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Thread: TD04l-13T(WRX) turbo on sr20de+t

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2011-07-06 20:10:50
#41
Your pictures are from a SAAB turbo i think...

The WRX td05H has a round 3 bolt flange and a near identical(maybe equal) j-pipe flange, 5 bolt... but that already comes with the turbo... the only flange i have to adapt is from manifold to turbo... the rest is clocking and rotating the turbo... and fitting of course...
2011-07-07 14:59:05
#42
It had Saab stamped on the tag, but it also has Mitsubishi ihi stamped on it too.
2011-07-07 16:59:46
#43
The WRX td05h has a very similar downpipe flange to the nissan t25/t28, by looking at it, i would say is the same...

A few years ago, i adapted a SAAB Garrett gt17 to a swift gti, with very good results... the turbine outlet and compressor inlet were a nightmare tough...
2011-07-08 05:12:13
#44
^^Lol. I just remembered. When I bought the td04hl, the seller on ebay listed it as a gt17. After a little research, I realized what it was. Bought it for $26, and it was in fantastic shape.

That td04hl had the 3 bolt outlet as shown in the pics. It wasn't easy to find a flange to fit it at the time. Wound up fabbing a lot more than anticipated. If I had it to do over again, I would have went with something that had more "standard" features like the td05.
2011-11-27 17:41:41
#45
My subaru turbo saga continues and it´s near the end...

I couldn´t find anyone willing to weld cast iron like i intended to... some completed rejected, some said it was possible but wouldn´t do it, some would do it but not on a turbo housing... etc etc...

I also was not very happy on the ideia of welding a t2 flange on the td05h housing...

So i´m gonna ditch the GTI-R cast iron manifold and go ghetto... the solution i found was to buy a ebay top mount stainless steel manifold, cut the t3/t4 flange and weld a subaru 3 bolt flange, next reinforce the welds, add some flange to flange brace and send it to make the flanges faces true, since it seems they come warped...

Also it seems the t4 compatible exit is way too wide for the 52mm turbine entry, soo i will be using a exhaust stainless steel reducer...

It seems a good idea on paper, i know the manifold eventually will crack, but the ocasional story of sucess makes me wonder... and there are a few... this way i gain a few bhp and save myself some trouble with space and welding cast iron.

What do you guys thing???

This is the manifold:

2011-12-06 01:11:15
#46
Arrived today... oh joy, oh joy... what a beautiful piece... i´m gonna reinforce it like in the pics... gonna ovalize the bolt holes to let it move on the heat/cold cicles and it will be ressurfaced...








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2011-12-06 02:01:15
#47
Interested to see how well these fit since they are listed for the RWD cars!
2011-12-06 02:24:17
#48
Originally Posted by MercerSX
Interested to see how well these fit since they are listed for the RWD cars!


Since it´s for a t3/t4 flange turbo and i´m gonna cut it and reweld a new flange at an angle i think you wont find any conclusion...

I think one of the problems i´ll have to face is the small gap for the 3" donwpipe, since the outlet is right on the middle of the manifold... it should be a more to the right like the other RWD manifolds...
2011-12-06 15:17:39
#49
Originally Posted by groundscraper
Since it´s for a t3/t4 flange turbo and i´m gonna cut it and reweld a new flange at an angle i think you wont find any conclusion...

I think one of the problems i´ll have to face is the small gap for the 3" donwpipe, since the outlet is right on the middle of the manifold... it should be a more to the right like the other RWD manifolds...


Cool, I have made a RWD bottom mount manifold work but really hope the top mount does too. Sounds like a good plan to make the downpipe fit. Excited to see you handiwork. Keep it up!
2012-01-09 01:26:39
#50
Well first the damn manifold dind´t line up perfectly, so had to enlarge and realine the holes... then as i expected i can´t mount the turbo like i want to, with the compressor to the right... it fouls the head...

Looks good at first...





How i wanted it to be:





Here it fits just fine, plenty of room for the 3"downpipe, clears the head and the radiator suport but the compressor cover hits the rad hose and cap... soo i´ll need a smaller rad like a civic or something and even more custom work and problems... damnnnnn





So i have two options: civic half radiator or do something like this:´





And this solution will allow me to perfectly position the genuine Tial mvs 38mm i bought in a 45º angle right bellow the gtir outlet, like a bifurcation, or Y(inverted), were one side goes to a 180º pipe to the top mount turbo and the other to the MVS wastegate...
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