Topic: Ak Miller Turbo kit

1980 Pinto/Bobcat Headlight Buckets

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1973 Ford V-8 Pinto Hatchback

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Pinto Wagon Sport Mirrors Both Pass and drivers side

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1980 Pinto/Bobcat Headlight Buckets

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NOS Horn Cover & NOS Shifter

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[turbopinto72]

This is a draw through set up I have on my Pangra. The carb sits on top of a plenum which is attached onto the compressor side of the turbo. The Air/Fuel mix runs through the turbo and over the top of the valve cover into the intake manifold.

[HighHooder]

I just found this one on eBay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2488858287&category=39405&sspagename=WDVW
in case anybody wanted a turboPinto

[HighHooder]

This is a draw through set up I have on my Pangra. ...

Brad, is your exhaust manifold polished? chromed? or just brushed shiney???

[turbopinto72]

Yes, that would be a great project car. I know that that car is an original Huntington Ford Pangra Wagon ( very rare).

[crazyhorse]

Ok Y'all have covered draw thru turbo setups (and thier lack of intercooling) how about a "Blow Thru" setup?
If I'm not mistaken this would lend itself well to intercooling as the pressurized air is forced thru the carb. BUT how do you keep the carb working? I understand Bernoulli's principle sucking fuel from the float bowl. However wouldn't boost slow the rate of fuel? To compensate you'd have to up the mixture to a point that it'd almost flood off boost.

I'm interested as I've found a cool lil IHI turbo that should make about 6psi of boost that would wake up my Lil' Horse without a major rebuild & investment in parts.

[turbopinto72]

 There are lots of blow thru set up's out there that work great. In the book " Maximum Boost" the writer swear's by the blow thru set up.

[crazyhorse]

Thanks for the quick reply Brad. I'm still trying to decide which route to go with my 2.3L. The long block has less than 30k mi on it so I'm thinking 6psi of boost on a 8:1 compression stock motor would be reliable. However, I'm looking to get just 130-140hp from the motor. At that level of HP I could get by with just a good carb/intake/cam/header setup on a n/a motor. A 42HP increase would be just shy of 50%. do you have any suggestions on how I can get  this without opening up my motor? I'm open to a cam change as the head doesn't really have to come off. but I'd rather not pull the head of a good running motor if I don't have to

[turbopinto72]

 6 lbs boost on an 8:1 motor will be worse than a banana up the tail pipe. Unless you run a VERY small turbo. Anything under 10 lbs and it will most likley be a bog fest. You can get 130-140 hp out of a N/A motor with a few tweeks. Cam, cam pulley, jet the carb, re-work the distrubtor and add a good ignition and header. Just my 2c.

[bricker4864]

You can get 130-140 hp out of a N/A motor with a few tweeks. Cam, cam pulley, jet the carb, re-work the distrubtor and add a good ignition and header. Just my 2c.

I second that. I had 119 hp at the rear wheel with a cam a fuzz bigger than stock (.484 240* I think), a cam pulley, header, gutted offy intake, msd, and a 390 carb.
Went up to 121 with fuel injection last time I made a dyno run. I think I was making more than that after we tuned it more, but those were the last numbers I got.
If you figure 20% loss from flywheel to rear wheel, that's 143hp for the carb, 145hp for the injection.

Crazyhorse, you mention changing the cam without pulling the head. Doesn't the cam come out of the back of the head? I have always pulled it.

[crazyhorse]

I think once you pull the retainer you can pull it either way. Brad? help me restore my fading memory LOL

[WVBobcat77]

on a 2.3 you can pull the came out the front all you have to do is jack the front of the motor up to clear the radiator.

[possum]

Hey high hooder, I was wondering what happened to that turbo exhaust manold you have pictured? I would like to purchase it if you still have it. possum43@suddenlink.net let me know thanks.

[volksnut]

Ain't nothing wrong with a draw through set-up...I would change the progressive stock carb though to a Holley 350(2 barrel) or a SU carb. I ran easy 13.8's with only 5 psi in my VW and it ran like a stocker til on boost.
Here's my old set-up (vintage Rajay turbo kit) with a 2" SU carb

And a Holley 350 cfm 2 barrel

[HighHooder]

yes Possum, I do still have this, in fact I'm probably going to sell off all my pinto stuff.. not reasonable offer turned down.

[Srt]

yes Possum, I do still have this, in fact I'm probably going to sell off all my pinto stuff.. not reasonable offer turned down.

is the equipment as shown in your original posts so long ago?

what do you consider a reasonable offer?  i may be interested in some of the pieces (exhaust manifold only to be truthful).