Hey thanks for the info, My dad and I were going to put the carb in an air tight plexiglass box so pressure inside and outside of the carb are equal. I guess there are better more efficient ways of doing that! I'm running a holley 465cfm. could I jet this out and then turbo? Or shouldn't I even bother turboing a stock motor? Any pictures of people doing this?

 

Tubo'ing a 12a a isnt that simple.

 

^^But in a sense, it is. It just needs to be boost prepped. Buy the proper fuel pump and regulator, with a stock turbo and manifold running stock boost levels. You could just ditch the OMP and run your turbo oil lines from there and pre-mix. Of course it sounds really simple, but when you research it, you need to do quite a bit. Depeding on what condition the motor is in

 

My dad and I keep talking about it because he has a garret turbo off of an 85 daytona or something like that. I asked A pretty intellectual friend named Tim Kingsberry about turboing a carbed engine and he said that the turbo would just push the air out through the float bowls at about 7psi. Are you guys just pushing like 5 pounds of boost or is there some secret? I know you guys said to use a carb hat but from my understanding that won't keep the boost from blowing out the float bowls.

 

Your intellectual friend obvious doesn't know **** about boosting carbs, no offense. It's not uncommon to find 12psi as "low boost". Again the carb must be prepped for the boost but they can easily handle alot of boost pressure

 

I don't want to sound naggy but what exactly needs to be done to prep a carb for boost?

 

That I honestly couldn't tell you LOL. Robert at RotaryShack would be able to explain that one for you. His user name is 680RWHP12A

 

floats and jets are about as far as my knowledge extends ... so yes, ask Robert.

 

Like I said Tubo'ing a 12a a isnt that simple. Honestly if it were simple you would see more than a handfull of turbo'd 12a. I'm guessing maybe 5% of 1st gen owners if that, have turbo'd cars.....Compared to 65%-75% 2nd gens and almost ALL 3rd gens. Why is that? I'm not saying it cant be done (as I seen a couple locally) just saying its not a simple everyday DIY project.