JLM
03-15-2005, 11:42 AM
This is mostly aimed toward the pontiac gurus but anybody with an opinion I would gladly hear from.
I had been planning for some time now to run a turbocharged setup on the 455 in my 69 bird. Lack of money, time restraints and the overall want to get the car out on the road is leading me to (at least for the near future) rethink my plans of going with a turbocharged engine.
I purchased this car from a farmer that fell on hard times in the springs of 1999. The engine to this date still has less than 1500 miles on it. The previous owner was in the process of turning the car into a street/strip car and spent a decent amount on the engine alone.
I don't have receipts for anything it it, but he claims it has a nodular iron crank, forged rods, and pistons, federal mogul bearings etc. The car has a set of #62's on top that I'm not sure if they have been messaged at all or not. According to the previous owner the entire valve train is rollarized. I have personally seen the comp roller rockers on the heads so I can say with 100% certainty it at the very least has roller rockers on it.
I'm not sure on cam specs, but they are quite healthy givin the lope the car has at idle at the fact that I don't make enough vaccume at speeds below 2000rpm for my power brakes to function. Currently there is an edelbrock performer RPM on top with a small 700cfm edelbrock carb. At the very least I'll be swapping that manifold to a torker II and a larger dominator series carb.
I'm not sure how much power this combo is making at all, nor would I expect anybody to really know without putting the car on the rollars. What I'd like to hear from all of you is if you would continue to put away the money for the turbo for this car, or spend the money for better suspension componants etc. and get the car on the road quicker.
Thanks in advance.
I had been planning for some time now to run a turbocharged setup on the 455 in my 69 bird. Lack of money, time restraints and the overall want to get the car out on the road is leading me to (at least for the near future) rethink my plans of going with a turbocharged engine.
I purchased this car from a farmer that fell on hard times in the springs of 1999. The engine to this date still has less than 1500 miles on it. The previous owner was in the process of turning the car into a street/strip car and spent a decent amount on the engine alone.
I don't have receipts for anything it it, but he claims it has a nodular iron crank, forged rods, and pistons, federal mogul bearings etc. The car has a set of #62's on top that I'm not sure if they have been messaged at all or not. According to the previous owner the entire valve train is rollarized. I have personally seen the comp roller rockers on the heads so I can say with 100% certainty it at the very least has roller rockers on it.
I'm not sure on cam specs, but they are quite healthy givin the lope the car has at idle at the fact that I don't make enough vaccume at speeds below 2000rpm for my power brakes to function. Currently there is an edelbrock performer RPM on top with a small 700cfm edelbrock carb. At the very least I'll be swapping that manifold to a torker II and a larger dominator series carb.
I'm not sure how much power this combo is making at all, nor would I expect anybody to really know without putting the car on the rollars. What I'd like to hear from all of you is if you would continue to put away the money for the turbo for this car, or spend the money for better suspension componants etc. and get the car on the road quicker.
Thanks in advance.