I have began a project of boosting a 64 Valiant with a 170. My goal is to do this on the cheap. I got a turbo off of a Volvo from Wrench a Part for $45. Volvo is a good choice because of being water cooled. I had to take off three turbos before I found one that was good, but for $45....:cheers:
I have build all flanges using the steel gaskets from the turbo, modified my 1bbl intake and built a mounting surface adapter for my 600cfm Edelbrock.
I have modified the Edelbrock to boost reference the throttle shaft and float chambers, refitted nitrophyle floats to replace the brass ones, as they will crush under 5 psi, modified an aluminum carb hat to accept the boost tube, and boost referenced the fuel pump.
Exhaust is plumbed, and idle is good. Next step is to take it for a test drive.
Question: having no vacuum to the distributor will require recurving. Does anyone have any info on recurving for a turbo install?
