would the compresser side of an ihi turbo off of a thunderbird bolt up to an ihi rhb5 exhaust side

 

if soit would be bad ***.. it would be a nice hybrid...

let me know..if it works.. hey try it if it dont fit.. just put it back to normal

 

thunderbirds have RHB5's if your talking the Probe style ones yes that'll also bolt and be a real tiny hybrid.

 

I'm wondering this too cause I'm having a t3 flange welded onto my IHI exhaust housing and the t-birds RHB5 have a t3 flange on it already. How much of a difference would there be from a the IHI exhaust housing to the t-birds RHB5 exhaust housing?

 

I have compressor maps for both the t-bird and probe/mx6 IHI turbos, the t-bird flows ~350cfm the probe/mx6 ~250cfm.

I have the probe/mx6 model on my toyota, with stock gate it makes 7 psi, 165.5 HP at the rear wheels on my stock 1.6L 4age. Strong boost at 3000, full boost 3500-3800, and it holds the boost all the way to 7500 RPM redline. Pretty happy with it.

According to the compressor maps, on my application the probe/mx6 should be good for about 12-13 psi before, the t-bird should be good for 15-16 psi.

These turbos do have a smallish turbine tho, so probably not suitable for anything bigger than a 1.6, or a low HP 1.8, and probably too small for something like a b16, better suited for engines that made say 90-130 HP in NA form.

Neil

 

i got a ihi rhb5 subrau legacy RS turbo which is a vf50 and i built a hyrbid the bearing housing is the same and it bolted right to a mx-6 ihi exaust flange and the compressor housing and weels are the size of a t-3 its bad *** . it still spools up at 2800 and hold full boost to redline.. and im running 10psi now.. hey all i can say agin is try it..

 

yeah, the t-bird compressor is about the same as a 60 trim T3 for flow, alot of guys build hybrids out of these compressor with mx6/probe/isuzu/sube turbos. The only awkward part is the fugly t-bird compressor housing.

I actually have two compressors bigger than the one I'm running right now, one is between the mx6 and t-bird size, I'm going to try it next I think. Funny thing I noticed looking at the maps, the smaller compressors fall out of efficiency below 6-7 psi, yet the bigger t-bird can run from 4.5 psi up, so if you need a low boost setup with decent cool intake charge (no I/C) and want quick spool, it's a good option.

Neil

 

I thought t birds have super 60's

 

no, upto '86 they have a 60 trim T3, not the same as a 'Super 60', the 'Super 60' is a turbonetics creation.

'87/88 t-birds came with an IHI RHB5, the largest RHB5 compressor on a U.S. production car came on the t-bird. So basically guys are pulling it off and bolting it upto their smaller compressor RHB5's that came on subaru, mazda's etc.

Neil