Some of you may remember my turbo 318 project. Due to work and lifes little problems it got set on the back burner. Yesterday and today I finally got the motor fired up on the dyno.
Bone stock .030 over 318 2bbl. dynoed through the exhaust manifolds into a stock crossover pipe. The compression measured at 7.72-1 so I took the liberty of advancing the stock 318 cam 8-1/2 degrees. I set the timing at 35 degrees and the monster made
161.3hp@3338rpm and
288.3ftlbs.@2179rpm. This morning I bolted up the (forgive me if I get this wrong)T3/T4.63 $149 delivered to my door turbo. The frankenstein plumbing and a 800 thermoquad. First pull with no tuning netted
314hp@3719rpm and
529.3ftlbs.@2997rpm. It probably will do better but about the time it hit 314hp it pushed the old carb base gasket out and filled the room with an atomized fuel fog. ( I glad I wasn't sucking on my cigar)
My boost gauge didn't record so I don't know how much pressure it was pushing. Have a few other glitches to iron out before I try and destroy 'the mule'. Overall though I'm very pleased, $400 tied up in everything and it thinks it's a big block now.Dave
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