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1991notchbackLX
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is your hot side jet hot coated? is the turbo wrapped? what are your intake temps? what size intercooler?
KamiKaziDK
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I'm assuming the stock 1 core radiator is still in it with the intercooler taking up half of the front of it?? get a 3 core, they're night and day
I was about to be all...
but then I saw Laser's post below and I was all...
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KamiKaziDK
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I was about to be all...
but then I saw Laser's post below and I was all...
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you guys need to read a bit HE WORKS AT A FORD DEALER do you really think he doesn't have the right people looking at his combo?
After you einsteins build a modded to hell fox stang with twin turbo's and live in vegas then you can tell him about all your cooling Ideas.
I can feel for this guy, I've owned my black mustang 4 years now and you've all seen whats done to it. I have put a total of 983 miles on it since then and about 18K in it. After a while you just want to drive and dont give to shats about how much power the DYNO says you have.
After you einsteins build a modded to hell fox stang with twin turbo's and live in vegas then you can tell him about all your cooling Ideas.
I can feel for this guy, I've owned my black mustang 4 years now and you've all seen whats done to it. I have put a total of 983 miles on it since then and about 18K in it. After a while you just want to drive and dont give to shats about how much power the DYNO says you have.
I had issues in massachusetts cooling my motor with a big radiator novi2000 and the stock fan, so i cant imagine how vegas is.
Sell the hellion kit and put that money towards an 11:1 big inch motor. If your gonna hit the dragstip just get a 150 shot for it. I was planning on building a turbo motor and there were a few circumstances that led me to my current combination, and i couldnt be happier. I just put my taurus fans on with a simple fan controller, and it hasnt run hotter than 195 yet... and its already run an 11.30 driven to and from the track(60 miles each way), runs on pump gas, yada yada yada. So in the end im glad i didnt do a turbo motor, i had alot of problems when i had a charger on it before, and i see alot of guys that have alot of issues with power adder cars.
When a boosted motor is right, there is nothing better, but they require a ton of attention and there are always bugs to be worked out. Good Luck
Sell the hellion kit and put that money towards an 11:1 big inch motor. If your gonna hit the dragstip just get a 150 shot for it. I was planning on building a turbo motor and there were a few circumstances that led me to my current combination, and i couldnt be happier. I just put my taurus fans on with a simple fan controller, and it hasnt run hotter than 195 yet... and its already run an 11.30 driven to and from the track(60 miles each way), runs on pump gas, yada yada yada. So in the end im glad i didnt do a turbo motor, i had alot of problems when i had a charger on it before, and i see alot of guys that have alot of issues with power adder cars.
When a boosted motor is right, there is nothing better, but they require a ton of attention and there are always bugs to be worked out. Good Luck
Just throwing out ideas 
Ive always wanted a turbo Fox so bad. I had actually considered S&Bs offer of trading my Terni for his turbo Fox before he changed his mind.
Just something bad ass about that small car with a big V-8 and a snail
But I completly understand why you wana do the change. Its a bitch having a sweet car like that and not be able to play with it.
Wish I could offer help in the cooling issue. As for the turbo, you could make less boost. All you have to do is change the spring in the waste gate to a lighter one. You should be able to get the turbo down to 5lbs. Although if its sitting still that causes the problem then that wont help the issue eaither I guees.
I would try S&Bs idea first though and hot wire the fan so it can run wide open and see if that helps. I had an RX7 that I put an electric fan in and some variable controller. Car always overheated after that. I pulled the controller and just put in an on/off temp switch and the cooling problem was solved
Ive always wanted a turbo Fox so bad. I had actually considered S&Bs offer of trading my Terni for his turbo Fox before he changed his mind.Just something bad ass about that small car with a big V-8 and a snail
But I completly understand why you wana do the change. Its a bitch having a sweet car like that and not be able to play with it.
Wish I could offer help in the cooling issue. As for the turbo, you could make less boost. All you have to do is change the spring in the waste gate to a lighter one. You should be able to get the turbo down to 5lbs. Although if its sitting still that causes the problem then that wont help the issue eaither I guees.
I would try S&Bs idea first though and hot wire the fan so it can run wide open and see if that helps. I had an RX7 that I put an electric fan in and some variable controller. Car always overheated after that. I pulled the controller and just put in an on/off temp switch and the cooling problem was solved
KamiKaziDK
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dump the electric fan and go back to a fan shroud and clutch fan? Then use your electric as a puller?
lol, just worry about getting the 351 tuned and running good first john
oh it's tuned and runs good!..............it just needs more compression or a turbo! peace
john
The fan I currently have will never fit in the front as a pusher.. its to big
Regarding the connecting the fan to a switch idea.. I have done that and it didnt work.. So I installed the controller again cause its turning ON my oil cooler fan too
