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1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #120
The other day ordered my torque converter....  http://www.ptcrace.com  guy by the name of Lane....very helpful. 
It's there 9.5/10" turbo/nitrous model.  Antiballoon plates, uber bearings, 1/2 billet case....2800 stall.

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #121
Converter showed up on Wednesday...now all I need is the weather to be nicer to pull the XR7 out of the garage...

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #122
Wellvthe XR7 was towed to my buddies shop for C4 installation.

Also got ARP header studs...easier to mount the turbo headers.

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #123
Looking like I will have all day on Saturday to make some progress.... The C4, correct bellhousing, and new PTC torque converter will be installed on friday...then I take over from there.

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #124
Hope you're able to knock out some work!

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #125
Quote from: 86T-bird;414275
Hope you're able to knock out some work!

Right!

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #126
Got some work done tonight...
I added washers to my hood, had the upper milled down 1/3", and remove the top vacuum line from the 75mm throttle body.

Hood closes great with 1/4" to spare! :-)
Its tough getting the 351w under the hood...but I got it worked out.

Travis

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #127
Cool! Any engine bay pr0n goodness for us?


1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #129
Sounds like it should be up and running soon




SCT Tuned by Me(Greg@SpeedyDyno.com)

E.T. 10.28 @ 136.5 MPH 1/4 mile: List of Mods; 351 EFI, AFR heads,AOD,Rousch 13in frt brakes,11in rear brakes, AirRide Tech air ride system, Sub frame connetors,2400 RPM stall, 3.50,BBK shorties,T62PT Turbos  air to air intercooled, Home built kit.
Car weights 3705lbs without driver:burnout:

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #130
Some updated pictures...getting closer...

Travis





More to come...

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #131
Very Nice!

Looks like your not too far off from lighting her fire.

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #132
Travis, the downpipe looks huge under the car!

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #133
So shaging cool! Love seeing more and more power adders on the fox cats and birds now! Loving it!
I also wanted to go turbo on mine and if I would choose I'd go turbo any day. But the tech inspection in Sweden is so annoying and it's too much work removing the turbo so I went supercharger instead which I'm just going to take the belt off.

1986 XR7 351 turbo swap....

Reply #134
lookin good!