Barnyard Garage

Hey if you are doing your first turbo build, the absolute last thing on your mind should be
1. Your boost controller.
2. Making a power.

The vast majority of turbo cars out there are lucky to get up to operating temp off the trailer without something starting on fire.
Make sure your plug wires do not touch any part of the exhaust. Even if you have some sh*tty fiberglass wrap on your manifolds, they are going to burn though. Even if you have some of those useless fiberglass sleeves on your wires, they will burn through.
Make sure you have big enough return lines off of the turbo. I like to run an inline regulator to mine. Your 90psi on cold starts and 80psi hot at 7000 rpm is actually not amazing on turbo seals.
If your fuel system is new, it's not a bad idea to cruise around for a while on the new build and then clean the injectors out again before actually making passes. I personally try to always run the old injectors on the new system for a while just to be 100% safe, then swap them to the new larger ones. I have had a 100% success rate doing this.
Your hellcat pump needs 10 gauge wire, minimum.
Amazon coils suck. Most aftermarket coils suck. If they are $90 new from gm each and you buy a full set for $123 they are probably going to ruin one of your pistons at a minimum.

Everyone has their own way of going about things and I'm sure this will upset people. But you really need to try to just get through a full season on your new build on gate pressure before going crazy. Finding out that your in tank fuel hose you put in that isn't rated for e85 blew off is a lot easier on things on 6psi than 18.

It's getting to that time of the year, so before you schedule a dyno or dyno tune let's talk about fuel pumps.
The a1000 will do like 550-600 absolute tops to the tire on the best day, boosted on e85 through an unstalled automatic.
The walbro 450 is good for mid 500s ish, hellcat pump is 600 ish.

If you want in tank, double up or run 3. Always run the decondaries on a hobbs switch or controller so it doesn't heat the crap out of your fuel. If you are running inline, run a big old weldon. They are badass. There are lots of brushless inline and in tank options too, but always be aware of what pressure and what fuel a pump is rated at.

Holley likes to rate pumps on carbs (6 psi) and pump gas. Typically a pump designed for 6psi is going to be terrible at 70 psi.

Wanted to post this mustang we tuned* last year. Edelbrock supercharger, cams, upgraded injectors.