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Title: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Slam0124 on August 14, 2015, 12:23:26 pm
I've just been throwing around some ideas because I currently have a spare 350 block I was planning on rebuilding. I was possibly thinking of putting a turbo kit on it but I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions about that. Any good things anybody has heard or experienced and also some not good things that they have experienced. Let me know. Thanks!
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Captkaos on August 17, 2015, 07:23:03 pm
Haulin was working on one but not sure where he ended up.  You would need a specifically built carb if you aren't injecting it.
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Flyinhillbilly on August 18, 2015, 08:25:32 am
I've done it several times with good results. I'm in the parts gathering stages of a turbo 6.0 swap in my 84K20. The main things you need to ask yourself is what is your budget? carb or EFI? What do you use the truck for? 10psi will make a stock 350 haul the mail, but you'll spend a minimum of $3K if you can do the fan work and tuning yourself if you don't use junk parts. You can do it with Chinese stuff cheaper, in fact, that's what I'm doing on my 6.0, but we'll have to wait to see how that shakes out.
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Stewart G Griffin on February 28, 2016, 06:21:40 am
Probably the easiest, although not the cheapest way:

http://www.bankspower.com/products/show/470/85

Be prepared to shell out $6500.00
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Stewart G Griffin on February 28, 2016, 07:02:21 pm
Check out the setup Pontiac used on the turbo trans am:
http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/27090-pontiac-301-turbo/

Now i finally know why the hood scoop was offset.
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Flyinhillbilly on March 24, 2016, 04:31:44 pm
If you want to read up on it, here's a link to the build thread on another forum. I switched to a 350 around page 3.
http://www.theturboforums.com/threads/379980-Project-Truckboattruck
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Stewart G Griffin on March 26, 2016, 07:50:20 am
Quote from: Flyinhillbilly on March 24, 2016, 04:31:44 pm
If you want to read up on it, here's a link to the build thread on another forum. I switched to a 350 around page 3.
http://www.theturboforums.com/threads/379980-Project-Truckboattruck

Neat.
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: FlatBlack77 on March 26, 2016, 08:23:53 am
Quote from: Flyinhillbilly on March 24, 2016, 04:31:44 pm
If you want to read up on it, here's a link to the build thread on another forum. I switched to a 350 around page 3.
http://www.theturboforums.com/threads/379980-Project-Truckboattruck

I read the entire thread. fun read
Title: Re: Anybody ever turbo their 350?
Post by: Flyinhillbilly on April 20, 2016, 05:47:45 pm
Thanks, it was fun to do.