turboing a carb
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turboing a carb
i have a 86 chevy small block i want to turbo but i hear u cant just use a pressure pleunum u have to get a blow threw carb??? and do i have to up grade the fue pump
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4 barrel quatro jet
mild cam
stock fuel pump
going to run about 4 to 6 psi
t3t04e
mod list
4 barrel quatro jet
mild cam
stock fuel pump
going to run about 4 to 6 psi
t3t04e
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Re: turboing a carb
You have to make sure that you can either modify the carb or replace the carb with one that can take positive pressure into it obviously. So yes, a blow through carb is what you need.
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Re: turboing a carb
you can modify a carb to work with blow through set up . I know you have to use solid floats. You can search on the the net for how to do it. I had a drawthrough set up on a camaro worked pretty good but not very responsive. blowthrough is better but fuel injection is the best way to go.
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Re: turboing a carb
Why dont you just stroke it or something. I mean doing a turbo on that type of engine it might be better if you just upgrade the engine. Like alum. heads, cam, 400 crank.
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Re: turboing a carb
It will be fine with low boost, no need to upgrade. Use your upgrade money to convert to fuel injection if you want to have a nice turbo setup. That's the first step for reliable power.. Check out Edelbrock's fuel injection conversions (they use our company's ECUs), or strip a FI setup off another engine. Whatever you do, make sure the ECU can be tuned.
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