Kinugawa 20g td05 vs vf52

[Clam129]

I posted on here a while ago about putting a vf52 in my legacy gt but I'm now thinking of using a td05 20g twin scroll turbo in my bl5 ej20x. Just want to know if anyone's had experience with a 20g on stock block and stock internals could it take the power easily? I'm still doing the supporting mods and will get a pro tune after but not sure if I should buy the td05 20g since I'm also going for reliability, just want to know a general idea before I buy it tomorrow. Reason why in going for td05 now is price, since I'm going for reliability I'm wanting new reliable parts so oem or reliable brands, if you guys have any other recommendations that be appreciated. Cheers, Tfa 

Edited June 2, 2017 by Clam129
My shitty English

[slystiguy]

Either should work, you won't be able to push much past 200wkw from what I read. Basically an ej205 with some better bits. Open deck engine, 9:5:1 compression,480cc injectors, good low down power but cams not setup for top end power,  so probably not a good idea to push it too far unless you have access to premium fuels like e85 ect. 

 

My pick would probably be the vf52, the td05 is more of a "top end power turbo" esp at that 20g size on an ej20 engine.

 

Some fellas in auzzy are running like gt30 and gt28 on them up around 250kw BUT on e85 

 

[Guest]

A 20g compressor is not big. The 16, 18 and 20g all have the same exducer just larger inducers. Most of the TD05 20g are laggy talk comes from people running chinese ones with 8cm housings on untuned subarus...

 

Avcs will also help on the response side of things.

[Andy_Mac]

Either way, you wanna stay twinscroll so a vf52 isn't the way to go. Better off going for a vf36 if going for an OEM turbo. 

[Clam129]

The td05 I was looking at is 10cm I believe, and I have thought about e85 but it's probably something I'd use later on after changing lines etc. My main priority is reliability don't wanna blow my engine just yet. Thanks for the suggestions I've been reading up on turbos and it's been hard finding turbos that fit the flange. Cheers guys 

[Guest]

10cm twin scroll is better than the 7 or 8cm single scroll imo.