Hey guys, some people are telling me that im getting raped by buying a used tbird turbo, it has no internal wg, no shaft play, what's a tbird turbo look like..

He's selling the turbo for 220, and it's from a very very good source. Just to put and thoughts to rest, what's a t3 tbird garret look like, how can i tell ?

 

i have 4 of those turbos, one is from teh auto, and 3 are teh manual, the most i paid for one is 85 bucks

 

grrrr.. yea but whats a tbird turbo, anda garret t3, diffrences,

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by menkio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">grrrr.. yea but whats a tbird turbo, anda garret t3, diffrences, </TD></TR></TABLE>

A T-bird turbo IS a Garrett T3. Don't know what trim, but it's a T3.

 

the Tbird turbo came in two sizes, both T3's:

T3 .60A/R - .63A/R 60 Trim - Manual Tranny
T3 .60A/R - .48A/R 60 Trim - Automatic Tranny

 

do they have wastegates ?
and are oil + water cooled ?

 

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and are oil + water cooled ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes and yes

 

ahh good, the one im getting does'nt have the wastegate fitting or anything

 

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and are oil + water cooled ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

not ALL are water cooled

 

87-88 Tbird turbos were intercooled and came with the joke IHI VJ-16 turbos that are too small to let a SOHC bust out of a wet paper bag.

Just FYI, when you go shopping for Ford 2.3 turbos, look for 84-86.