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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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I pulled a turbo out of a ford thunderbird turbo coupe and i'm going to try to put it into my gsr Does anyone know if i should just scrap the turbo and find another one or put it on. I'm gonna rebuild it but if it won't help me then i probably won't use it
Old Dec 3, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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could be a .48 .60 or if your lucky a .60 .63 both of which are T3's.
what year was the coupe? auto or manual?

Old Dec 3, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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isnt that turbo kinda small for 1.8 liter engine?
Old Dec 4, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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what about for a b16
Old Dec 4, 2006 | 09:08 AM
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for a b16 you need it to be the .63 turbine one. .48 turbine is good for D series and B18A,B

Old Dec 4, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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What year is it?
if it is 87 or 88, it is an IHI
Is it manual or automatic?
The manual trans cars before 87 had the .63/.60s the autos had .48s
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jagojon3
Too small for your engine if it's an IHI turbo.

Either of the T3s will work, hope it's out of a manual though.
i would have to disagree, the ihi is a t3, they're all t3's, and the 48/52 that comes off the auto are small but i ran one on my cousins crx on 10psi and a fmu with 3 inch d.p. and just 0*ignition timing and we pulled pretty hard on a modded ls1 6 speed camaro, the guy said he ran a 12.6 and we prolly put a car length on him from a 40 roll, if your going for 300+ whp this isnt the turbo for you, but if you have a 88 crx hf and a 280 whp b16, thats a pretty quick car, i would say 14psi on a gsr would be a good starter/begineer turbo
Old Dec 4, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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The A/R is .60 on the cold side but i have no idea on the hot side. So is this turbo usable on my integra gsr
Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ososlohatch
the ihi is a t3, they're all t3's
oh really.



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