CAMARO TWIN TURBO
NEW TURBO SETUP
New Turbo SetupI successfully dropped both turbos 2-1/2 inches to clear the stock hood. My custom manifolds are working flawlessly. New Turbo Setup I have not blown a single turbo-to-manifold gasket or a manifold-to-cylinder head gasket. I designed some heat shields to protect the paint job on the new hood.


The car still runs as cool as it did with the turbos sticking out. That is a max of 180 degrees even on a hot day. Interestingly, the Dyno results with the new manifolds, new heads, new cam, rockers, and a fresh bottom end revealed almost identical results. Only instead of running at 22 psi, it was at 16 psi. Once I cranked the boost knob past that, the ignition broke up. My buddy at the Dyno suggested tightening the plug gap to 0.020 and plugging my msd ignition back in. I had unplugged it to figure out some coil problems.


The trip to the drag strip was problematic. The engine ran awesome but the tranny would not shift. We video taped it and although the car was making a serious charge, I was forced to let off to try to allow 2-3 gear engagement. You can clearly hear the blow off valves unload all of the power only to drift through the lights from 1,000 feet at 13.1 et with 99 mph. Because the motor is still alive I will be able to build a tranny for next year and change my rear gears from 4:10s to 3:42s.

Thanks for checking out the site. There are more pictures of the new setup in the Photos section. E-mail me at ben@camarotwinturbo.com if you want to talk turbo. Ben Chase


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