Turbo recommendations

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! And again, NO!

I have no clue where this '2/3' junk came from, but that's the most garbage I've heard. Also, any slant turbo article *I've* ever read was garbage, with no truthful/useful turbo sizing info. The best 'off the wall' guess I can say is look for something relatively the same as the engine you're building. Not sure if that makes any sense...

Basically, If you're wanting to look at it in 'simple' terms, a 3.8 Buick turbo.

The more you look into it though, you'll realize if you use the Buick turbo it is extremely inefficient, and don't expect very much out of it. Really, don't expect very much if you are just bolting on a turbo to a stock slant. To take full use of it, you need to do all the N/A type mods as well (better flowing head, proper cam, good rotating assembly, intake, etc.), plus your turbo stuff (turbo, aftercooler, blow off valve, wastegate, etc.)

You may be able to go the reman route (actually, I'd look into that too) but you still have to get the right turbo. You really just need to do a LOT of reading, especially on turbo sizing. Sorry, I can't point you out to a good site that introduces basic turbo stuff and theories. I'm afraid anything I pointed you towards would be way too much to take in at once.

Junkyard turbo: I'd treat stuff out of the junkyard about like I'd treat cheap chinese eBay stuff. I'd stay pretty far away. Just me. However, you'll see people that use chinese eBay stuff in their builds replace them shortly. Kind of seems to be a waste of money to me, especially risking detrimental failure. Ain't my money.

Also 'Keep in mind I don't know anything about turbos, this is my first forced induction project.' that's why you learn before you build :thumblef:

Best of Luck!