td04 to td05 upgrade

[Timmah]

 joshhorn16 said:

Right so i bought a new line pill and t first put it in and wat do yu know 7 psi so then i saw the above guys post and realised i did just that and put pill in wrong line i fixed that it raised it to 10psi but i not getting the magical 13

10psi is right for a GF8 WRX

[joshhorn16]

but it used to be 13 ???

[WRXONP]

To clarify which car / ecu you have ?

[joshhorn16]

I have been told version 5 and version 6 by numerous people its a wrx not sti and im not sure of the ecu number if yu want i can lift the carpet later and check

[Pappu1]

 WRXONP said:

GFB > turbo smart anyway of the week with a bleed valve - turbo smart use ball and spring = inconsistent flow ad spike - GFB is a straight bleeder - far more consistent and less spike

nope the older turbosmart maybe but the newer ones are very good

have tested both back to back and gfb has more spike - even on their websire the boost curve shows a spike

in any case this is irrelevent if the OP wants to use the stock setup

[Guest]

whats the rego ill run it for you see what it comes up with. a pic of the engine would show which version quick as. is the coil pack in the centre of mani or offset on passengers side?

as above get the comp number too.

[joshhorn16]

Rego is gdd353 and the coil pack is in the centre yup

[Guest]

doesnt tell me sh*t is it nz new?

Make: SUBARU

Model: IMPREZA

Year: 1999

Submodel: 2.0 WRX HATCH MANUAL

Main colour: Green

Second colour:

Vehicle type: Passenger Car/Van

Body style: Station Wagon

No of seats: 5

CC rating: 1994cc

Fuel type: Petrol

Country of origin: Japan

Gross vehicle mass: 1,270kg

Engine no: 369106

1999 is late for v3/4. put up engine pic and comp numbers be easiest.

[joshhorn16]

Right just taken it to three different places. confirmed version 5. the boost issue will have to be sorted by a $115 dollar turbosmart boost tee. otherwise its over $2000 work and same outcome.

[Guest]

just had a flick back through your posts yea it is v5 same as mine.

what does $2000 work involve? any boost controller manual or electric will work and achieve what you want.

[joshhorn16]

$2000 is ecu tune and maf sensor

[joshhorn16]

my bad its 2800

[Guest]

for $50 you could buy the front corner of the header with an external wastegate port they pop up on trademe from time to time. that way you just change the wastegate spring. why didnt they offer you an ebc as another option? where did you go? that 2800 will be link im guessing.

[joshhorn16]

i asked them that but i asked for specific boost i dont wanna toss around with the boost all the time so ebc is overkill. as for the ecu it is link indeed i went to a place in pukekohe. i wouldnt mind a new ecu as they do sound like they give you bang for your buck

[Guest]

ebc just gives better boost response from mine and others experience not so much the tutu factor.

ecu is mint as gives headroom for bigger better mods down the track. it all comes back to how much you want to spend and what you want to achieve now and in the future.

[Timmah]

I'm really confused here, what's the problem??

The correct boost for a V5 WRX wagon is 10psi. Only in the V7 onwards did the TD04 varients have a higher boost stock.

It's the STi's with the bigger turbo stock that made 14.5~15psi boost stock.

Don't forget a TD05 making 10psi is flowing a lot more than a TD04 at 10psi.

[joshhorn16]

greatest (sarcasim) thing happend to me today i walked out of work to go home started the car and my boost gauge didnt move at all popped the bonnet and noticed that the boost line was broken (least of my worries) i also noticed that the water line to the turbo was torn and all the water had drained out problem is i had been driving for a good two hours solid and have no idea when this line tore. the water once replaced is not oily and the oil has no water in it. is it possible that i have severly damaged the engine.

PS to the bost above as i said before i changed the turbo boost was 11 to 13 psi

[Guest]

were you watching the temp gauge? that will define it.

[joshhorn16]

temp guage stayed the same the whole time

[Guest]

fill it up and keep a close eye on the level and gauge.

some one closer to you could check it over in person it wouldnt hurt.

[Disruptz]

this might sound silly, but was the vacume line with the pill installed the correct way? iv'e done this before and had a simmilar problem and couldnt push past 10psi ;D

^ my money on it

[joshhorn16]

sweet what i can say is that at 10 psi you can barely hear the turbo but it F***in hauls

[joshhorn16]

yeah mate installed corretcly

[joshhorn16]

the ecu is e3 if anyone is still concerned