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Turbo Information and history:

"Garrett AiResearch was a manufacturer of turboprop engines and turbochargers, and a pioneer in numerous aerospace technologies. It was previously known as Aircraft Tool and Supply Company, Garrett Supply Company, AiResearch Manufacturing Company, or simply AiResearch."

In 1964, Garrett AiResearch merged with Signal Oil & Gas to form a company renamed in 1968 to Signal Companies, which in 1985 merged with Allied Corp. into AlliedSignal. In 1999 AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell and adopted the Honeywell name.

John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett founded a company in Los Angeles in 1936 which came to be known as Garrett AiResearch or simply AiResearch.[

The Company's first major product was an oil cooler for military aircraft. Garrett designed and produced oil coolers for the Douglas DB-7.[6] Boeing's B-17 bombers, credited with substantially tipping the air war in America's and Great Britain's favor over Europe and the Pacific, were outfitted with Garrett intercoolers, as was the B-25

On the industrial side, the first T-15 Turbocharger was delivered to the Caterpillar Company in 1955.[18] It was followed by an order for 5,000 production units, to be installed in the Caterpillar D9 tractor. "On September 27, 1954, Cliff Garrett made the decision to separate the turbocharger group from the Gas Turbine department due to commercial diesel turbocharger opportunities. That was the beginning of the new AiResearch Industrial Division for turbocharger design and manufacturing". This new division was established in Phoenix, Arizona.[19] AiResearch Industrial Division ("AID") would later be renamed Garrett Automotive.

Following the first phase of the Caterpillar project, Garrett turbochargers saw wider use on earth-moving equipment, in tractors, stationary powerplants, railroad locomotives and ships. The Garrett T11 automotive turbocharger came into being in 1960 and promptly became popular with diesel truck operators.

By 1962, Garrett was powering the world’s first turbocharged production car, the Oldsmobile Jetfire Rocket. This was followed by several other firsts, including the first turbocharged car to win the Indianapolis 500 (1968), the first turbo for a non-sports car application (1977-Saab 99), the first mass production turbo for diesel engines (1978-Mercedes 300SD), and the first turbo to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1978-Renault)".

To avoid a hostile takeover of Garrett's assets by Curtiss-Wright following Cliff Garrett's death in 1963, Garrett Corporation merged with Signal Oil and Gas Company in 1964.[23] In 1968, the combined company adopted The Signal Companies as its corporate name.[24] In 1985, Signal merged with Allied Corp., becoming Allied-Signal. The company acquired Honeywell Aerospace in 1999. Although AlliedSignal was much larger than Honeywell, it was decided to adopt the Honeywell name because of its greater public recognition.

Part of the original Garrett AiResearch became known as the Garrett Turbine Engine Company from 1979, and became the Garrett Engine Division of AlliedSignal in 1985. In 1994, AlliedSignal acquired the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division of Textron, merging it with Garrett Engine to become the AlliedSignal Engines Division of AlliedSignal Aerospace Company.[26]

Another part of Garrett AiResearch,The Garrett Aviation Division ("Garrett Aviation"),[27] which mainly services aircraft, was sold to General Electric in 1997 and later renamed Landmark Aviation after a 2004 merger. It became StandardAero[28] after a further merger in 2007 and it was owned by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise,[29] but subsequently purchased by BBA Aviation in 2015.

So reading the info above you can see that Garrett Turbos was constantly being bought and sold over the years.

A whole bunch of name changes did not help with Garretts survival in the turbo market. Borg Warner/KKK has done well in the turbo market and aftermarket turbo companies like Turbonetics and Precision Turbo have the hot rod market covered. Turbonetics and Precision are both owned by the same company Wabtec.

Wabtec Acquires Turbonetics, A Manufacturer Of Turbochargers For Industrial Markets around July 30, 2013. Harry sold Precision turbos to Wabtec a few years ago.

So the point of this thread is be very cautious of buying used turbos from the old Garrett Turbo people. Basically no really support there. Stick with the Turbonetics/Precision people or the Borg Warner people.

Tom V.

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