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Well, you could always run the exhaust across the valve cover and down the passenger side. That would leave room for the pipes going into the turbo inlet. But as you said before, that thing needs to be in a Indy type chassis for full effect! What you need is a Dodge Intrepid or better yet an Eagle Premier transaxle (auto for ease of conversion) adapted to it. Then you could build a narrow 2"x4" rectangular tubing frame and parallel arm rear suspension. The auto transaxle would actually stand up better than a manual since the converter will absorb some shock. With the car so light in the back should roast tires instead of transaxles. 

If anyone is serious about a turbo six in their AMC, the best/easiest mounting method is to use the stock manifold and run a pipe under the engine to the right side, mounting the turbo over there. With the 20" of pipe you lose a slight amount of efficiency, but not much. The pipe can always be wrapped if you're concerned. 

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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:04:07 -0700
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-List] Navarro Indy turbo setup... in a Hornet

I'm nearly done with the rebuild of Josh's '72 Hornet. Got the 904 in
yesterday. I hate doing transmission installs the most, all I've got is
a somewhat rough concrete driveway (beats dirt though). My homemade
transmission jack worked just fine though.

Since the engine (1973 258 six) and trans are in but not assembled, I
thought it would be interesting to prop the Navarro Indy motor turbo
guts onto it to see how badly it fit. 

http://wps.com/AMC/Navarro-turbo-Hornet/index.html

Imagine my surprise when the big T04 turbo cleared the spring tower by
4" inches, and the brake master cylinder by the same. Wouldn't work with
power brakes, eh.

Slight bump needed for hood clearance, but nothing stupid.

Plumbing is always tough, it appears from photos of other people's
projects (never did a turbo, yet) but it sure looks like there's room
for everything needed.

The output volute rotates, so there's room there. FI is built into the
manifold (below each port, not visible) but a carb would be nifty
(except for all those manifold explosions).

Anyways no plans for this sort of thing, just a mockup since I had the
opportunity. A cast iron manifold and Carter YF are actually going on
this motor, a far cry from  30 lbs boost sucked out of a huge Dellorto
carbumureettor.
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