2005 Mustang GT
10-21-2009, 10:25 PM
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2005 Mustang GT
Newbie here thinking about doing a turbo setup for my 2005 Mustang Gt. 4.6 liter. Anyone turboed a GT before
? Im debating between a single or twin and shopping for good affordable turbos.
Any suggestions would be great.
? Im debating between a single or twin and shopping for good affordable turbos.Any suggestions would be great.
10-22-2009, 03:58 PM
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10-22-2009, 05:17 PM
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Here is the deal, I have been building cars longer than most of our members have been alive but with due respect to the ricer community, ricers know forced induction and thats why Im here. If I didnt have a logical question I wouldnt be posting on this forum, Im a fabricator and machinest by trade and have been building custom race chassis for over 20 years. Unfourtunality I know squate about turbocharging. Im hoping I can jump aboard and get some help from a few pros on here and make a decent system.
I want to build a simple affordable system for hopefully under 3k. I want to start out simple and really want a single turbo setup unless a twin is better. I would like to start out with about 8lbs but be able to upgrade to a larger 15-20lbs turbo later. "after I have a built motor" 450 hp would be great for know.
Can anyone recommend a decent setup to start with. I would love to use rebuilt junk yard parts first and upgrade later.
I want to build a simple affordable system for hopefully under 3k. I want to start out simple and really want a single turbo setup unless a twin is better. I would like to start out with about 8lbs but be able to upgrade to a larger 15-20lbs turbo later. "after I have a built motor" 450 hp would be great for know.
Can anyone recommend a decent setup to start with. I would love to use rebuilt junk yard parts first and upgrade later.
10-23-2009, 01:30 PM
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well man if you are as good as you say at fabricating just get a big *** turbo and fabricate manifolds and a crossover turbo to connect both manifolds before the turbo. then make a down pipe. then make the charge piping run some oil lines get a decent get a dsm bov. and find some way to tune it pretty simple stuff
10-23-2009, 01:53 PM
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Some of the ford guys I know that want to do a stock 4.6L use a T4 60-1 turbocharger, the trick to making it work well however is using a 60-1 compressor side with a large turbine housing and turbine wheel. Most guys get by with what is called a stage 5 turbine wheel, however if it was me, I would go with a P trim turbine wheel which is bigger and won't restrict the 8 cyl. Now if your only shooting for 350 wheel horsepower, then a T4 60-1 with a stage 5 is just fine and dandy, however, going small out of the gate limits what you can do, and that is why I would go with a T4 60-1, P Trim turbine wheel.
If you wanted to use a junk yard equivalent of this, you could probably start out with a Holset HX-35 on the stock motor. The down fall on the HX-35 on a 4.6L is that you are somewhat small on the turbine wheel size, but most likely the car will still make such great toque down low that you won't notice the power curve tapering up top with out a dyno to show you.
Then when you build the engine, you can toss on a T4 T72, P Trim turbine wheel size, with out having to change out your exhaust and and intake piping much and easily run up to 550 wheel horsepower. The T4 T72 with a P trim turbine wheel will actually support up to 600 wheel pretty easily, but the tuning goes from "I think I know what I am doing" to "I better know what I am doing" when you start pushing the 4.6's over 500 wheel.
The junkyard equivalent to the T72 on the other hand would be a little tougher to find, you could probably run a Holset HX40, but it's not big enough on the hotside as the turbine wheel is not quite large enough for peak performance of a built 4.6, however it would still probably make 500 to the wheels with some effort.
P.S. - welcome to homemadeturbo, keep your head on a swivel!
Good luck!
If you wanted to use a junk yard equivalent of this, you could probably start out with a Holset HX-35 on the stock motor. The down fall on the HX-35 on a 4.6L is that you are somewhat small on the turbine wheel size, but most likely the car will still make such great toque down low that you won't notice the power curve tapering up top with out a dyno to show you.
Then when you build the engine, you can toss on a T4 T72, P Trim turbine wheel size, with out having to change out your exhaust and and intake piping much and easily run up to 550 wheel horsepower. The T4 T72 with a P trim turbine wheel will actually support up to 600 wheel pretty easily, but the tuning goes from "I think I know what I am doing" to "I better know what I am doing" when you start pushing the 4.6's over 500 wheel.
The junkyard equivalent to the T72 on the other hand would be a little tougher to find, you could probably run a Holset HX40, but it's not big enough on the hotside as the turbine wheel is not quite large enough for peak performance of a built 4.6, however it would still probably make 500 to the wheels with some effort.
P.S. - welcome to homemadeturbo, keep your head on a swivel!
Good luck!
10-23-2009, 02:06 PM
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