Turbo Hookup????????????

jamesg63 said
I have a 73 225 / 6. I want to add a Turbo but am totally lost at where everything hooks up. I believe I'll still need a wastegate ( Not sure what kind)???? and a Intercooler. I have enclosed a couple pics of what I have. If anybody out there can lead me in the right direction of how this thing goes together, I have no idea where the blowoff valve goes or the 2 flanges of the wastegate. I believe 1 of them will hook to the tube coming off the exhaust manifold. Thanks in advance.

We put a turbo on a slant 6 about 20 years ago. It was a draw-thru system from a 3.8 Buick. I made an adapter that bolted on to the 1-bbl intake and then the turbo compressor section bolted on to the adapter. Everything else remained stock and the car ran like crazy. Big drawback was that the turbo and carb stuck way up out of the hood. About 10 years ago I did one using a turbo from a Nissan 300ZX single turbo motor. These turbos have the proper seals to use with a draw-thru system also and I got my hands on a carb adapter for a turbo on ebay. I bought a 4-bbl intake from Clifford then bolted the carb onto it. The mixture from the carb flowed forward to the turbo intake and then the turbo blew the mixture into the lower half of the adaper and then down to the intake manifold. Look sweet and ran good.
Are you looking to go with a carb draw-thru, blow-thru, or the injected route? If it's in jection you want, you may try the Megasquirt route. If you do, you'll have to get a trigger wheel ( or I can make you one ) and sensor ( for which you'll have to make a mounting bracket ), add an O2 sensor to the exhaust. The Megasquirt system has a built-in map sensor that can go to 20 PSI boost. The stock exhaust manifold should work just fine but I would go with a hotter cam and some better slugs just for insurance. Bill