Twin turbo firebird
I’m thinking of building a twin turbo firebird. I have a 1970 firebird that I was going to build a fairly radical NA engine for. The plan was to have a very fast car to drive on the street. But now I’ve been seeing a lot of turbo cars be faster and more street friendly.
I have an aluminum IAII block, 4.5 steel crank, Oliver 6.8 rods and 4.35 pistons with a 27 cc dish. The block is already bored for the pistons. For heads I have a set of wide port high ports or a set of 380 high ports. Both with 56 cc chambers. KRE told me they can redo the chamber up to 80 cc’s. I’ve built many na Pontiacs, but never a turbo. Where should I start? I know headers are a problem. I can change most of the above parts if I need to. |
Well, forging ahead I’ve ordered a 4 inch stroke scat crank from Butler. I’m going to order pistons Monday. I called a couple of guys about headers, but haven’t heard back. I’m not sure about turbo sizing or brand. Again I’ve called people and left messages but haven’t heard back. This may be a difficult build, but it’s going to happen.
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Street Car that makes good power, hard to beat a correctly matched Twin Smaller Turbo Set-up. John Meany (Big Stuff 3 Owner.Dyno Guy) had a 1000 hp Corvette (SB Engine) that was about as violent as you would ever want on the street.
Going to the 4" crankshaft was a smart move. You should have all the power you need or can put on the pavement. Spend the money on Quality Turbos from Turbonetics/ Precision Turbo. Tom V. |
I guess I didn’t say in my original post all of my goals. We have a version of the top 10 list at my local 1/8 mile track that races on Thursday. The only real rules are street legal, tags and insurance, and no alteration of the rear wheel wells. They can also make us take them out on the street to prove they’re streetable. I’ll need to run high 4’s to be competitive. Most of these cars drive to the track, and are turbos. I already have a dedicated track car so I want to try this. John, I don’t know why but my notifications won’t open.
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That's what I was afraid of.
(if you're talking of me) I have twin turbos with wastegates still for sale. johnta1@wallaceracing.com :) |
I don’t think those will be big enough for what I want to do John.
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The Turbos John Wallace has for sale were Custom Built Turbos and each turbo was rated for 500 HP. How much hp above 1000 HP are you looking for?
I originally sold the Turbos and Wastegates to John, years ago, for his Dragster but he never installed them. Should still be brand new parts. Tom V. |
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GTO George |
The Turbos that Wallace has are nowhere near 1400 hp turbos.
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High 4's with an uncut wheel well means small tire. If you can run a high 4 on the street with a small tire, you will be the king of the small tire in this country.
Last month at a small tire airport race, there was a 200,000.00+ car there with traction control all the bells and whistles, high 5 at best with small tire on the street. Anyway, headers are a pita for Pontiac, If I was to do it over, I would built a log manifold. Good luck on the build keep us posted |
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If you can aford it. This turbo would be good for what you want to do when set up as twins IMO.... https://www.precisionturbo.net/Stree...PT6875-CEA/661 Good luck . Should be a fast car when all said and done..... |
I’ve got a local guy who is going to build the headers,mounts and other tubing. High 4’s in the 1/8 mile. I talked to Travis Quillen last night, he says he retired, but recommended 2 precision 7675 and Holley FI. I need around 1400 HP.
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You can over 2000hp with the par of 6875s. And spool better..
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Nice parts you have there going... You need a LIGHT & consistent car to reach your goals no matter what HP number they tell you! Small tire racing is tricky stuff !!
Personally I'd go with the more mass non wide port heads.. more durable clamping for sure. Kris. |
That’s what Travis said. Heads that flow around 320-330. I have a set of high port heads from SD that flow 380 that I’ll probably use.
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I think the 76/75's will do well. Making the power that you'll need shouldn't be a problem with what you have. I'd start thinking of the driveline. Too deep of a SLR will give you trouble hooking up.
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I’ve been racing this car for years. So it’s set up pretty well for NA. It has a turbo 400 with PTC converter and 373 gears. I’m thinking 2.10 first in the 400 and 308 or 323 in the rear. It has caltracs and single leaf springs, frame connectors and a roll cage. I know I’ll have to update the rollcage.
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