Thread: My B14 build! DE+T

I've got a 96 200SX SE-R I've had for some years now. It's been an awesome car and now it's time to make it bettter. I went with a TD04HL-15t turbo on stock RWD turbo manifold. I couldn't find a bluebird mani cheap enough at the time, and I got this for a steal. I have a lot in store for my beloved b14, and will probably have lots of questions .

Here are some old pics of when the b14 first went under the knife. I'll get better and more recent pics soon.

And I thought my T25 was small! :yikes:

lol, that thing will be at full boost at 2500 rpms, either way im sure an upgrade is already planned,

Boost is Boost so u cant go wrong

Yeah, I know. Lol. I first bought a T04E, but later realized what all I was going to need to run it properly. So the td04 is just something to play with until I can replenish my funds.

At least when I can afford the bigger injectors, ecu, and such for the T04E, I'll already have a base turbo setup to work from.

Just finished my build this past weekend, and even though everyone's crackin' on my tiny td04 turbo I must say I was very pleased. Especially after I settled the wastegate at about 12psi. It spools up at about 2200-2400 and pulls pretty good until about 6200. That bigger compressor made a heck of a difference. My friend says I won't know what boost really is until I get the T04E installed. Lol. I have to agree though. Yesterday he said he was going to show me a "real" turbo....and plops down a Holset MF'ing MONSTER turbo off some diesel. The thing had to weigh about 50lbs! He said for a case of beer, he'd figure out some way to cram it under my hood. :O

The only thing I feel that didn't turn out well was how I had to completely butcher the stock bumper cover to get that 3" core intercooler to fit. It's hideous looking. One of those drift style covers would work great, but I really don't want to see my car posted on the "Ricer spotted" thread. lol.

Other than that, I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out.

can u rotate ur pics around. my neck is hurting. lol

Sorry about the sideways pics. Don't use my phone camera much. All the good pics are on my digital camera.....the one my wife left the charger for in Gatlinburg!

nice i kinda like smaller turbos for the faster full boost and full powerband you cant beat a small turbo at least untill you max out the psi or power efficency of the turbo

so a td04 will fit a det manifold?

Not sure about ANY td04, but this particular turbine had a T2 flange.

What's not shown in the pics, is where I had to fab up an adapter. One of holes in the flange of the turbine was threaded directly into the housing. So I had to make an adapter to mount between the mani and turbine, to be able to use bolts for either flange. Studs weren't an option.