71 Valiant SL6 turbo questions

Thanks for the reply!

From where I sit, you need a plan, a plan based on several parameters; COST, performance, and ease of getting it done.

I started out down this learning curve/road about 4 years ago, knowing virtually nothing of turbos, or sixes, having had a lifetime of experience in hot rodding V8s. My racing partner (Freddie Nielsen,) and I am pretty much the same age (he's 76; I am 75) and both have been drag racing since the 1950's but always with 273/340/360 MOPARS. Realizing that we were not going to live forever... (nobody is...) one day, we looked at each other and said; "Let's build one more car... a six! We've never built a six!"

So, we started gayhering information and materials to put together this "last-gasp" effort, with a LOT of help from guy (FABO member Tom Wolfe,[FABO moniker: shaker233],) up in Michigan.

He had built a '70 Dart with a series of 225 turbo motors, the latest version of which had run 11-secondas flat at 122mph, into a 15mph headwind, in a 3,300-pound car. That takes a little over 500 horsepower...

He took us by the hand and,with more than a little patience with these two old codgers, led us down the primrose path to boost, explaining what he had learned along the way. His advice/info was comprehensive and correct.... and, of inestimable value! We'll owe him, always...

So, if you understand where I am coming from, here, I GET IT, where you're at in this project, having been down the same road, not too long ago, myself.

In building this project, I amassed a lot of information/photos (a picture really IS worth a thousand words!,) which I will be more than happy to share with you via email. Just send me your email address. Mine is

[email protected]

Knowledge is power. And, this is free... :)

Let me hear from you soon. There's lots to know... :)

Bill