Turbo!

frankjt96 · Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:43 pm

I have a Greddy turbo out of a 7.3L Powerstroke. It spins fine but I'd recommend a rebuild or at least a good cleaning. I'll take pictures soon, Not sure how many miles are on it. First person to come at me with $75 takes it.

tgnorman · Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:59 am

Probably a touch big for a zetec, eh?

Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:27 pm

tgnorman wrote:Probably a touch big for a zetec, eh?

You'd need three Zetec's to spin that thing up.

Sweet! Three engine Focus!!

frankjt96 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:44 pm

It's actually not HUGE! I mean it is big but it can be done. One of the techs that I work with, Greg, boosted his SVTF with one.

harold · Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:50 pm

Diesel turbos seem to be the thing for small-displacement cars nowadays. A lot of the 2.3 Turbo guys are into Holsets from Cummins-powered pickups and a lot of the guys have to port the internal wastegates to keep from overboosting.

Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:54 pm

Maybe I'll have to keep my eyes open for one then, I've seen some Diesel turbos around work and they look afwully big to me.

Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:19 pm

harold wrote:Diesel turbos seem to be the thing for small-displacement cars nowadays. A lot of the 2.3 Turbo guys are into Holsets from Cummins-powered pickups and a lot of the guys have to port the internal wastegates to keep from overboosting.

I've had a couple of Holsets. Bought to resell (go figure...I know, I know). The ones being used by the Honda/DSM/Ford 2.3 crowd are GT40 size and are boat anchors. Those guys are making massive top end power. The engines have to be set up for RPM's as the spool time is not ball bearing fast. But once spooled the push a lot of air. Very reliable and excellent designs.

harold · Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:10 am

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Maybe I'll have to keep my eyes open for one then, I've seen some Diesel turbos around work and they look afwully big to me.

What brand turbos?

lox222 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:30 am

would this be something that would work on my car?

Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:27 am

This is a Garrett for a 7.3, Looks pretty big to me.

It is a tank, it's got to weigh 30 pounds or so.

Sucka612 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:51 am

frankjt96 wrote:It's actually not HUGE! I mean it is big but it can be done. One of the techs that I work with, Greg, boosted his SVTF with one.

I wanna see this car

frankjt96 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:57 pm

So it is a bigger turbo, but It's not super big. I took some pictures I'll load them here really soon. Working on it now

frankjt96 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:05 pm

frankjt96 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:06 pm

Sorry I meant Garret turbo, not greddy.

harold · Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:55 pm

Yeah, Steve, that one you posted is huge. The Holsets the TurboFord guys go for are close to a T4 compressor and T3 turbine (the HX35 or HE351W, IIRC). Obviously the one you've got and the one frankjt96 posted are different turbos.