340 or 318 turbo

cali concept said

I switch out the exhaust manifold from the 1967 that weighs about 50 pounds each to the 1972 they were at least 10 pounds each. And fits into the engine compartment a lot easier. Right now it's running independent exhaust all the way back, will change over to a Y pipe and remote mount the turbo. And run the intake up through the passenger side// And fabricate some sort of stand-alone oiling system for the turbo. I don't know the dimension of exhaust pipe I should run nor the intintake any ideas.

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I think you need to re-think the turbo's oiling system, at least the supply side.

It would be very little trouble to run a 3/8"-brake line from the oil filter pressure gauge fitting back to th rear mounted turbo; just buy the required amount of steel 3/8"-brake tubing and route it under the car back to the turbo.

Then, you'd need to design a catch reservoir under the turbo...

Harbor Freight sells some reasonably-priced 12-volt fluid pumps that could be used to pump the used oil back to the rocker arm cover (or, fuel pump block-off plate,) removing the necessity of putting a hole in the pan, not always an easy thing to do (and avoid leaks.)

Keep us informed of your progress! This looks like fun!!!:happy1: