Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

Hey guys, just stumbled upon the forums.

I have plans to TT my 95 Mustang GT with the 5.0 / 302 engine. I was curious if anyone had any experience or prior knowledge that might help me in this sort of application. I was looking at getting two Garrett T3s yanked from 1986-1989 Vovlo 740s. They have internal wastesgates, and also threaded rods so you can adjust the boost level.

As I understand it, I would have to have some custom muffler pipe of 2.5" bent at a muffler shop and one end enlarged to 3". The enlarged end would be attached to the factor headers (sides swapped and reversed) after the flanges were cut off. I could then reuse those to attach the downpipes.

This may sound a simplistic question, but where exactly would I want to put the turbos? What's a good placement? I guess I have the freedom to put them most anywhere depending on the length of the muffler pipe. I guess a good placement would be symmetrically placed on either side of the engine towards the front. Then the outlets of both would be attached with a Y pipe, and that would be fed to the mass air flow? I'm hoping to avoid losing my AC and would hope I could arrange the downpipes to allow that. I'm running an Offroad X-pipe as my exhaust so that should be possible, I'm told.

I'm pretty new to the whole forced induction thing, but given the price, I really want to get into doing this so any information to help me set this up would be great.

Thanks in advance! ;D

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

holy hell i have see a tt 5.0 mustang and its crazy, there are some sites out there and the cars are putting down 1000+hp i think someone even makes a kit for it.

you can put the turbos wherever usually its a matter of where the exh manifold puts em.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

im almost finished with the build up on mine. There are lots of kits.. look around some. check out www.toohighpsi.com read the whole thing.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

a local buddy of mine is doing the same thing, ill try and find out ewwhere he got his info, he is using the t3's off of the older tbirds

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

http://www.racerelated.com has done some

I just bought a set of s2000 seats off the owner and he's coming to deliver them tomorrow to me :D

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

Here are pics of Todd's car:

http://www.redpepperracing.com/galle...lbum72/aaa.jpg
Driver's side turbo mounting, tucked into the fenderwells to maintain AC and PS.




http://www.redpepperracing.com/galle...lbum72/aac.jpg
Weaksauce Powerstroke IC. Look at the POS, too tiny to be worth the installation.




http://www.redpepperracing.com/galle...lbum72/aah.jpg
Bleh.



Todd's probably embarrassed by his junkyard 10 second (if he finds traction) TT5.0. He put all this together a while back with a cheap MIG in true junkyard style... all the bling stuff he's been building lately, tubular stainless manifolds, ICs, have kind of gotten his pride/ego going. He's hell on wheels with a TIG, and comparing what he turns off these days he looks at the Stang and feels like it was wasted time.

I say he's being a woman, and he needs to sport it with pride... break it off in a few geriatric owned Vipers, no traction Supras, Z06 Slowvettes. The imperfections in the build only make the bling or $$$ crowd who think they are fast feel like idiots. That car, if he'd spend the $200 and four hours it lacks to be finished, is faster than anything on this board - and most of the others out there.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

;D Guess what your doing june 27- july 3rd. I now have all the parts to make it run.. Its just a mater of doing so.

for those who care.. I'm expecting low 11's to high 10's with the stock motor. More once I get fancy with an intake manifold.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

sweeet ;D

that's wicked man... even at 5 psi you'd just be the man... I'm certain at just 5-7 psi you could have 12's real easy.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

;D I'm planning on 12+ to start off with and I should be up near 15-18psi before too long. Yes on the stock motor.

Re:Anyone here done a Mustang / 5.0 302 Turbo Build?
 

I'm tempted to make a mustang 5.0 weekend car now :) I'd run maybe 8 psi with street legal slicks.. heh, that'd be fun.

oh.. and I was talking about 12's in the 1/4