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After many hours of messing around I have it running pretty good.
For now, the vacuum advance has been eliminated... too much timing at cruise.
I bought an HEI for it but haven't installed it yet.
My carb hat and BOV flange were leaking under boost. I made new ones!
Never noticed the choke linkage coming through the body... removed it and sealed It yesterday. Then the seal blew out at 5 psi
New seal this morning before I left for work.
Got rid of my Flowmaster. Now I have a thrush straight through. Tail pipe to be installed tomorrow... the only part of the exhaust I can't do.

I need to vent the crankcase more. It it pushing oil out under boost. Don't know if I should nix the pcv and replace it with 2 air filters.

What would it take to get 400 HP out of my stock 194?
Here's my thought...
j & s safeguard
meth injection
fully done head
15 psi

would that about do it?

I have a good grand national engine available to me and I'm weighing options.

Unless your looking for a one time shot and not concerned with longevity that might work. Otherwise, O-ring the block, head studs, main studs, probably more camshaft, minimum of ARP rod bolts, preferably H-Beam rods like Eagle or Scat. Might be cheaper to get the GN engine.

IIRC, This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJyHrNzXG8

66 Nova had a completely bone stock GN engine that had a lot of tuning done to it.

MBHD

The turbo I have is not right for me... I'm now finding information about it... the turbine is 1.15 A/R compressor is .60 A/R
I don't see ANY boost until 4000 rpm
I'd rather not blow up my engine by turning it too high.

So, I found a brand spanking new in the box turbo a short drive away.
It has a .63 A/R turbine with a .70 A/R compressor. Think this one will be more impressive.

Hope to have it running in the next two nights... just waiting for the exhaust flange to arrive.

Well. She's a runner! Pulls like a school boy, to be honest!

I think I am running out of fuel after a 5-6 second full throttle!
6 seconds in I'm at about 55 mph.
On the highway, a full throttle blast from 60 resulted in similar fuel starving at about 90 MPH.

I imagine it is running out of fuel because it reacted almost identical before I had the boost reference on the fuel pump.

Still don't have an a/f meter
living on the edge, but at least I am aware of it!

How much boost is it seeing? Turbos are fun!
This is on a little 194, Correct?

Correct, Tom.
I see a consistent 6 psi from about 3500 up to 5000.

Though, I have not heard my wastegate open (it is vented to atmosphere).
It does have a 7 psi spring in it.

I have not rechecked for leaks since the new turbo.

Let's see pictures of it now that it is a runner.

How about some video?

Be careful running it lean, piston destruction will be certain.

Did a road trip to Ohio on Friday. Took the Nova. Averaged about 18 MPG.
70 MPH @ 3100 RPM.
Not too bad! I thought the RPM would be lower. Guess the gears are not what I thought. 3.3ish?

Still need to put some more pics up... Sorry for the delay.
Not sure on how to do the video.

It's funny how seeing the old 6 with the turbo blows some people's minds and others are like '7 psi?! Weak!'

Wondering if the 194 would take 11 psi. Or even 15. I haven't got the intercooler yet, which would be a must for more boost. Like to do the meth injection too but no dollars for that.

The 4200 is becoming more enticing every time I think about it... Need more!
It IS addictive!

You should have contacted me and stopped by. Maybe next time.

Sorry, Tom!
We were on a very tight time line! Being held at the border put the squeeze on!

Educated guess.... what am I looking at for power out of this setup?

194 ci
Offy intake (heavily massaged)
Holley 500 2 barrel.
7 psi
28* total timing

and how about when I add the intercooler and a meth injection kit?

I'm very glad I stumbled across this thread. I'm contemplating just such a mod to the 194 in my 64 Nova for this year's hot rod power tour. One of these days, I'd like to get around to a full engine build, but for the time being, I was wondering if I could slap a turbo on the old girl and not blow anything up.

How did you resolve this clearance issue?

The whole build was surprisingly simple.
I removed the kick down rod on the powerglide (fully expecting it to grenade) but have put almost 200 miles on it without fault.
I removed it for the clearance issue, but didn't hesitate too much because it didn't seem to work anyway!
One thing I wish I'd done is move the turbo forward another inch or so... would've solved ssome clearance on the shock tower.

ever get any pics or videos? can't wait to turbo my 194.