have a chance at gettin it back, aparently the turbo was shot and wasnt spinning, dumb me.. anyone know a cheap turbo that would work for it?

 

i heard somewhere that maybe a 300ZX turbo outta the mids 80s but i dont remember

I've heard of the bad penny always coming back, but the bad Dime...?

Oh, and so long as the compressor and turbine vanes aren't beat to hell and/or pitted, it should be rebuildable with new shaft bearings.

Rules of turbos:

DON'T jack rabbit start from OFF. They need oil pressure, don't rev the engine until pressure is built up.

DO let it wind down- don't fly into a parking stall and kill it. Let it spool down a bit. Otherwise it free-spins when the engine is shut off with no oil pressure. The bearings on these mini turbos are usually nothing more than brass bushings with oil passages.

DO ensure the turbo has adaquate oil volume. Pressure is secondary, you need flow. DON'T run a little feed tube off the oil pressure sender on the side of the block, it isn't big enough. Use a Nissan 280ZX turbo oil pump that HAS a turbo oiler fitting, and use braided hose that can take teh pressure (or Aeroquip hose).

I dunno- Was it a clone of something "Normal" like a T-3? Maybe one out of a Merkur or 80s Mustang Turbo?

the turbo is a rayjay model 302b-40. you could also use a rotomaster T4

if you want to find a rotomaster t-4 (TO4B)(which are fairly common)
the trim size is y-4 n-.40  .

 

this is the info on the turbo that was in there from the guy i bought it from

You had a T4 on an L16?!?  way too big, but if your exhaust manifold flange is that big, you'll have to go with that. A regular T3 would be much better for that size engine. You'll have much faster spoolup and more torque.

All 1981-83 280ZX turbo and the 84-89 300ZX turbo run the T3.

I would throw the turbo away and go sidedrafts L20b.
Start working on it now.
Would only that a day to put another motor in and have it running

Most of us are not turbo experts and the only turbo L series I see was YOU. Not like we have turbos lying on the floor of our garages.

have that guy working on that Mustang to help you out and paint the car at the same time

Put the dual sidedrafts on the KA engine and get more power than the L20B.

c'mon, you don't build these for fuel economy!

have you looked into any other motors a turbo ka is alright but the amount of $ you will spend to tubo it you could buy a ca18det and have a motor with only 60,000 or less miles and it was designed for a turbo it was also 185 hp stock and weighs the same as an sr 40 pounds less than a ka but if you got a ka and have the stuff you need to turbo it never mind :) one last thing to ca revs to i think about 8300 rpms stock redline. if i wasn't building an sr 510 i would build a ca turbo or an all motor ka.