just curious if there is an inlet adapter for the old 80/81 draw through turbos so I can use a normal air filter on one?
just curious. maybe a later turbocoupe ihi inlet fits it?
86 svo 1D (sold)
59 chevy apache
95 mustang gt vert
Are you trying to use one of those turbos in a different application, or in stock form?
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(01-20-2025, 10:47 PM)stackz Wrote: just curious if there is an inlet adapter for the old 80/81 draw through turbos so I can use a normal air filter on one?
Like Chuck...... I don't understand what you're trying to do. Those turbos were unique/one-off examples with o-ring fitment/sealing into the specialized draw-thru intake manifold ~ and the turbine housings don't even have an inlet flange. Trying to use one in a blow-thru EFI or carb application is futile, IMHO.
If you've already got one, I suggest selling it to someone who's restoring a 1st-gen draw-thru Lima and buying a "generic" turbo. If saving money is yer goal...... you can buy a comparitively-inexpensive Churbo from various reputable suppliers, like Renai "Chip" Givens, at
BigRMotorsports (
.com) for about 3 hunnert fitty bux. My 2¢........ <shrug>
Placerville, California
(former) '78 2.3T Courier w/blow-thru Autolite 2bbl carb ~ (current) '87 2.3T Ranger w/PiMP’d EFI
They're Garrett turbos, but I'm not sure if the compressor/turbine housings from the later EFI T3's would swap onto the center section. Been 25+ years since I messed with one.
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1983 TBird TC Clone - 1985 Mercury Marquis LTS - 1986 LTD Wagon