I wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or just keep everything contained in this one. Anyway, I have some updates on the car you guys. Not much progress though Lol. I have been toying around with two different ideas and have finally settled on one.
Idea #1: Keep the current 5.0 in the car and add an on3 turbo kit to it. Goal is to shoot for approx. 400 rwhp
Idea #2: Swap in a 351w that I have from an E-350 van and add a turbo kit to it.
I chose idea #1. I'm not really looking to build a racecar and I feel that the 5.0 with the turbo will be pently for the streets and possibly a few trips down the 1/4 mile.
As of now I have purchased the turbo kit, on3 y pipe, and an sve aluminum rad. from lmr. I still need a boost controller, fuel injectors, and a new fuel pump. I'm not sure which boost controller to get, I was thinking of getting the turbo smart manual boost controller. I don't know if that a good one or not, it seems to be over priced. I know I've seen donny b, justin91lx, and house of dula use it on their installs. The car has a microsquirt if that makes a difference. As for the fuel injectors and pump I've seen the lu47 lb and walbro 255 recommended.
I started installing the sve aluminum radiator today and i have a few questions. Not on the radiator, that pretty basic, but on the cooling system itself. When I took a tuning class with Steve we noticed the car running pretty hot. It reach 220* while it sat and idled for a decent amount of time, not sure but probably close to an hour. Steve had thought that the fan clutch could be bad. That seems reasonable because I believe it's original to the car. I have a fan clutch from the 351w, mentioned above, and noticed that it is much harder to turn by hand. The clutch from the car spins very freely.
Looking ahead to the turbo install I was thinking of going with the contour electric fans. Whats your opinion on that? Would you wire them to be controlled by the microsquirt or use a separate fan controller?
Here's a few pics of the new radiator, I know it's not that exciting but it's progress none the less.
Out with the old
In with the new
Fan clutch from the car is on the left and clutch from the van is on the right
. 2Blue2 I was thinking the exact same thing!
