Turbo question- merkur t3?

[S14Zilvia]

Does anyone have the specs on the t3 that came in the merkur xr4ti, or know where to find some info?

I know a guy whose got one used that I might pick up, but I'd like to know everything about it first.

[Bandit240]

Stay away from it. The one on my dads car went to peices trashing the motor. STAY AWAY FROM FORD PARTS!

[ninjak84]

I would suggest doing the Z31 T3 turbo swap.It's really reliable if you run the right setup, and the increases can be great!Just don't take the "ghetto" idea too far, and start making your own mods out of plywood and such

[S14Zilvia]

actually I'm now reading maximum boost, so those t3's don't look so tempting anymore.

I'm looking at the t04e "50" trim compressor that ckwik pointed out, and it seems to be pretty flexible.

[lessthanjakejohn]

Ya its kind of sad wh en corky bell points out that nissan's 300zx's T3 turbo excels in the 0-30mph range

[S14Zilvia]

Ya its kind of sad wh en corky bell points out that nissan's 300zx's T3 turbo excels in the 0-30mph range

Hahaha... yeah. That wasn't my favorite paragraph. You get the feeling he likes porsche's?

Atleast he acknowledges that nissan sold a lot of cars.

[lessthanjakejohn]

thres like a million porsche pics

[Sopdadope]

Why is using a T3 such a bad idea? The T3 turbo is perhaps the most popular factory turbo ever. This is good because 1) it's very, very reliable in stock applications 2) it's very abundant.

If you need one, I have one off of my '83 Datsun Z motor sitting in the garage. If you're looking for a T04, I got that too...