70 dart swinger slant turbo build and mild restoration
So install turbo and do donuts [check] lol
Build it to what I want externally then make the internals withstand the externals?
I'm not going for biggest or baddest just something that's fun and drive able and different I'll probably never race it but I have a friend with a dyno
If you could post what you think a desirable output level (horsepower) would be, you could make some serious plans, The limit for cast (stock) oistons would probably be about 12 pounds of boost; others think you can get away with running more, but for a daily driver, I think 12 pounds may be all you'd want to run. That would give you, probably, 300 horsepower (with an alcohol injector for charge-cooling,) and would probably put an A body into the top of the twelves, e.t.-wise. That may be fast enough for you, as it would probably outrn 90% of the V8 cars you'd be likely to encounter on the street. :cheers:
But, boost IS addictive, and sooner or later, you might well, want more performance. You'd need forged pistons and an O-ringed block for that.... and the right time to do it is NOW...... so you only have to do it once.
The Wiseco pistons are something over $400 while the 7" long K-1 rods that fit the piston deck height are a little over, six-hundred, so, there is about $1,100.00, plus about $200,00 for the O-ring cutter from Isky (it comes with the necessary wire.) A coppper, 1-piece head gasket is another $200.00, or so.
Not cheap, but good insurance, and will allow you to run 30 pounds of boost and make upwards of 500 horsepower, later, for quarter-mile speeds around 120-130mph. :blob:
You pays your money and, you takes your choice! :glasses7:
