Attention: TDR Forum Junkies I had a little time on my hands this weekend so I threw this together. Seriously I've been thinking about this since July as I knew I needed more air, I have been gathering parts for a few weeks and fabbing what I could to make the install easier, I can tell you this is not for the faint at heart and I used all of my tools, mostly the chop saw, zipper wheel, air dremel and Tig! A special thanks to Piers and Al for the (Big)Turbo and Manifold but mostly for all the answers and taking my calls. Thanks to Mark Kendrick for the final push to go for it, and to all of those who posted pictures of setups as it answered allot of questions. The test drive is in and I'll tell you it's real hard to control the boost that it makes, when I started testing I could make 60 PSI at half throttle but I have it at 58 right now in O/D lockup, EGT's are way down but I can't really tell how much! Before I could go from 600-1500 EGT in 3 seconds, in testing it would level out at 1400 but that was at 110 MPH... . white knuckle ride when I saw the Speed O. Spooling is real good but controllable and it will make 45 PSI at 1/4 throttle... . think it need a wastegate! Speaking of that, I set mine up like Mark's except I dump it outside(Cool Idea of were to put the Gate) I'm still cleaning things up right now(painting pipe ect) and will change the intake so I can put the Battery back in(ran out of 4" pipe) I'm not doing this as a job, I have one! Just did this for me. Piers's setup's with the manifold are better and cleaner than mine but flippin the center section is the easiest.
Jim
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way cool.
As for the intercooler if it blows then I'll know the limit but I hear what your saying. The turbo(top) is the stock 35 with a 16 non-wastegate housing(I had this already) the bottom one is the same as everyone else but it has the Piers treatment just like the 40's. 
