help on turbo manifold

[juice6289]

i got a gt70 garrett turbo and i need a manifold i was told that a grand national manifold will work some let me know if this is true before i buy somethin i dont need

[GoldstreaK65]

Re: help on turbo manifold

It will not work series II has different exhaust ports on the heads than the buick 3.8s. Therefore the headers from a buick won't mate up.

[loser]

Re: help on turbo manifold

yep, bolt patterens arent the same at all. most people either modify pacesetters or stock tubular manifolds.

[juice6289]

Re: help on turbo manifold

well can i some how modify my manifold to fit my turbo i got a garrett gt60 turbo i think it might be a lil to big too im not sure

[T-Punk]

Re: help on turbo manifold

Please, do some research. It seems like you don't know much yet. The simple anser is no you can't modify the stock manifolds to put a turbo on them. What you need to do is either make a new Y-pipe that runs under the K-Member and up to a turbo in front of the engine, or make new forward swept manifolds with a Y-pipe that mates in front of the engine and, again, has the turbo there. Those are the ways everyone has done turbo setups on our cars. Now please use the search feature on this site to find more info on the subject. And you might find more info in the Forced Induction section.

[juice6289]

Re: help on turbo manifold

i apreciate ure help but i think after readin into it a lil more im probably goin to return this turbo and just get a supercharger i honestlly know verry little about turbo and from wat ive read its more efficent

[juice6289]

Re: help on turbo manifold

thanks for the help but i read a lil more into it and i thik im returning this turbo and gonna go wit a supercharger bc i have no idea about turbo but thanks for all the hel p

[T-Punk]

Re: help on turbo manifold

Turbo's are more efficient but SC's are much easier. If you want help designing a SC setup I'd be game but if you just want one that you can put on real easy get a mach performance kit for the best SC performance or a used RK-sport powerdyne kit like I did for a cheap medium level performance boost.

[Forced_Firebird]

Re: help on turbo manifold

thanks for the help but i read a lil more into it and i thik im returning this turbo and gonna go wit a supercharger bc i have no idea about turbo but thanks for all the hel p

If you are close to me (South FL), I'll help you. If you are in the NJ area, I'll hook you up with someone else that can help you.

Here are some photos I took during the construction of mine to help you...
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ojectfirebird/

You will need acess to a welder and some welding experience to take a project like this on, but I did mine in my driveway in my spare time since this is not my daily driver. Otherwise, you will be paying somebody between $2500 and $3000 to do it for you (not including parts). Mine cost me about $1200 doing all the work myself and using cheap/used parts.

I agree with the others, and do some research. I researched for about 3mos before buying a turbo even.

[juice6289]

Re: help on turbo manifold

to be honest u guys are scarin the **** outta me lol...... i just want realistically 300 horse and sumitn that sounds nice thats y i figured i could do this with one mod instead of rebuildin my engine and gettin cams and rockers but i think i might be better off doin the engine work after talkin to u guys

[T-Punk]

Re: help on turbo manifold

Good, you shouldn't just jump into forced induction without knowing what you are getting into. That said, it would be very hard to get over 300hp without FI or nitrous. If you are set on getting 300hp and want to do it safely you can do it by doing a powerdyne SC kit and some other mods relatively cheaply (still probably about 3 grand total though). Read up on what some of the powerdyne guys have done if you think you are interested in it. It won't be a great choice if you decide you want 400hp or more though, for that you would need the Mach SC kit or a Turbo.