Hello,
New member here, and first time poster. I've checked many of the discussions on here, but have not found what I need. I've been building cars for over 20 years, but never a Turbo 6 cylinder. I've recently purchased a 1984 Hot Air T-Type, WH1, T-Tops with only 41k on the odometer. The plan is to make a cruising show car, but I want to modify the engine to give me upwards of 500 HP, just because. The engine has a couple oil leaks from sitting, rear intake and valve covers, I already changed the valve cover gaskets (what a joy on the passenger side) so I decided I will just pull the engine to do the intake, and refresh the engine, and engine bay at the same time. Here is my dilemma, I'm not a "pure stock" kind of guy, so I'm torn between building the hot air up to 500 hp, or just dropping a V8 in, but I just can't bring myself to that (just yet). Question: Is there a "menu" of parts and work needed to bring a H-A model up to approximately 500 hp, im sure it's been done, so I'm looking for a little guidance. I'm not against dropping in a modified HA T6cyl, if there is one for sale, already built, so any help is appreciated. Thank you.
New member here, and first time poster. I've checked many of the discussions on here, but have not found what I need. I've been building cars for over 20 years, but never a Turbo 6 cylinder. I've recently purchased a 1984 Hot Air T-Type, WH1, T-Tops with only 41k on the odometer. The plan is to make a cruising show car, but I want to modify the engine to give me upwards of 500 HP, just because. The engine has a couple oil leaks from sitting, rear intake and valve covers, I already changed the valve cover gaskets (what a joy on the passenger side) so I decided I will just pull the engine to do the intake, and refresh the engine, and engine bay at the same time. Here is my dilemma, I'm not a "pure stock" kind of guy, so I'm torn between building the hot air up to 500 hp, or just dropping a V8 in, but I just can't bring myself to that (just yet). Question: Is there a "menu" of parts and work needed to bring a H-A model up to approximately 500 hp, im sure it's been done, so I'm looking for a little guidance. I'm not against dropping in a modified HA T6cyl, if there is one for sale, already built, so any help is appreciated. Thank you.
