbomustangs.com/smf

Its another forum, but has tons of info in a centralized location. Whats your email? I can send you pic's from tons of cars, and help out maybe with any info I can too...
Something else to do would be to go to each kit manufacturer's site and check out their layouts...Make a plan for what you want to do based on what you see and how you are going to make the parts, and what you ideally want in the end.
HP, Hellion, Turbo Technology, B&G, are just a few I can think of now...

Be prepared/warned, its a big pain in the ass, tedious and time consuming to do, did I mention expensive too?
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Thanks! [email protected] and I hear you on the time and $
 
Sean said:
70mm would be a bit smallish for a 351 and way to small for a 408. If you go with a 351 run 1 5/8 is you plan to stay under 6500 rpm if you go with a 408 I would run 1 3/4 if you stay under 6500.

For a 351 under 6500 I would go with a out of the box s400 preferably with a 1.10 hotside and 87mm wheel.

For a 408 I would go 1.36 hotside same wheel or the 96mm wheel. the larger 96mm will spool a bit slower. I would also sugest the 80mm upgrade comrpessor for use upto 6500rpm on a s400 and a 408.
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Damn that turbo is big! But the price is great http://www.dallasturbo.com/specials1.html
 
P.F.M. said:
http://motownmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67849

This turbo might work if you are piecing a kit together. Raj could tell ya if it would work with what you are thinking about doing. I think Dan still has it forsale. It might not be big enough if you do the 408.

My car
http://www.turbochargedpower.com/Moody 92 LX.htm

Some really good stuff here too.
http://saleen.v8mustang.com/

Plus my turd is just down the street if you want to see it.
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Car looks good Paul! Thanks for the info. I didn't know you lived in Sterling Hts. Yeah I'd like to check it out one day
 
Thanks It more than I ever thought I would have. Plus there is alot left in it.Nope not at BA's but I'm only a couple of miles away. ;)
 
I know of someone selling a S400 Race cover Borgwarner turbo 80mm Compressor upgrade and it has the larger 1.36 A/R turbine with the 96mm wheel. Would work great on a big 408. Lots of airflow and plenty of upstairs power. If you decide you want it let me know.

Sean


Speedy said:
As soon as I have a solid game plan and sell one of the other cars. I only have nickle and dime money right now
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you can find pictures of my build on the first page here. nothing much has changed since those pictures as i'm at the point of the "finishing BS" but you can get an idea of what sean and greg did on my car with 1 3/4" stainless headers, 2 1/2" stainless crossover and a 4" stainless downpipe all the way back. my motor is only ~346" and i have an 80mm turbo
http://motownmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67073
 
I have been improving my Stainless welding skills since those headers were built. Finally figured out how to get the rainbow to consistenly appear on the weld now.
 
Sean said:
I have been improving my Stainless welding skills since those headers were built. Finally figured out how to get the rainbow to consistenly appear on the weld now.
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have you used solar flux on the inside of your tubes when welding stainless? if not, you should look at it. your welds will look gold, this helps alot and you no longer need to purge the inside of the pipe...you will also need methanol to mix with the solar flux its like a paste that you make then spread on the pipe before you weld
 
Can you PM me the detials on this ?


Draco said:
have you used solar flux on the inside of your tubes when welding stainless? if not, you should look at it. your welds will look gold, this helps alot and you no longer need to purge the inside of the pipe...you will also need methanol to mix with the solar flux its like a paste that you make then spread on the pipe before you weld
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Sean said:
I know of someone selling a S400 Race cover Borgwarner turbo 80mm Compressor upgrade and it has the larger 1.36 A/R turbine with the 96mm wheel. Would work great on a big 408. Lots of airflow and plenty of upstairs power. If you decide you want it let me know.

Sean
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I'll let you know as soon as I hear word on the 408. Thanks
 
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