I'm looking forward to the upcoming battle of getting this Turbo installed and tuned. I've needed a new adversary ever since getting divorced from Devilores. This should provide plenty of Oomph since Forced Inductions said this turbo can support up to 1,000 Hp. I'm shooting for a more modest 600 rwhp since this is a street car. I'll post pictures and testimonials as things progress.
Wish me bloody knuckles

 

TC76?

 

Yes. That's the notation that Jose at "Forced Inductions" used when he responded to my request for a sizing recommendation. I knitted my eyebrows when I saw that. "TC? ...um... Turbo Charger?"....
David K. Wilson

 

Thats there new budget Turbonetcis turbo... cheaper than the Q trim and s-trim T76's.

 

Ah.. I see. Thanks for that.

 

post pics up when you get it.

 

Scenario: It's 9:00am here in East Chatham, New York. I'm upstairs and I hear the dogs (Harley, the minpin and Rosie, the Long Hair Jack Russell) start barking their heads off. I'm thinking, "stupid dogs..They bark anytime a leaf blows across the yard..sigh..", and I finish brushing my teeth (I telecommute from here to Houston, working all day in my pajamas..don't be h8tin', lol) and then walk down to the kitchen to pour a cup of coffee. The coffee maker is beside the glass back door and out of the corner of my eye, I see a white box on the back porch.... I let out an appropriate Texas WoooHooo! and grab the box, put it on the dining table and open her up...
http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/Turbo/Turbo007.jpg
http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/Turbo/Turbo009.jpg
http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/Turbo/Turbo010.jpg

Now just waiting on the (already ordered/paid for) TS-38 Wastegate and Mototron 60# Fuel injectors. They should be here later today or tomorrow. I can't really start just yet. I still have lots to order but I'm well on the road and already $2,000 plus into it just with this much. I've been reading various "Forced Induction" forums and I've been learning a lot. One thing that is for certain, the STS Turbos (rear mounted, near the differential), in a lot of cases, are Kicking some serious *** with 9 second passes on forged lower ends. 700 plus hp in quite a few cases. Some of the traditional located Turbo LT1's are using everything under the sun for exhaust manifolds. Stock, Logs, Headers (Homebuilt and Pro built). The arguments for using logs is compelling. They are easy (but homely, but then again, so am I and I work REAL well!) and some log designed cars are putting out over 1,000 HP.
I'll keep updating this as I get parts and or progress.
David K. Wilson
'94 Z28 383 LT1 A4 3.42
'96 Z28 383 LT1 M6 4.10 (T76 Turbo being installed)

 

I love seeing boxes on my porch Its like xmas! What setup are you going with... confused a little with all the mention of front mount and rearmounts?

 

Well, like all Idealists... I wanted to be the least invasive, not cut up the car, use stock manifolds and retain all creature comforts (Ie: A/C, Power steering, etc). But it looks like for all the contortions to make that happen, a rapid advance to using the turbo in the car would be hastened by doing what a lot of you guys did in cutting the radiator support, buying an aftermarket radiator of suitable height/width and mounting the TC in front of the HB.
As time goes by, I'll still see how feasible it is to put it where the current cold air induction sits (using the ABS Delete/Line Lock Kit). The STS styles certainly have their own appeal but in real life, I drive over all kinds of roads here in Upstate New York. Road kill, tree branches, snow piles, weather degraded asphalt, some dirt roads going to the horse barn to drop off the girls, etc. Any of that STS piping stuff I'm seeing on the web would get knocked off pronto in a weeks driving here. In a flat area like Houston(where I lived for 18 yrs before coming here in 2005), I'd jump on the STS kit.

 

You should be able to mount the TC76 low and in front of the crank without redoing the radiator... just may need slimmer fans (or convert to pusher fans).

 

Here 'ya go (pics are about 2 and a half years old):




-Chris

 

Thanks Chris! What intercooler is that?

 

It's a Blitz for an R32 or R33 Skyline. You just need to lop off the bottom bolt hole for the bumper support on each side and it slides right in. It has a conveniently placed mount on the top that can be utilised with the stock hood latch by fabbing a basic piece of L-shaped steel. I'll warn you, though, this intercooler retails for nearly 2 grand. I got mine off my buddy's R33 for (relatively) cheap.

I just posted a couple pics in another thread, but I'll post them again:




-Chris

 

Holy Cow! That thing is HUGE! Whats the temp differential? 200 degrees?! Lol...Good job on getting that setup. By the way, it looks like you have some sort of GM Truck header, at least as a basis, for your exhaust. What header did you utilize? Did you have to modify them very much? I see some guys using those on some of the Forced Induction sites but most seem to imply that they had to modify them here or there. Quizzically, some go on to say "Even though I went with these headers, I should have bought <insert ambiguous reference> headers instead because they bolt right in....". Then, If you ask them what they're referring to, they either don't answer (maybe it's an old thread and they don't subscribe anymore?) or show a picture w/o any text stating what make/model it is. Oh well. Thanks so much for the responses and pictures. This is VERY encouraging.
David K. Wilson
'94 Z28 383 LT1 A4 3.42
'96 Z28 383 LT1 M6 4.10 (T76 Turbo being installed)

 

It's a Hedman header for a 305 Vortec powered half-ton. Hack off the air pump fitting and weld it shut and they fit right in when turned around backwards. Two problems, they're mild steel, and the stock collectors are only two inches. I ran them with the stock collectors for a couple years, but on the new setup my fabricator hacked them off and welded in a 2.5" v-band. I think the Hedman part number is 12500.

Here's another pic of the intercooler I found showing how well it fits. You can also see the top mount I was referring to. The pice of L-shaped steel sitting on the radiator shroud is the bracket I fabbed to mount the intercooler to the hood latch.


-Chris