Greetings and salutations.
I've been away from these boards for a while, looking at my life and the projects I have sitting around. I came to a tough decision and liquidated ALL of my turbo FWD stuff.
I'm now rebuilding the Ramcharger. The suspesnion (at stock height for now) is completely rebuilt and the tired old lean-burn 318 is coming out for a 50k original mile 360. Currently, the 360 is stock bottom end (8:1 compression), mild cam, headers, aftermarket carb. Nothing radical.
The goals for the truck are :
(1) Winter weather transportation. It's primary goal has always been to get me to work in the worst weather conditions
(2) Occasional towing. Once in a while I pull the race car with it, often I pull a light, enclosed trailer to the campgrounds.
(3) MUD. Yeah, this is where the FUN comes in. Summer weekend mud toy.
Originally I figured an easy 300 hp out of the 360 with increased compression, aforementioned headers, cam, carb.
Then, as I'm cleaning up the garage, I trip over the HX35 Holset I had purchased for a 16v hybrid 2.5
Stock 360 has 8:1 compression. Holset is small for a 5.9L V8, but what about a low RPM truck V8? Muahahaha....
So I've been around the web and I've come back here because of the vast turbo knowledge. I know it isn't 2.2/2.5 stuff but I just know I can get good advice here.
Stock 360 LA engine, factory 8:1 (ish) compression, carb blowthrough, single HX35
A. With a single HX35 on a stock 360 LA when should I see boost?
B. At what RPM would the HX35 choke out the 360 because it is too small?
C. I think the HX35 should be good for 350-400 HP and I think that should be attainable in a 360 at a low boost of 7-10 psi. Am I right?
D. Will I be able to hold the HX35 down at 7-10 psi with an external 'gate?