Best Turbo for 3B Diesel...

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Firstly congratulations on a cracking length of ownership! :)

It will likely be fine. You could do a compression test to make sure. I recently pulled the head off my own 3B in a BJ73 with almost exactly the same mileage and it still had good crosshatching on the bores and I think this hasn't had the impeccable service history of yours.

About the only thing that kills these motors is the precups cracking in half and falling into the cylinder, this happens with age and heat cycling. Unfortunately you have to remove the head to replace them and it's wise to do so before turbocharging. That said, if it's mostly done highway kms and you've let it warm down before you switch it off/warm up before you give it some welly they will likely be in quite good condition.
 
G'Day Fella's,

Thank You for your kind words and that info Dare, very much appreciated.
Given what you have recommended, I'll have a chat with a couple of Mechanic mates about this and the conversion.

Regards
Homer
 
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So, regarding to the title, what is the best turbo for 3B?
 
Hello,

Just and update for this very old post, I did describe 3 different turbos and I would say hands down the Turbo glide is the best for my application. It is still in use today for my heavy wheeling truck - BJ70 ragtop, 35" tires, cable lockers front and rear. I take this truck out trails with some rock crawling and a lot of climbing, does the trick for wheeling spins up quicker than the bigger CT26. I have factory 4.11 gears in factory cable lockers with 35" tires and it will go 65mph on the hi way no problem. I have been using this turbo for 12 years, and have not had a single problem with it.

Cheers,

Michael
 

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