anyone know what big trucks come with HT3Bs? I need to get one and not pay shipping.

 

I believe they were commonly used on older large cummins engines. I'm not sure which models though.

 

Hey Lance check this sight out I thoink it will help you out with the Ht3b. If you are looking to do twins there are other turbos that will work but I'm not sure which ones though.....http://www.dieselevante.it/index.aspk

 

omg that site is grrreeeat! thanks!

 

Hey No problem!

 

i've seen some on 855 c.i. or 350 or 400 cummins in semi junkyards and part houses

 

Be carefully on which BTH-3b you select, they are not all the same. Any truck shop or turboshop will have them. I found 3b's and s400 for around $600, not wastegated. Typically garrett k-31 have a wastegate and flows the similar amount of air as the 3b and S400. The turbine housing is tighter on the k-31 than the other so it will spool faster but will have higher egt's. All of these turbo make nice primary turbos for twins.

 

I have been looking for any one of these little Gems in good used condition for some time now and I thought with the number of Big Rigs out there in Bone yards there be something but so far nothing. I have seen a few on Sleez Bay but not exactly what I am looking for. Bottom line is you either have to get real lucky to find a good used one or Buck up and buy new..........

 

I wouldn't mess around with a burnt-out/carboned up old turbo when you can buy a new one for around $600. This way you can also get the exact turbo you want not any turbo.

 

couldnt get the link to work, anyone else?

 

Ya me either?? Am I a dummy.? Click the linky and no worky??

 

I couldn't either, I had to google dieselevante to find it.

 

Take the k off the end of .aspk

 

Yae I almost agree Mike but it's a real tuff Budget I'm working on and No doubt I will end up just waiting and saving for an s400. Just beanch racing and thinking about how to make more power the cheapest I guess........

 

I saw a 3B go in ebay for $150. It looked abused but cheap. The little parts will drive up you cost. I'm building a set of twins. My costs right now are around the $3K mark, excluding tools. The 3B is the easy way to build twins. The air tubes are easy and simple. The S400 you have to get a clamp style for the discharge nozzle. I would just get a machine shop to build something you could weld. Also the S400 you will need to use a few more bends as the compressor discharge is in a different direction than the 3B. How much power you want to build for? There are several different styles of S400 available. I have my eye on a low pressure ratio, high flow S400 (airwerks 171702 series if I remember correctly). The max air flow is around the 90 to 100 lbs/min area, so there lots of air available. You only need about pressure 2.5 ratio to get to 25-30 psi of boost depending on your elevation. You secondary will take the boost up to 60+ psi.