Both the Capri and Sierra on youtube both have ""close to standard heads" with the standard cam. Is this possible!? what cam do I want to be thinking about if one is needed, also what valves/springs/followers should I be considering.
Standard cam is very good with overboost actually, but an FR32(or was it FR30) high torque cam from Kent Cams is a very good cam for turbo use.
Let your budget decide.
Group A head gasket with arp bolts?
Good choice, or just use 12.9 bolts.
I intend to do abit of porting, polishing, and matching, but not on a major scale unless I'm going to need it to get 300bhp? I didnt intend on fitting bigger valves. Inlet I was going to remove all ruff casting, match the ports and finish in 80 gritt. Cambers and piston crowns I was going to polish like mad, and the same with the exhaust ports, matching them as well.
Leave the inlet ports alone, they are actually too big as standard. Exhaust could use some work tho.
I have a Nissan 200SX turbo manifold and have cutt that up and had a friend tig a pinto flange on too that.
Good choice.
Lastly, what turbo works best? the Sierra and Capri on youtube both run a Holset turbo, I understand these are American and pritty heffty bits of kit? (tripple the price of a garrett)
The swedes,
www.skogenracing.com, uses old Scania truck turboes they get for next to nothing, and boost the hell out of their engines.
I would go for a T34 for your power level.
Intercooler I have an alloy one from a 4x4 Sierra, will this surfice?
Do you mean org. cosworth cooler ? In the winter time it will do, but go for a rs500 size intercooler for warm summer days.
Take a look at these threads, even tho their in Swedish/Norwegian, many of the specs are english, and just ask and I'll help with the translation.
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...urbo-t1362.htm
This is actually my car, this is one of the former owners:
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...d-ms-t4769.htm
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...lder-t1742.htm
Norwegian car. Ran 100% stock pinto bottom end with good results, think it was 386bhp and over 500nm
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...otor-t4071.htm
http://www.fordclubnorway.no/forum/t...ng-sierra-ist/
This is the one you saw on youtube
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...rning-t863.htm
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...turbo-t538.htm
http://skogenracing.editboard.com/pr...dlad-t1160.htm
Awsome norwegian project
http://www.fordclubnorway.no/forum/t...erra-cupe-4x4/
Sorry for all the links, god I wish we spoke english over here too so you could understand.