Congratulations to Pete ( TT31Plym ) for winning Car Of The Month for May 2016! His 1931 Plymouth Model 30U sedan project (not yet completed), is worth following. The on-going progress along with additional photos can be found in his build thread.
Project Information

Car:
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• 1931 Plymouth Model 30U Sedan​

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Engine:
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• 1995 Chevy SB 350, 1 piece rear main, 4 bolt block
• Entire bottom end is stock besides news bearings and rings, and of course a hone.
• Compression ratio is ~8.75:1
• Heads are iron Vortec 062 Castings, slightly ported
• Cam is pretty small, 450/450 Valve lift 218/218 Duration at .050, 106 Lobe Seperation
• Intake Manifold is a Dual Plane by summit i believe, port matched to the heads.
• MSD Streetfire Distributor with limited mechanical advance

Turbo Setup:

• Chinese GT35s .70/.84

Carb:

• Edelbrock 650 (1406 Electric Choke), Modified for boost with nitrophyl floats

Fuel System:

• 110gph Holley Marine Mechanical Fuel Pump (boost referenced), Running 6AN lines.

Transmission:

• stock TH 200-r4 with a 2400rpm stall converter.

Rear End:

• Ford 8.8", 4.11 gears

Front End:

• Ford Mustang... Not sure what year.

Suspension:

• Rear Suspension is stock leaf springs.. they're soft to say the least.

History and Background Information:
Before I get into the car's history, let me say that this car isn't meant to run the quarter, eighth, or even go past 80 mph. This build has a been a learning experience every step of the way, even before I undertook the challenge of boosting the car. It's the first car I've ever wrenched on, and definitely has taken my passion of cars to a new level.

Anyways, my grandfather bought the car about 20 years ago as a bare chassis and body. No engine, drive train, steering column, interior, wiring, nothing. (Again, if you're okay with waiting a week I can get some pictures of it from all the way back then) I think he bought it with the hopes that he could eventually work on it with his grandchildren, but I doubt he expected the car to turn into what it has become today.

After getting the car, he got his hands on a smogger sbc 305, the TH200-r4 thats currently in the car, and a 7.5" rear end. He then made the entire interior and parts of the floor (behind the rear seats is actually made of aluminum plate from old highway signs he collected during his career working for the Massachusetts Highway Department. You can still see the fluorescent green and silver under the carpets! After finishing the car he had it painted in what I think is a gorgeous two tone silver. I believe both silvers are stock Chevrolet colors from a pickup truck. This build took a few years because he took his time, and was being a grandfather (I was 5-8 at the time).

Fast forward ten years and I was finishing my freshman year in college, and to be honest I don't recall what got me interested in working on the car, but for whatever reason we got to it. The carb needed a good cleaning and the timing was screwed up, but at the time that wasn't the easiest project for me because of how new I was to motor building. We eventually got the car running again, and like most hot rodders/ turbo forum members, I instantly wanted more power. I didn't realize it at the time, but getting that 305 running again gave me the addiction for hp that a lot of guys talk about on here.

After we finished tuning up the motor, I started researching the basics of increasing hp. So came the vortec heads and the cam. By the time my sophomore summer came around, I knew a lot more about the basics of making N/A power, and I realized the 305 2 bolt block wasn't going to cut it if I ever wanted more power- so we grabbed the 350 that's currently in the car. After that I learned about gear ratios, so I instantly jumped on the first aggressively geared rear end I could find. And it continued like that. Always something to upgrade, usually to make the car faster.

This naturally led to an interest in forced induction. Being a college student, my goal was to do everything as cheap as possible, while trying to find a good balance of speed and reliability. After doing research online for about a year (this is when I began to read the TheTurboForums) I felt confident diving into a twin turbo build on the 350. My grandfather has built many engines, some of which were blown, but he had no experience with turbochargers so this was a learning experience for him as well.

Fastforward another six months or so, and its almost car season. I finished rebuilding the motor, the exhausts and wastegates are routed fabbed and welded, and we're finishing up small stuff like wiring up gauges and setting up boost lines. We should be firing the motor within a week after I finish school, and hopefully tuning the carburetor won't cause too much trouble.

The car has changed a lot over the past three years, and I assume it'll continue to do that. But through all the headaches and problems we've ran into while working, it's always worth it when you fire up the engine for the first time and take it for a spin. The expectation of what a twin turbo v8 feels like when you hit the gas has definitely been the biggest motivator for me throughout this project.