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How can you tell by a pic what size turbo he has,i can't unless it's close up..
They all pretty much look the same.

I'm no expert on Volvo turbos, but I highly doubt when clocked to mount to the factory intercooler, the bolt on inlet, which is relatively unique to Fords, would point in the factory direction.

Cam timing, ignition timing, restrictions, improper wastegate settings, vac line configuration and boost controller configuration can, and will effect spool time. If the wastegate isn't close fully, you will eventually reach your desired boost, while overspinning the turbo and creating too much heat.

Ah much to learn ! Only the 83-86 2.3t's in birds/cougars came with a T3 with the bolt on . These did not come factory with a inter cooler unless you bought the Motorsports kit. They had a Hard pipe and some even had a FINNED cooled pipe witch is the old pipe with Fin on it for a heatsink. The 87-88 with the IHI turbo has a round outlet. Then also the Mustang SVO's back in its early days came with a T3 with a round outlet for there smaller than the later 87-88 turbo coupe inter cooler.  Then lets talk about clocking the 83-86 T3 with the bolt on . Easy as pie. Loosen up the front housing and spin her around. Lines up slicker than snot!LOL Then to get it to connect to the inter cooler no problem. There is several ways to do it. Make and bolt on  adapter or buy one on EBAY. Cut the factory pipe and use that or grind the  off the turbo housing and  NOW its round, or even just get a mustang SVO front housing and bolt that on. Then as for telling what turbo you really have you need to forget about looking whats outside and find out what is inside. Just like you they could have changed things up so head over to turbo ford and dig through there turbo ID guide. Then how would a T5 that is much larger and takes more force to make it rotate make boost faster? The less mass you have to spin the easier it is to make it move. The whole idea of the T3-T4 hybrid is your still turning a T3 but just slapped a T4 hot side on it. Kinda spools like a T3 but that even slows the spool time. What you think your gonna get with a T5 much larger everything! I'm sure that extra cylinder the VDub helps to spool that puppy.

Stuckman

The whole idea of the T3-T4 hybrid is your still turning a T3 but just slapped a T4 hot side on it. Kinda spools like a T3 but that even slows the spool time.

I'm sitting here laughing at you, because you have no idea the amount of knowledge and experience I have in the turbo ford world. Every turbo you mentioned, I have had at least two on my cars. Blew up two IHI's, ran a T3/T04B V-trim hybrid, ran a non-watercooled Thunderbird T3 with a .63 a/r. housing and SVO compressor housing with an ATP inlet housing, run a Precision SC50 on the car. The only turbo I never knew anything about in this conversation is the T5.


Incorrect. It's a T3 turbine side and center section with a T4 compressor side. Both the T3/T04B and the SC50 I ran started to make boost at nearly identical time, the difference was when they "swung" into full boost. The T3 was much quicker to make full boost, but the hybridshiznit much harder, and maybe 500 rpms later.

Also, the  you are talking about is the DISCHARGE . The intlet, or intake , is the one on the front of the turbo, where the VAM hose typically connects to. Much to learn huh?