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I think many of you may know the tale of the "Family Project" Firebird. If not and you are totally bored, here is the build thread: NSTYHBT
Well, Huron Speed has developed a turbo kit so you are able to retain your original a/c set-up.
What a cool idea this is! They are currently in the final stages of verification. So again, this has given me a reason to tear into the Bird this winter even though I only had the car together for one summer season! 
Turbos! A concept foreign to me that I have researched and am learning a load about them and I am also getting expert advice from Jon at Huron Speed. His knowledge and willingness to help is worth a million.
I decided on an oil-less Comp turbo. So, we'll see what happens!
Here is the patient and/or victim?
Per Jon's advice, I purchased drivers side truck manifold and a C6 Vette manifold for the passenger side. I decided to grind and file some of the casting marks prior to getting them ceramic coated.
Being bored one day, I decided to "gasket match" to manifolds even though it probably won't make much difference seeing that the exhaust ports on the heads are not matched to the gaskets. I found out this little tid-bit of info after I removed the headers.
Vehicle moved to the surgery room
Out with the old - I hate losing those Kooks headers
A little radiator support rework and paint (ala Brent)
A partial goody box arrives just in time
Well, Huron Speed has developed a turbo kit so you are able to retain your original a/c set-up.
What a cool idea this is! They are currently in the final stages of verification. So again, this has given me a reason to tear into the Bird this winter even though I only had the car together for one summer season! Turbos! A concept foreign to me that I have researched and am learning a load about them and I am also getting expert advice from Jon at Huron Speed. His knowledge and willingness to help is worth a million.
I decided on an oil-less Comp turbo. So, we'll see what happens!
Here is the patient and/or victim?
Per Jon's advice, I purchased drivers side truck manifold and a C6 Vette manifold for the passenger side. I decided to grind and file some of the casting marks prior to getting them ceramic coated.
Being bored one day, I decided to "gasket match" to manifolds even though it probably won't make much difference seeing that the exhaust ports on the heads are not matched to the gaskets. I found out this little tid-bit of info after I removed the headers.
Vehicle moved to the surgery room
Out with the old - I hate losing those Kooks headers
A little radiator support rework and paint (ala Brent)
A partial goody box arrives just in time
I was staring at that picture for a solid 3-4 minutes going "...am I just not seeing the kframe? What in the world is supporting that engine?" 
) I couldn't help but scroll through and realized you were up to something AWESOME. But I kept my tongue bit and didn't tell anyone, didn't even mention it to Angie. 
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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