HomemadeTurbo - DIY Turbo Forum - My HMT 78 Chevy Monte Carlo

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Originally Posted by TheDocta

can u give me some info on ur turbo setup

i am looking to build a turbo'd 383 for cheap next summer

and was curious about ur turbo and intercooler, prices, how they work, and if u like them etc

thanks
-thedocta

The turbo is a holset hx50 bought from ebay. Intercooler is a $125.00 one from ebay. I bought a set of $89.00 chevy block hugger headers and just flipped them upside down, chopped off the 3 hole flanges, hammered the top of the valve covers a bit to allow the headers to fit over them, I bought mild steel exhaust building kits for the piping from headers to turbo flange and for piping from turbo to intercooler to carb. I forgot how much I got the mild steel kits for, but I got them from the racing solution sponsor here on hmt. Everthing was welded using cheap mig and tig welders. The carb hat is a $70 specter unit from pepboys. I used the demon carburetor because it was the only one I had. If I was to do it over, I would of just spent the money for a used holley and modified that one because It took me a long time to figure out how to tune the demon for boost past 10lbs. Even now, it still not tuned the way I would like it to be. The ignition consists of a proform distributor from ebay, a msd 6al box and boost timing master from members here on hmt bought used but cheap. The boost timing master pulls timing when boost kicks in. The 1 most expensive part was the $275 ngx wideband. You should be able to put your kit together for around 1200 dollars with buying cheap parts through ebay and the forums. Any questions just pm me.