Originally posted by "mustang23"
Originally Posted by Goopster1
I went to the Big 3 truckyard on 118th looking for diesel turbo's something bigger than the tiny shit I saw in a nissan without a compressor housong and the blades were fucked and something bigger than the one I saw in the Sabb.
by the way, wich cophers were u at where all these turbos were in? I went to Starkey auto to, they dont have an open lot but they have a huge yard with lots of shit in it, they always have turbos up for sale in upwards of 300 bucks, so u know its not an old rusted piece of shit .
I wanna find me a turbo, if not im gonna have to spend money to buy 2 of them....
How did Big3 treat you? They treated me like shit a few years ago when I went there looking for an intercooler. I would stick to T3's only because if you ever need to rebuild the turbo, it will be far easier and cheaper than a diesel unit. Plus, the T3's are common additions to 5.0's, where as you're on your own with sizing a diesel unit. If you aren't looking for all out performance, maybe a pair of DSM turbo's. I'm guessing you could get 450hp out of a pair, and those things are very plentiful.
Or the Dodge T3's, because you can run them until you find the bigger ford units, and you won't have to modify your headers since the T3's bolt up. Just beware that to get the Dodge units off, you have to pull the head off, and there are a few different model's of turbo found on those cars depending on the year, so know what you're looking for first.
I was unsucceful at the Big 3 cause they were closed, and is it an open yard there or come with a quetion and we answer with either we got it or nope we dont?
well that would be nice hp range, 450.... I dont wanna like pull anything crazy, its gonna be a nice little track and street motor, I want something stretable, and what's a new dsm turbo go for? Keep in mind I want two, and I read on a site they wanted 840 dollars for a intercooler for there setup, what should I look to pay for an intercooler? I dont know what I want for a turbo yet, but junkyard turbo's are old scragly and rusted to hell, so most likely I will buy slightly used ot brand new, this is gonna be expensive!
and im building a new motor from block up, shit....
