Turbocharged Buick 455 Engine

[1987BuickGrandN]

THANKS

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

what would be really neat is if you were able to use the 86/87 turbo buick engine harness and computer to run the buick 455-

alter the harmonic balancer for the crank trigger
add a knock sensor
use the cam sensor instead of distributor??

piggy back off the injector harness to run 2 more injectors
add another coil for the 2 more spark plugs

all the guess work is done cause its double the size of the 231

would be neat if it worked!!!

 

[TurboDiverArt]

Originally posted by 1987BuickGrandN
im gunna call up ATI Procharger about a carburated supercharger kit, that might be an easier way to to then a custom fuel injected turbo kit

Shame no one seems to build a blower kit for a 455 with a carb. I think it would be way cheaper and easier to tune! With 455 base cubes, putting in 8 psi of pressure would really wake things up! Personally if all you are building is a 700HP monster then you don't need a turbo or blower. A nice duel carb tunnel ram would also look cool! I think popping the hood and seeing a blower or tunnel ram is way cooler than seeing a turbo but that's just me.

I agree, put it in a Regal, not a TR. Sell the TR, buy a regal and use the money you made of the sale to build the engine. If your TR is clean you can probably sell it and take the money and buy a clean regal and build a complete 455 and either break even or have gas money left over.

 

[TurboDiverArt]

Originally posted by 1987BuickGrandN
im gunna call up ATI Procharger about a carburated supercharger kit, that might be an easier way to to then a custom fuel injected turbo kit

I should have read this post before I made mine. I didn't know anyone made an out of the box kit for a 455 but then I'm not a V8 Buick guy.

 

[TurboDiverArt]

Originally posted by Quick6'n'-K.C.
what would be really neat is if you were able to use the 86/87 turbo buick engine harness and computer to run the buick 455-

alter the harmonic balancer for the crank trigger
add a knock sensor
use the cam sensor instead of distributor??

piggy back off the injector harness to run 2 more injectors
add another coil for the 2 more spark plugs

all the guess work is done cause its double the size of the 231

would be neat if it worked!!!

I don't think you can just piggyback 2 more injectors in an SFI setup. If you were running batch or bank to bank this is probably OK. Going to spend a lot of money, better off getting a real V8 fuel management system cause you are probably going to go through a long tuning cycle. Last thing you want to be doing is burning hundreds of chips.

I still vote for a blown or dual carb setup!

 

[turbonatr]

Don't inject it, carb it. FAR less expensive and involved. There are guys making over 700rwhp with 302s on www.turbomustangs.com with turbos and carbs. There is even a seperate forum for carbed turbo applications there. Take a look.