Glad we are having more discussion about turbos and classic mustangs. I just got back from my friend's shop where we are getting back to work on my 66 vert. I have a couple of engines, and a KB 2.2 blower ready...but we are both so stoked about my GTO turbo, that we are still considering options.
This car would be easy as the shock towers are gone [R&C Motorsports front end]. Hadn't thought about accessories, though. I will put a/c in this car, even though convertibles should always have the top down. Trouble is, down here in the south it just gets too hot in the summer.
As far as the rear mount turbo, I can fill you in about that, having done this to my goat. There is a touch of lag, but with a strong V8 it really isn't much of an issue. Perhaps a half second or so when you first get into it, but once it is spooled up and hot, it responds instantly. It is a great addition to a late-model daily driver, but I would prefer to go front mount with the older car. Maybe there isn't as much room as I thought.
I take it that no one has tried to adapt a kit from a 5.0 fox-body car? For those of use with the shock tower removed, there is a lot of room on the sides.
TUR-BO, TUR-BO, TUR-BO [let's keep this chant going!].
And no, I don't think that a 68 fastback with turbo would be the coolest. Clearly a 66 vert...or maybe a 65 2+2...with turbo! I'm just trying to convince the wife that I really do NEED the convertible with a turbo, the 2+2 w/ the KB and track
suspension...and of course, the goat for my daily driver.