This question probably doesn't have anything to do with Maximas but as a 3rd gen Maxima owner, I want to ask my people (thats all you 3rd gen owners, in case u didn't know). This morning I got the turbo from a diesel Mercedes. The turbo is in pretty good condition (it's clean with no cracks, theres no play in the blades and it spins freely). What do you all think I should do with it?

 

I'll buy it from you.

 

wow diesel mercedes + turbo =

 

what year was the mercedes that the turbo was off of?

 

i'm not sure on the year, I think it was a 1989-1994

 

i knew that someone would say this at one point in this thread. i didn't think it would be the first one.

 

My fam has three turbo diesel benz's and when they kick in all i can say is DAYUM...nothing but black smoke and space. Them germans know how to make a faken car go.

 

it will be to small to make any power

sell it to a ricer

 

find another one and set up twin turbo.. VG30ETT... how about that.. haha

 

really? it seemed pretty big. so r u saying it wont do anything to a Maxima?

 

it will perform very little on a maxima

 

1. there's a turbo forum that is frequented by some very knowledgable people
2. a turbo for a diesel only needs to be 1/2 the size of one for an equivelent displacement gas motor

 

Unless you have a CAT motor... I've worked on some pretty big turbo's off diesels. I hate to imagine what one would look like on the dump trucks that are as big as a house.

 

a 3.0 diesel turbo is only good to about 1.5 on a gas motor