Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) IHI Turbo?

[JGheen]

Anyone ever use an IHI turbo on their truck?

I have a chance to possibly get one for free through my work cuz we will not be using them anymore and I was wondering where I could get a turbine to make it work for my engine.

The compressor wheel measures about 73mm and the turbine wheel measures about 84mm, I don't have exact, but those are just quick metric ruler measurements. I know those wheels are a bit big, and I don't plan on going to twins at all, just want to stick with a single, so how much fuel would anyone guess I have to throw through the engine to make that turbo work? Would maybe just some 370s on top of some 191 DVs do the job or would I still be "over turboed" for the application?

Also, anyone know what size the wheels are in a B1 turbo as that is my other option right now for a larger single?



Thanks, guys



Joe

 

[Forrest Nearing]

you're gonna be WAY overturbo'd w/ something that big as a single... IHI makes good turbos, but you've gotta size it to your application, and that's not the right one!



might do alright as a bottom on a set of twins.



big singles on these trucks tend to hover in the low 60's mm range... now, you can't just say, "oh, this is a 63mm inducer, so it'll work great", but it can give you an idea if the thing is even worth considering and digging up a compressor map for... I'd bet good money that what you've got is not worth considering.



hth



Forrest

 

[McDowra]

There are a lot of different things that affect how a turbocharger will work. If you could post part numbers it would help. If the 73mm is the inducer measurement on the compressor what you have will probably be too large. The B -1 style turbos are all around 62mm<- just a guess.

 

[JGheen]

Well, I had a good idea that you guys would say that turbo would be way out of my range, but it was worth the asking. I was kinda thinking that 65mm is probably the maximum I would want to go, but I am sure even then A LOT of fuel it required to make that compressor work. The turbo is an old(well, 2. 5 year old) CART turbo from the CART Honda turbo engines and we just have a bunch here that I was going to see if I could use since they were just going to get thrown out, but since it won't work for my application(unless I toss a huge CAT or Detroit under the hood), I guess I won't even bother asking the boss if we could part one out.

Guess I'll continue to save up for the B1... ...

 

[Forrest Nearing]

hang that IHI under your stock turbo!

 

[JGheen]

hang that IHI under your stock turbo!

Where can I find a turbine that big for it that would make it work?

 

[biggy238]

I was gonna say... make it work for a twin or get it anyway and name a price. Someone would come away with it. I'd even like to have it really, even though it'd be a money sink in the long run I wonder in anyone in Ky is even running twins right now...