twin turbo nova
 

ok im new to turbocharging but have been around cars for about 8 years now building and renewing. i just recently purchased a 1978 nova and thinkin of twin turbos over a supercharger. im really stuck between the 2 and was wondering if turbos would bring out more power than a supercharger. its gonna be based on a built 350 or a 383 SBC and i want to build a sleeper...(nothing out the hood for sure...to damn hard to find parts). currnetly i have a 305 sbc and was just thinkin of power gainers besides nitrous.

Re: twin turbo nova
 

dual turbos will give you bigger gains then a supercharger.

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Turbocharging will definatly allow for better top end performance, with the right setup. And since there is no direct connection to the crankshaft (like with a supercharger) there is no parasitic losses to drive the compressor.

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is it gonna stay carb'd?

Re: twin turbo nova
 

Turboing a carb car is easy as you can order boost ready carbs now and they will even pre-jet it for your application.Like a basemap i suppose.That and a MSD boost timing master and your golden.Twin turbos are fairly straight forward on a sbc.If i were you i would head over to http://www.turbomustangs.com/smf/
There is a great sbc section as well as a carb/turbo blow through section.A couple used T3's and some home made manifolds and your rockin.

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turbos still take power to trun not as much thou

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yes its gonna stay carb'd for sure, dont want fuel injection. the less amount of electronics to run the better it is for me. i dont even plan on running electronic boost controllers either(no really sure yet). and yes custom headers will be made right out of my schools shop(im only 17 so i got a shop full of a wide selection of tools to use). ill take a look at the site mentioned and see what they got goin on.

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^ i wish i had a twin turbo nova in high school.

matt

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well i payed 200 for my nova from the junkyard, and i also have a 91 civic hbi payed 350 for, but its mostly stock besides the shaved moldings and refreshed body work, and im planing on buying a pontiac fiero and puttin a turbo on it.. Also the turbomustangs site is nice. but i cant sem to find a thread that states wether or not a t3-t40e hybrid turbo would be good enough for a 2500-6000 rpm range.

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twin t3/t4 would probably be good im thinking about putting a t3/t4 on my civic d.

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are we seriously letting this guy answer realistic questions? jesus what has this come to :S

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well at this time any answer seems logical, but for real, would the t3/t04e turbo be suffice??? i thinkin it would work just fine. ive looked at turbo maps for it but im not totally sure on how to read them yet.

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i need to know if a t3/t40e will be suffice guys...i dont wanna screw up and buy the wrong turbos and have wasted money(well i can still use it on my civic ;D) , but u get the point. oh yeah, on a 91 civic, the computer for the engine only controls the fuel maps and fuel injection right.... are u able to run it carb'd or is the timing controled by the ecu as well. just thinkin of some crazy s*** i could do to my civic to get some rep around here in the yak(yak refers pontiac up here in michigan). would that be sweet to have a turbo carb'd civic that hauls a55 like a civic should.just thinkin guys....just thinkin.....