Al and Woody from The Skid Factory continue working on a friend’s 1970 Ford Fairlane. The goal is to replace the entire powertrain with a 4.0 L 1UZ V8 with a T66 turbocharger, A340 automatic transmission, and late-model Falcon rear end with a LSD. In this episode the exhaust is installed and the Fairlane is put on the dyno where the driveshaft decides to give up. After the team installs a new two-piece driveshaft along with a new fuel tank, the Fairlane is back on the dyno where the turbo 1UZ produced 451 hp on 16.5 psi of boost.
Source: MCMTV2
16.5-psi of boost? The 1UZ has forged internals or E85 allowed such high boost without the engine turned into million pieces?
I know early 1UZ can withstand some great boost but 16.5-psi?
If you pull enough timing with your tune it would handle that okay. I wouldn’t do it without a little inner engine love but that’s just me.
Let’s be honest the guy has the money to pay someone to swap a Japanese engine into his American car, as well as turbo it on top of that. Even if these guys are his good friends that was a ton of work to be done. I’m guessing he isn’t too worried about the consequences.