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Originally posted by beepbeep
Dunno what sits on T-bird's. T3 is generic Garrett turbo for smaller turbocharged vehicles in 80's and is easy to find cheap. We have plenty of SAAB's and Volvo's around so i know there are available at every junkyard.
There is even a "hot" version called "Trim 60" whick will flow more air.
Generally, they are worth 220-260hp at most and suitable for 2L motor.
There are better turbochargers available nowadays but most are watercooled.
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T-birds have T3s along with lots of other cars.
Definitely true about better turbos now (like mitsubishis or garrett GT), but most watercooled. I bet you could run a little cooling circuit for the turbo; might be too much trouble. Perhaps you could just run oil through the water jacket so you knew the cooling was sufficient.
I'd be very interested to see a smallish (2.0-2.4) displacement 911 motor with relatively high compression (8.5+) and 10-14 psi boost, and how it peformed (and cooled) compared to similar water cooled 4 cyl like saab/audi/modern volvo/etc "HPT" I guess beepbeep is doing this the cheaper (!!??) but probably not easier way by using that engine in the first place
