1 last project b4 I Quit . . 540" Twin Turbo Boss 9 for a daily pickup

[jayb]

One thing I don't like about turbo setups is all the plumbing required under the hood.  When you have a really cool looking motor like a Boss 9 or a cammer, all that plumbing takes away from the underhood appeal, I think.  I have a twin turbo setup for my Galaxie, supposed to be good for 2000 HP, but I'm going to stick the turbos and intercoolers in the trunk.  That way the exhaust will exit to the back via normal headers, and one 4" pipe will come from the trunk, through the interior and up through the firewall to a rear mounted throttle body on a sheet metal intake, leaving the whole SOHC engine fully visible.  This approach will cost some power, but I figure I'll have power to burn anyway, since I don't plan to cage the car for anything faster than 8.50s.  You could do something similar with your truck, with the turbos in the box, and preserve the underhood appeal of the Boss motor...

[TimeWarpF100]

One thing I don't like about turbo setups is all the plumbing required under the hood.  When you have a really cool looking motor like a Boss 9 or a cammer, all that plumbing takes away from the underhood appeal, I think.  I have a twin turbo setup for my Galaxie, supposed to be good for 2000 HP, but I'm going to stick the turbos and intercoolers in the trunk.  That way the exhaust will exit to the back via normal headers, and one 4" pipe will come from the trunk, through the interior and up through the firewall to a rear mounted throttle body on a sheet metal intake, leaving the whole SOHC engine fully visible.  This approach will cost some power, but I figure I'll have power to burn anyway, since I don't plan to cage the car for anything faster than 8.50s.  You could do something similar with your truck, with the turbos in the box, and preserve the underhood appeal of the Boss motor...

Good idea Jay!  Nothing finalized yet until I get the heads so I can start fittin' everything. But, lots of room in the engine bay at least until I try fitting turbo's. LOL

[427HISS]

Is that an Eliminator block, or a Ford Motorsport?

C & C Motorsports 10.3 block

That block is beautiful !

[TimeWarpF100]

Is that an Eliminator block, or a Ford Motorsport?

C & C Motorsports 10.3 block

That block is beautiful !

I have a 351w on engine stand now. Soon as that's finished up will put the Alum Boss block on engine stand and get some better pics.

[BattlestarGalactic]

Good idea Jay!  Nothing finalized yet until I get the heads so I can start fittin' everything. But, lots of room in the engine bay at least until I try fitting turbo's. LOL

Even if you put them up under the bed in front of the rear wheels?  Lots of space if you run the headers down the inside of the frame rail, then the boost side on the outside up into the inner fenders and to the engine.

Back when I still had my '67 daily driver with 352/toploader I had dreams of finding a couple turbo coupe turbos and mounting them on upside down log manifolds(or custom headers) and making a real sleeper out of it.  Too bad the truck rotted to the ground long before that project got off the ground.  I don't think I want to mess with my '69 as that 428 has too much CR to put boost to it.

[fekbmax]

C n C motorsports makes a awesome block. Far better than the old ford motorsport blocks that had alot of issues with un finished oil galleys as well as out of alignment cam tunnel.  They resolved those issue's  but theres still a handful of those blocks out there. A good friend has a C n C motorsports  block in his 632CID 6.80 all motor top sportsman car. Heads are trick Flo A 460's only hand ported and a trick Flo cast 2×4 intake. Ram dual disk, lenco, etc. The block is really a great looking piece .
Rambling over..

[Nightmist66]

One thing I don't like about turbo setups is all the plumbing required under the hood.  When you have a really cool looking motor like a Boss 9 or a cammer, all that plumbing takes away from the underhood appeal, I think.  I have a twin turbo setup for my Galaxie, supposed to be good for 2000 HP, but I'm going to stick the turbos and intercoolers in the trunk.  That way the exhaust will exit to the back via normal headers, and one 4" pipe will come from the trunk, through the interior and up through the firewall to a rear mounted throttle body on a sheet metal intake, leaving the whole SOHC engine fully visible.  This approach will cost some power, but I figure I'll have power to burn anyway, since I don't plan to cage the car for anything faster than 8.50s.  You could do something similar with your truck, with the turbos in the box, and preserve the underhood appeal of the Boss motor...

Good idea Jay!  Nothing finalized yet until I get the heads so I can start fittin' everything. But, lots of room in the engine bay at least until I try fitting turbo's. LOL

A good friend of mine has a twin turbo 427W Ranger. He put the turbos and intercooler in the bed. Charge pipe runs through the cab and over the trans tunnel. Here's a quick video of his setup and a few passes. Truck has run quicker and is street driven.

https://youtu.be/jOuoXeUXh1I

[hbstang]

nice parts.you could just buy this one!LOLnot sure where NSW  is.maybe aus dollars? by the way,what heads are you going to use?

http://www.racingjunk.com/8-Cylinder/182817396/Jon-Kaase-572cu-in-Twin-Turbo-Boss-9.html?action=doSearch&searchString=kaase&searchBody=on&country=&categoryId1=&categoryId2=&categoryId3=&categoryOptions=N%3B&phrase=all&exclude=&is_advance=&resultsPP=&onResults=true&categoryId=&po=&zipcodeRange=200&zipcode=&priceMin=&priceMax=&sortBy=mr&userType=&hideNotification=true&offset=2&from=search

[TimeWarpF100]

nice parts.you could just buy this one!LOLnot sure where NSW  is.maybe aus dollars? by the way,what heads are you going to use?

http://www.racingjunk.com/8-Cylinder/182817396/Jon-Kaase-572cu-in-Twin-Turbo-Boss-9.html?action=doSearch&searchString=kaase&searchBody=on&country=&categoryId1=&categoryId2=&categoryId3=&categoryOptions=N%3B&phrase=all&exclude=&is_advance=&resultsPP=&onResults=true&categoryId=&po=&zipcodeRange=200&zipcode=&priceMin=&priceMax=&sortBy=mr&userType=&hideNotification=true&offset=2&from=search

Kaase B9 heads. Supposed to ship this week.

[TimeWarpF100]

  More parts trickling in . .

[cattleFEeder]

How far out is kaase, when ordering boss 9 heads?

[BattlestarGalactic]

Wow....nice looking stuff!

[Drew Pojedinec]

Huh.... so that's a 289.....  cool, good luck Randy.

[TimeWarpF100]

How far out is kaase, when ordering boss 9 heads?

Ordered early January. Was told march then April then may

Finally got them last Friday.
They only make small runs at a time. 

[TimeWarpF100]

Huh.... so that's a 289.....  cool, good luck Randy.

Valve covers fit a small block fine. Heads should too!