eddie, the exhaust manifold is T3 flange. so ideally i'd like to find a suitable turbo. what about RB25 turbos?
Made a mistake of posting in your post just now, hence my edit marks...doh! Apologies. RB25DET Hitachi sourced 'T3' Turbos, may seem like a good idea initially. But be warned, on the GTS-t Skyline R33 and R34 and C33/34 Laurel Medalist, that these engines are fitted as std, whenever you push the boost past 1 bar, the ceramic turbine blade, becomes detached from the shaft and shoots off into the exhaust downpipe! So Ok to use, but will become a limitation to torque when you want to hit +++ and turn it up. In an 8v engine, due the falling torque after 4K or so, I can see this turbo being a problem. HTH
no worries eddie. ok ill keep looking, i know a few Saphire consworth fans, might see if they have and turbos knocking around, ill keep and eye on ebay. and failing that ill rebuild my existing one, maybe upgrading the cold side.
not a massive amount, still doing research, i have also got myself another T3 from a RST and a used cheap ebay T04E both cost me almost nothing! i have ordered a plenum from IKengineering (although their website has disapeered worryingly)
Genuine T-34 turbos are becoming relatively expensive now, and i have seen them fetch 500 used and i personally think you will find it too laggy, Id stick with a T3 but use one from a Cossie as the back housing is better (i know of a good one for sale PM me). I have run ZVH RS turbos 1.8 & 2.0 variants with T3's and they generally make 220-270bhp although on a cossie they can run 300bhp. Being in the Cosworth tuning industry i also would say that good uncracked .48 rear housings found on T3'S & T34's (some people mistakenly think T34 has a .63 rear housing but that would be a T35 as fitted standard to the large turbo Escort cosworth) are getting increasingly harder to get hold of so make sure when you do buy one that you give it a thorough check around the waste gate penny area
the cossie has a slightly larger compressor wheel to iirc Think i have some cossie exhaust housings at the workshop
So the project stalled for a couple of month while we extended the house. The order for the plenum fell thro :-( I hope to get cracking again soon although it might end up in the bora!!
i am busy unpacking my garage after a house extension, i am putting the bits to one side as i get to them, how is you car gerry?
