Iskwezm's turbo kit

After seeing your work..I wish I didnt build my motor to be 10.3-1 compression..
O well. NA it is. But next time..I'm calling you.

10secgoal said:

Did you see it there also ? Please indulge me. I'm just curious. We set cards out on Rich's car and Marios and I think we ended up having like 200-250 cards taken. We didn't even hand them out. It was voluntary for them to take it off the cars. So we were really happy about that.

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hopefully you get some leads off those cards, but it seems like word of mouth is working pretty good too.

Im hoping to have it ready for the Hot Rot nationals up in Famoso next month, 80% of the fords up there were in the 11's, but no turbo's or blowers, this would make them go

nope, just been following your threads.

wow...wow...wow! Just when I was thinking there were no turbo kits out there and I would be SOL. 10sec...you sir have a PM.

IM'd ya back...but here's the IM for those wanting to know a bit about my car....

Haha...funny thing is I did a bunch of googling...found your old ebay ad. Then saw you said you were 10secgoal on Stangnet. Remembering I had an account there...since 2002 I came here searching.

I appreciate you getting back to me. Right now I'm on the tail end of getting hired on w/ the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Chicago and therefore money is sorta tight as I finish up grad school.

That price is very appealing and I'm just shocked more people haven't gone this route. Granted it is semi new territory for classics but just seeing what turbos do for Terminators got me intrigued to do it for the '69.

As for the parts replacing I'm not worried about and figured I would have to go w/ colder plugs...easy as many family friends are in the drag racing business and I can pick those up rather quickly. As for the Holley...I've got one sitting on a '65 block 289 I'm rebuilding so I'm familiar w/ those carbs. You don't know how many times I've almost replaced the carb on my 306 as I'm less than impressed w/ Edelbrock carbs. They make a lot of great products but carbs are not one of them.

As for the TCP rack I can try and get ya some pics of it but dunno how much good that'll do for ya and you'd probably be better off just checking out your customer's car w/ the rack. W/ that said I would recommend that rack to all Mustang owners as it has totally changed the way my car drives. Bolted right in w/ no problems either.

I'll keep in touch but I'm shooting for maybe an early spring date for this to happen. (Hopefully by then I'll have my new job and all settled in...being engaged doesn't help my financial status any. )

Thanks,

Pat


It's got a 306 in it w/ a C4 (2800 stall), 8" rear (hopefully w/ in the next 6 months a nice 9"). The car is not lowered but has a TCP rack which 10secgoal said he'd need to check out. The car will be lowered eventually but I think I'll wait til I get the turbo kit and see how much clearance I have on the DP before I go w/ the drop. Also I plan on putting some TTII 9.5" rears on as they're 17X8 right now in the rear w/ a 245 on the rear. 17X7 up front w/ 245's. Lips aren't rolled but I'll wait and see on that once everything falls into place.

Here's the car this would be going on....

BTW The engine bay is dirty in this pic and is now housing an MSD distributor and also has no power steering pump any more. Also the battery is being relocated to the trunk to clear up some more room. The tower bars will also be replaced w/ some sort of tubular type bars.

The rear normally doesn't have that much height on it but after being in storage the air shocks had settled a bit and so I aired them up all the way for awhile so they could regain their seal. The rear on a normal day sits about an inch lower than in the pics....

BTW....when IM'ing 10sec he noted that my CR may be a lil high at 9.5:1 so I may have a good friend port the heads a bit to bring down the CR to around 9.0:1 or so.


I'm sure they know some good ways to bring down the CR as they build drag cars when they're not restoring old mustangs or working their everyday jobs. This is the car they built for themselves....first '05 glass body....514 block....super fast. (4.2 in the 1/8th).....

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yeah, dont lower it till the kit is on, mine MUST be raised at least a inch

and if you decide to get new tires, either get a drag radial or MT 26/11.50/17, youre gonna need them

my 275 tires(Kumho,not the best) are useless with anything past 1/2 throttle, while its fun, its not exacly safe in the wrong hands

phast69 said:

BTW....when IM'ing 10sec he noted that my CR may be a lil high at 9.5:1 so I may have a good friend port the heads a bit to bring down the CR to around 9.0:1 or so.

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Im doing that now, tearing apart a 400 mile stroker to lower compression to about 8.9:1, that should have been done the first time(by engine builder)

Ya I saw that...sucks they didn't do it right the first time. Sorry to hear that but I'm so jealous of your beautiful ride! As for the DR's....I'm probably gonna go w/ some Hoosier DR's. After my buddy's street/strip Fox GT has been through every DR imaginable we've determined the Hoosiers to be the stickiest. IIRC he's running the 275's and spraying off the line. He's bringing the front about 5 inches off the ground and running a solid 6.5 in the 1/8th and hooking great.

Thanks for reassuring me that I should wait to lower the car. Trying to get my priorities straight right now.

So in this order....

9" rear end
Lower compression
Wheels w/ some good meat mounted on them
Carb/plugs/turbo kit
Suspension
Line lock

After that I think I should be very happy for a good while.

Sounds good. Thanks for chiming in.

10secgoal said:

You don't really have to worry about 67 and up too much. I didn't have to go low on them like the 65's.I first built them with racers in mind. Short and to the point, no sway bar. So ground clearance was not an issue on these cars. then everyone wanted their cake and to eat it too. So the crossover needs to go under the bar. I'm gonna try to use shorter collect of the 65's. They won't flow as much, but more people might be able to run them.
Honestly if you keep the psi around 7-9 psi you'll be fine with 9.5-1. Rich ran 9.7 with 10psi and was fine. After the turbo kit, you probably won't need a line lock.

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Just a thought- Considering there appears to be a slight ground clearance issues, have you thought about trying to use that fancy oval pipe for where you go under the bar? I know it may make things a bit more complicated during fab and it will probably cost more, but I think as an option to get more ground clearance people might want it.

coolblue65 said:

Just a thought- Considering there appears to be a slight ground clearance issues, have you thought about trying to use that fancy oval pipe for where you go under the bar? I know it may make things a bit more complicated during fab and it will probably cost more, but I think as an option to get more ground clearance people might want it.

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great idea, but I have to wonder about air flow issues...what is the dif. between an oval pipe and fully round in terms of air velocity...just have to wonder..thats all

Well lets hope by that time I got the money for a Dart or A4 style block