I reacently read in a magazine about a guy who used a turbo from a john deere tractor on his mustang I thought that diesel turbos wouldnt work on a gas power car if so does anyone know what john deere the turbo came off of.
I reacently read in a magazine about a guy who used a turbo from a john deere tractor on his mustang I thought that diesel turbos wouldnt work on a gas power car if so does anyone know what john deere the turbo came off of.
A turbo is a turbo is a turbo. It doesn’t matter which type of vehicle it came off of…if it's the proper size it will work.
Really though…there have been far more before him that have done junkard builds. So much so they have an entire section over on www.turbomustangs.com for just that subject.
I have looked on their site and cant seem to find what i am looking for. I have access to a tractor junk yard is why am so interested in the john deere turbo
I have looked on their site and cant seem to find what i am looking for. I have access to a tractor junk yard is why am so interested in the john deere turbo
It sounds like your going to have to do some legwork for yourself. If I were you I'd take a field trip to the junk yard with a notepad and paper…and start writing down the turbo model number (including compressor/turbine a/r numbers if available) and what tractor it corresponds to. You should be able to do some googling to find out the a/r's if it's not available on the turbo. I'd then head over to turbomustangs.com and post a thread. Be sure to include all a/r numbers for the compressor/turbine of the turbo. If you don't know them…they can't help you.
Last but not least….be sure to post any data you find out about the turbos.
If its the white convertable that had a 5.4 with the john deere turbo, I know the guy. He just grabbed a random one off ebay and it worked. I could probably get some numbers off the turbo if you really wanted it.
On the car I turboed I used a Holset h1c turbo from a Inline 6 Diesel engine that was on an old Crane.. Its the same turbo that was used on the Dodge Cummins Diesels..
a turbo isnt "JUST" a turbo, some of your diesel turbos lack proper oil seals for the bearings in the center section allowing oil to enter the compressor and be injested into the engine which is fine for a diesel engine because oil and diesel are only a couple hydro-carbons apart but can be detrimental to a gas engine when you add oil to 93 octane gasoline in a boosted application, just check for proper oil seals befor commiting to using one... just trying to help you out
Never heard of a, properly functioning turbo, letting oil into the motor by design. I know diesels hold alot of oil, but by letting the turbos burn the oil in the exhaust side or letting the motor ingest the oil on the pressure side, would'nt this cause the motor to run low on oil? At least eventually? Makes no sense. As long as it's not one of those variable pitch vane turbos (think thats what they call em') and is sized properly, should be just fine.
diesel turbo's will work fine, just bolt it up, guys all the time put hy and hx35 turbo's off rams on little 2.3t's they spool fine and they are cheap.