hey guys i have a problem. i have a 1994 chevrolet 1500 pickup. its ext cab stepside. well it currently has a 5.7 liter 350 V8 and tuesday of next week i will be installing a cam and nitrous, well i have an old 350 block sitting out in my shed and i have been thinking about building it up and running a turbo on it. but then i went to thinking, why not run the nitrous awhile, and save up some money then install a turbo on the current engine, well here is the question. what kinda turbo setup should i get, such as brand and size and wat not, i really dont know much about turbos so any info would be great, and i need to know how hard it would be to install and set up and also wat parts i would need to make it be able to hold the boost. so please i really need some help.

 

For a turbo on a TBI engine....you'll have a lot of tuning to do. Can it be done...sure but you need to make sure you want to spend hours upon days tuning it. You'll definately need a 454ss TBI or holley unit with big injectors to support it.

 

oh okay, well would it be easier to build the other 350 up and add a turbo to it? and if so should i leave it a 350 or bore it and then drop a 383 crank in it?

 

That's totally personal perference on what you want to do. But as the old saying goes...there is no replacement for displacement.

 

yea thats true. well can ya tell me this? what is a good brand for a turbo setup? and what other parts are needed for the install??

 

Well....it will totally be a custom build. So, if I was you and building it right the first time, I would need stainless steel tubing and mandrel bends, couplers, reducers, intercooler, and "Turbonetics" is a good place to start. Otherwise, PM Parish and see what brand he runs b/c he pushes his products to the extreme.

For tuning, I would go to moates.net and get a prom burner or Ostrich for on the fly tunning, ODB 1 datalog cable with adapter, and wideband.

And if you plan on nitrous or boost, go forged internals on everything on your next engine build.

 

what are your goals???

 

well i would like to be able to run a pretty good bit of boost, so wat size turbo should i get? and around how much would a whole setup cost? also how hard is the installation on a turbo kit?

 

if you seal a TB unit it will be boost referance on the FPR

 

wat u mean seal it?