The big thing you probably need to worry more about is head gaskets. You can use the factory rods with some ARP bolts , forged pistons, same as the Chevy 6. Rebuild the head and have a good tune. I so far have only run pump gas to about 15 lbs safely, just over that I did pop the head gasket. Replaced the gasket along with head studs. Car ran 9.42 @ 76.15 in the 1/8 on some old tires I got off Craigslist, spinning too damn much. Using a 1 barrel head will have your compression ratio good for the turbo setup, there is a document somewhere on the forum that shows the different ratio combinations with the heads available.
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Jon Peters
66 tempest 3880 lbs with driver
455 .40 over, 6x, XE274H cam, th350,9 inch 3.89, 275/50/15 mt dr
13.04 et / 102.51 mph 11.97 et/ 113.68 mph w/150shot
75 Astre
Turbocharged OHC 6, TH350
1/8 mile stats 8.4813 ET / 82.07 MPH
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