Well the tentative plan now is to take off my manifolds one weekend, swap out the exhaust manifold with the 292 manifold. Then I can start working on getting all the turbo stuff organized and fit under the hood.
Is there any reason that once I get all of the stuff in place under the hood and welded on, that I can't just put the turbo on and run it at a low pressure? I have all the parts I need and it's not like any of them are "one time use". I'm just not sure about the fuel pump. I still need to get it turbo ready. So is all I need to do just carefully drill on the bottom of the housing under the diaphram and trap the hole so I can install a pressure fitting? Then just run a line from that fitting to my manifold vacuum?
And I did order 3/8" thick mounting plate to replace that 18ga piece I made. I also got a 3/8" thick downpipe flange. So everything on the uppipe is nice and thick now.
69 Buick Special Deluxe. Intercooled Turbo Chevy 250 @ 15psi on a stock long block. It's kinda fast.
