V7 STI Turbo dying. Rebuild, replace or upgrade?

[gotasuby]

td06-20g turbos are fun ;D

[Simon C]

TD06 is supposed to be a bit laggy on a 2.0L, better suited to the 2.5L block. If you're around central Auckland sometime, I can show you what a TD05 18G is like.

[Guest crunchy]

 Simon C said:

TD06 is supposed to be a bit laggy on a 2.0L, better suited to the 2.5L block. If you're around central Auckland sometime, I can show you what a TD05 18G is like.

Thats not always the case and the reason is other things need to be done to over come that, the yellow sub i did in that speacial nzpc mag : runs alot bigger td06 than that making full boost at 3800 and over 380kw wheel.

Combos is what makes it and a single bolt on isnt always going to do that for you, thus why a catologe car doesnt garrentie you big performance.

Heads and cams are the main source for power in a sub, that combo is worth gold

[sultan]

impressive number and power band. if you can shed the detail, what head/cam work was done on that?

[BC5RA]

What impressed me about that car from memory was it was running a OE 5MT.

[sultan]

probably not a problem for 4th gear on a dyno, but i don't imagine the car has a quick quarter mile time to its name yet?

[BC5RA]

 sultan said:

probably not a problem for 4th gear on a dyno, but i don't imagine the car has a quick quarter mile time to its name yet?

It ran a 10. It was a feature comment on the cover. Think it was a high ten.

[sultan]

ok that is impressive. i'd love to see a breakdown of the run, i imagine it was an average 60ft and 1/8th with a vicious 2/8th and trap speed

[Guest crunchy]

10.84 from memory

i would have to ask the owner before i could give the details being asked, now in saying that the turbo setup i did for speedsource ver 8 also did a 10 and you wouldnt believe me if i told what it had for a turbo but i will say its was mainly a vf unit

[wrx_lou]

Listening....

[Guest crunchy]

 wrx_lou said:

Listening....

i will say we used a twin scroll on the ver 8

[wrx_lou]

Ah yes, Thought it would be a twin scroll.

[richm]

Update: Well the wizzing noise that started this thread after much investigation ended up being something simple - a loose clamp on the intercooler.

But: Since the turbo is already out and does have some play it is off to Steve tomorrow for refurbishment. We'll see what magic he can work with it!

[Simon C]

The scary thing is that if you'd paid Subaru megabucks to replace your turbo, and the noise went away because they tightened the clamp when they put the new turbo in, you'd be unnecessarily out of pocket. Assuming of course that the turbo still had some life left in it, of course....

[Guest crunchy]

 richm said:

Update: Well the wizzing noise that started this thread after much investigation ended up being something simple - a loose clamp on the intercooler.

But: Since the turbo is already out and does have some play it is off to Steve tomorrow for refurbishment. We'll see what magic he can work with it!

yep they rang me today lets see why its damaged first

[richm]

Update 2: Today I met with the God of Turbos who measured the play on my shaft (turbo shaft that is) to be only 2 thousands of an inch. Equivalent to that of a new turbo. So from a week ago having to get a new turbo, to a few days ago being able to repair it, to today having a turbo in as new condition, it has been quite a week... Now all I need to do is get mine put back in.

Thanks Steve. Appreciate your honesty and incredible knowledge. Will highly recommend.

[Guest crunchy]

 richm said:

Update 2: Today I met with the God of Turbos who measured the play on my shaft (turbo shaft that is) to be only 2 thousands of an inch. Equivalent to that of a new turbo. So from a week ago having to get a new turbo, to a few days ago being able to repair it, to today having a turbo in as new condition, it has been quite a week... Now all I need to do is get mine put back in.

Thanks Steve. Appreciate your honesty and incredible knowledge. Will highly recommend.

Thankyou for the kind words and glad i could help but i dont know crap and still learning all the time

I just have better luck than some do and i need to get out more often