This was originally posted all the way back in 2008 Fast forward 2011
3 years later after serving me faithfully my little turbo and after it outlasted the 4EFTE it came to trinidad with has finally died with its oil seals gone it left its nasty oil marks in my engine bay....and a huge blue and black cloud where ever I went
so sadly his time has come.......too soon some might say.
So I am taking the plunge into the TD04 world , EURO style so to say cause my TD04 is not JDM......after 3 years of excuses (to busy, to lazy, no money, finding no need to dump a perfectly good working turbo for the TD04) , finally after sitting in storage for 2 years I am now motivated to use my TD04HL turbo from a Volvo 940.. I had some adapter plates made today to re-use my OEM cast iron manifold.
The compressor inlet is 60mm, its not hard to fit. Its the right shape and the compressor outlet ends up pointing the right way up easily connect to my Subaru Top mount watercooler.
They come with a built-in blow-off valve which can be removed and blanked of with a plate but I will use it.
The compressor map shows it does not become inefficent until 1.75 bar but I not taking it that far anyway.
Will be using 460cc injectors with this set-up for sure with my AEM piggyback
The pic shows difference of inlet trumpet size of hybrid CT9 and standard CT9
Enlarged Compressor Inlet Trumpet to a massive 55mm
This TD04HL is even larger at 60mm
Compressor Wheel (Garrett GT type) 39.6mm
So here we go...................
I dropped of the manifold this morning around 8AM to have the plates made and fitted, got it back lunch time ready to go.
Plate 1 installed
Plate 2 installed
Back end installed
Test Fit Complete.......just to hook up water and oil lines.....
Finshed
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all 4e/5e are welcome 2 come an tune. 207whp means dat i have approx. 227hp @ d flywheel and i not goin 2 dyno over 2 make 3hp. When d forged internals reach then i go have some rediculous hp figures 2 post til then safe iz d word.
