Turning ford Mustang into a Grand National

[RUDE DOG]

Your going to be spending either way you choose hot air or intercooled, so if a hot air engine is what youve got then that would be a good start. Those hot air engines arent as slow as some of these intercooled guys say they are and its been proven time and time again. If you need any more info on these specific engines go to the Hot Air section - http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/forums/hot-air-non-intercooled-tech.9/ and do a search, theres plenty of info.

 

[Grumpy]

This will be a $$$$ pit no matter how ya slice it

 

[earlbrown]

Be a shame to spend all that money, time and effort to have a 200hp 'Grand National' engine in it.

 

[Nascar83Fan]

Never said the hot air turbo fuel injected engine couldn't go fast, but they are harder to maintain and for a person that doesn't have experience with the hot air turbo engines to know how to keep them running properly isn't something they should attempt to tackle for a hybrid swap. It'd be easier for them with an already intercooled engine vs trying to convert a hot air over to being intercooled. That was all some were saying, wasn't putting down the hot air injected engines.
It's gonna like others said take a bit of money to make it all work either way.

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[20psiofevil]

If it were me I'd drop a late model 4.2l or skip the entire v6 all together and do ls conversion.

 

[djcisco]

It'd be a bit more doable with an 86 or 87 intercooled turbo buick engine.
What speed goals are you trying to get this hybrid project to run?

If it is a hot air fuel injected engine, you'd be spending a bit of money to get the necessary parts to convert it over to the intercooled engine setup.
Which is why you'd be better served to start off with an intercooled turbo buick engine than converting a hot air over to intercooling. It wouldn't be worth the time and money to proceed with a hot air hybrid. The hot air engines were more prone to knock and are more difficult to work with than their intercooled counterparts were.



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Still getting info on motor and found out it's an 85 Grand National Motor Not doing hybrid...

 

[djcisco]

Your going to be spending either way you choose hot air or intercooled, so if a hot air engine is what youve got then that would be a good start. Those hot air engines arent as slow as some of these intercooled guys say they are and its been proven time and time again. If you need any more info on these specific engines go to the Hot Air section - http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/forums/hot-air-non-intercooled-tech.9/ and do a search, theres plenty of info.

TY you guys are so right think I found 87 Grand National less then an hour away hope to see it this weekend.

 

[Nascar83Fan]

A whole 87 gn car or someone with an engine from one?


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[turbonut85]

Yup.....hot airs are junk. None of them can make over 201hp.

 

[The Radius Kid]

Why not a late model 3800 series III?

 

[Mackinblack007]

why not just buy a whole car? lol