1963 Impala LQ4 GT42R

[Vigo]

LOL @ Ti theme.

Nice work, as usual.

What are the specs on the undersized turbo?

[8valves]

GT4294R, 1.01AR divided T4 turbine.

[Vigo]

Sounds like a good turbo for a really mean 3.5L. hehe

Itll still work great the way you're doing it. Cool project.

[Rrider]

I keep thinging that a lot of hot pipe under the hood... not worried about heat?

Does Ti insulate the heat better than SS?

[8valves]

Sounds like a good turbo for a really mean 3.5L. hehe

Itll still work great the way you're doing it. Cool project.

Exactly, haha! Should spool at 30% throttle on this motor.

I keep thinging that a lot of hot pipe under the hood... not worried about heat?

Does Ti insulate the heat better than SS?

The guy's are messing around, it's not Ti, it's SS. And yes, I do worry about heat. I think the radiator fans are going to have a shortlived lifespan, but the owner is accepting of sacrifices for the "holy crap" look on people's faces at car shows.

[88C/S]

WOW, beautiful work!!!

[black86glhs]

Come on.....that thing will be going so fast the air moving around under the hood will cause frost to form on those pipes!!!!


OK....OK.....just be cool to the touch.

[8valves]

I've been busy with some really big things lately, so the Impala took the sideline for a bit. A big thanks to the owner, Rich, for being patient with me. This weekend is an Impalathon, so hopefully all the fab work will be entirely wrapped up end of tomorrow.

For now, Alan can get mad that there is yet another intake manifold configuration on the car. This one is staying though! It'll just be altered cosmetically from here.

Enjoy!

Internally welded intake plenum, .125" wall 4" OD 90* bends is what it starts as. I cut up the perfectly nice Edelbrock intake for this, haha! Also useable as a small canoe.


Kicked down neck for belt routing clearance with the altered location of the accesories, for header clearance... for downpipe clearance... for everthing clearance.


I wish I could make this more symmetrical, but with the charge pipes there comes a time where you just have what you have room for. Note the ovalized tubing to clear behind the stock headlight buckets, and the strange kick and roll is all in the name of hood, header, and radiator clearances.


Getting closer!

[T-Bohn]

It must be really light with all those Ti pipes in there!!

I hope to see updates when it is running!!

Thanks for keeping us in the loop!

[2.216VTurbo]

Soooo... 1 of 1 is pretty beast(dunno, my 10 year old says that when he thinks something is bad a$$) It's most likely the only IM just like that in the world IIRC tho, you have like 3 of your own projects on hold, if you weren't continously reinventing the wheel... Just saying

[cordes]

Man, that's more titanium than I've ever seen on one vehicle. Keep up the good work Aaron!

[8valves]

Soooo... 1 of 1 is pretty beast(dunno, my 10 year old says that when he thinks something is bad a$$) It's most likely the only IM just like that in the world IIRC tho, you have like 3 of your own projects on hold, if you weren't continously reinventing the wheel... Just saying

I actually remember saying "beast" as well. Hell if I know where/how it came from either though!

This was actually the plan from the get-go, as soon as we decided on not using the stock intake. The stock LS based intake is just so boring and ugly looking, and I think this really sets the system apart in conjunction with the rest of the package.

I only have two real projects actually! I sold the race Talon for my brother to a gentleman in Guam, got rid of all of my Turbo Mopar's besides my Shelby Lancer (great DD!), and sold both the 72 and the 71 Demon. My projects have been my business startup, and my 01 Viper TT. One of those has made very slow progress, can you guess which?