'79 Malibu Gbody. Turbo special

[Dunn]

Had some good responses before on the car in the 'post a new picture of you car' thread, figured I could share where the car is now.

1979 Malibu, 6.0 Iron block/4L80E trans out of GMC pickup.
-Small turbo cam, stock 243 heads, PTC Converter
-S475 T6 turbo, E85 fuel

Now onto the goodies:

Dyno: 17psi=837rwhp

 

[MG0h3]

Hahah. Wicked!

 

[04SVTF]

Love it. What a beast.

 

[tones_RS3]

That's a bad ass car.
I bet that thing gets sideways easily!! lol

 

[CobraBob]

First time I've seen your Malibu. VERY nice. Looks as tough as I'm sure it moves. 837 wheel horsepower is significant. Thanks for sharing it with us. Love it!

 

[MG0h3]

10-15 years ago everybody was putting those 5.3/6.0 engines with a turbo in foxbodies.

Basically head studs and a cam in an engine they got out of the junk yard for 1000 and dudes were deep into the 9s


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[KingBlack]

10-15 days ago everybody was putting those 5.3/6.0 engines with a turbo in foxbodies.

Basically head studs and a cam in an engine they got out of the junk yard for 1000 and dudes were deep into the 9s


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fixed

 

[Shadow Grey 03]

Nice

 

[MG0h3]

fixed

lol They still doing that on turbomustangs.com?

 

[KingBlack]

lol They still doing that on turbomustangs.com?

as much as i hate saying it, those swaps are still very common

 

[Dunn]

Car made great power, 837 on 17psi through an Auto is fun to say the least

 

[cam346]

dam nice car

 

[Need 04 Wine]

Well that gives me wood

 

[Tunedprt91]

Beautiful

 

[STAMPEDE3]

Sweet.
Brought back memories.
A buddy had a white one back when we were racing all the time in the mid 90s.
He’s gone now but I remember it well.
I almost bought it when his wife put it for sale. Turbos were not common back then. He had a aluminum headed 427 in it. Sounded wicked too.


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[Sonic605hp]

Big numbers through an auto, car looks exceptional.

 

[72SBC]

As a fellow owner of a turbo 79 Bu Classic, I dig it.

 

[Dunn]

As a fellow owner of a turbo 79 Bu Classic, I dig it.

Lets hear the details!

 

[72SBC]

PT98 CEA, BBC, TH400, 9 inch, pump gas, blow through carb set up.


And completely in pieces. Lol

 

[JD03Cobra]

Gonna hurt some feelings with that thing! Sweet