Quad Turbo 454 '23T

[ka67_72]

I started a thread on this a very long time ago and quickly lost interest in the car again. This time I'm going to get it driving. I started this in 2001 with a $250 body shell. I had no money, lacked the skills and tools to finish it. It has four turbos because at the time I couldn't afford a decent sized pair and ran across the used T-3's cheap. My 40th birthday is Sep 14th. I want to get it driving by then. Here' the list.

[ka67_72]

The first thing we had to do was dig it out of its hole.

[ka67_72]

Once we got it out we were able to check a couple items off the list including fixing the driver's front spring.

[ka67_72]

We got it out in the sun for the first time in a couple years. I really would like a bigger garage but I'd just start dragging more junk home.

[ka67_72]

I went out to the shed to get the motor off the dyno which is kind of a hassle. I had to move some junk to get the motor out and found a 454 I forgot I had. How does a person do that?
I cleaned it up and mocked it up in the car.

[ka67_72]

Can you be a car nut without hoarding parts?

[ka67_72]

Scavenging from the lower turbos has been the biggest issue with the car. I broke down and bought a real pump a while back. It's a Barnes two stage. Here's a clip of me testing it. I still need to decide what pulley to put on it. How fast can you turn these pumps?

Thanks,
Kevin

[SuperBuickGuy]

This makes me smile.... please keep updating.

[Casper]

Death wish for fortieth.... Subscribed

[ka67_72]

Death wish for fortieth.... Subscribed

I have a 17 year old daughter and 12 year old son. I'd be lying if I said they weren't the primary reason this car isn't running. Here's a very old clip of the first time I fired it.

[Deaf Bob]

So? 2 cylinders run one turbo? ..

[Casper]

I have a 17 year old daughter and 12 year old son. I'd be lying if I said they weren't the primary reason this car isn't running. Here's a very old clip of the first time I fired it.

I suppose the kids are the ones that put you up to putting a cage in it too.... little pests.

It's bad-ass, best of luck to you on the turbos and meeting your time frame.

[ka67_72]

So? 2 cylinders run one turbo? ..

Yes. It's like having one 1850cc two cylinder running each turbo. If it proves to be an issue, I can connect the manifold sections. I may do this anyway to only use two external wastegates.

Kevin

[38P]

This is a neat deal . . . Mill has a good sound . . . a little "rump, rump" . . . a little turbo whistle . . . .

I've thought about the four turbo thing some . . . rigging them as dual sequentials (each cylinder bank feeding a primary and a secondary turbo) . . . but I need to finish up my ordinary twin turbo build before I venture off into the frontier . . . When the too-tiny EcoBoost turbos start showing up in masse at lower prices, I'll probably get that experimenter's fever . . . .

Keep wrenching and posting.

[ka67_72]

There are other tiny ones out there like the ones on 3000 gt's. I recently killed the 302 in my Ranger. I was thinking about an LS swap using the HX-35 that's in it sequentially with something bigger.