memphisrain
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I was perusing ebay when I came across this item:
IDI turbo
I was wondering if you guys could verify that it is from and IDI. I was thinking of picking it up and just fabbing my own exhaust and intercooler setup. However, I was searching around for some info on the turbo, when I found that these were not all that good from the factory.
Quote from Diesel Power website:
So one, I'm wondering if it is in fact a factor IDI turbo, and two, is it worth messing with?
Thanks guys,
mR
IDI turbo
I was wondering if you guys could verify that it is from and IDI. I was thinking of picking it up and just fabbing my own exhaust and intercooler setup. However, I was searching around for some info on the turbo, when I found that these were not all that good from the factory.
Quote from Diesel Power website:
When Ford decided to jump into the turbo diesel market they hired ATS to work with Navistar to come up with a turbo version of their 7.3 idi. ATS/Navistar presented Ford with a TD that put out some nice numbers for it's day but unfortunately Ford did not want it to outperform it's bread and butter 460 gas pot. ATS pointed out that the non-turbo 7.3 had as much power as the 460 so in order to make a turbo version they would have to make the turbo charger a non functional decoration. Ford thought that was a great idea a told them to proceed. So ATS took all their hard work and welded big bumps in the turbo housing so it would not spool up and just fall on it's face. They also necked down the elbow, turned down the pump to less cc's than the non-turbo and crimped the exhaust almost closed. In the end the new Turbo Diesel idi had 3% more power than it's non-turbo brother. Ford was happy and it's customers and ATS were not....
So one, I'm wondering if it is in fact a factor IDI turbo, and two, is it worth messing with?
Thanks guys,
mR