How to tell a CB from T1 or T2

[ThePeachCorps]

Ok, this is a stumper for me, and it's a four parter question, please respond since this will help me nail down the final price for my new toy.

Here's the back ground on the car:

Factory turbo car T-1 or T-2 unknown? (or at least to me)

Factory auto tranny, currently with O/D remove and lockup feature on convertor with a 3000 stall built in Kentucky somewhere

At 111,000 miles the motor was swapped out and has a factory style rad./IC combo and looks like a stock T-2. This was in 1999 and also done in Kentucky, the motor was said to be a Dodge Dyno testing motor orginally and is in good shape. It was aquired from a factory backed racer of some sort. It does also say T-III on the drivers shock tower? I know it's an 8V head, but could the block be a T-3 with an 8V head on it? I'm currently asking the local owner to put me in touch with the guru in Kentucky. This isn't BS and the local guy is honest I know him and he know's car well, just not TD's he bought it on a whim. It isn't using a bleed boost or cut out raiser system that I can tell. It seems like a chip run system. I was on the clock at the city and could stick around long.

1. In 1988 could a Shadow ES come with a T-2 motor?

2. How to tell a CB 2.5 from a T-1 or T-2 2.2?

3. If the car CAME with a T-1 or T-2 what kind of auto is it and is it good for drag racing/daily driver?

4. If it's a CB is it a larger rod size then a T-1 or T-2 and are T-2 rod forged?

5. Would you buy it clean car with all this done for $2500? Thanks, Micah

[ThePeachCorps]

And, oh yeah the throttle body on the one piece intake says "Holley" across the top of it? Never heard of this?

[ThePeachCorps]

Also, the T-III on the shock tower is handwritten in along with when the motor was changed, date etc... It's not a factory sticker or anything. I just need to know what kind of motor CB's are good for 22 or so PSI as I here (and yes, I know how, just not good with non/CB motors which is why I sold my GLH), but what are T-2 motors good too? And, what tranny is this most likely since it's "the factory" one or it is believed strongly to be it. And, would this tranny hold up daily driving and then weekend racing? I think it's pretty well built having to O/D and lockup feature removed making it a simple three speed, and the guy that owns it says it still gets 25 on the highway.

[Turbodave]

That's a confusing list of questions...

1. All 89 and newer 2.2/2.5 engines are a Common Block, including the TI and TII.

2. 88 shadow was not available with a TII so it is probably a 2.2 TI (non-common block).

3. The 88 TI has the lightweight rods. 87-88 TII and all common block turbo motors have the heavier rods.

4. All of the blow thru intake throttle bodies were made by Holley, nothing special there.

5. TII engines had a black valve cover and intake, TI's were silver

6. 99.9% of the time common blocks will not have a block off plate for a fuel pump like the older engines. This would be located on the front of the engine to the left of the dist.

7. All Turbo engines that came with an automatic got a 3spd non-overdrive non-lockup trans (A413). The exception is some of the later mexican cars that got overdrive and 91-92 TI cars that got a lockup convertor.

8. study www.thedodgegarage.com turbo database section