If its cheap and fast its not reliable if its reliable and fast it aint cheap something to think about

 

one more person to bash you... if you say you don't have the know how on changing the heads and intake, what the hell makes you think you'll put a turbo on?

 

it's simple. you just bolt it up and away you go. i saw it done on a tv show, they did it in like 15 minutes.

 

I've never done heads but I've installed turbos

 

toneman, i bet it wasn't because you didn't know how to install heads and an intake.

 

Who said i couldnt learn? Plus i have access to a machine shop. I run a paint and body shop.

 

I am a machinist and unless you have a mill, angle vice, mandrel tubing bender , and a damn good welder, (not to mention hours and hours of labor time and plenty of machnie shop/steel fab exprience) this job is gonna be near impossible for a D.I.Y. to pull off. I hate to sound so negative but I have over 15 years exprience and still wouldnt attempt it. It's just not worth the work and cash.

 

If you have access to a machine shop why not just build a killer 3.4? Putting a turbo on a none fresh motor does not make any sense. Your cheapest way to make power is Nos. You could have a 50 or 75 shot with a dry sniper system (about $500). Your going to run into the same problems with the Nos as you are with the Turbo. Your going to blow out the head gaskets and your going to have problem with exhaust valve sizing and exhaust back pressure.

There is no way anyone is going to sit down and type all the info you would need for a turbo. You should spend 100's hours researching it. To go from a person that does not know what a waste gate is to a person that can custom built a turbo system is pretty big undertaking. Once you are done that research I think you will conclude if you want to go fast buying a broken V8 and fixing it is the cheapest way to go. I saw a 96 Lt1 with high miles and a blown headgasket for $900. That would be 300 dependable HP less then 2K away with a transmission that rear that was designed to handle it.

 

=P i was giving him false hope haha