Friday works for me then. It's only the rear 2 so it shouldn't take that long (hope). I found that removing the rear seatbelt helped SO MUCH when it came to taking off the top hat bolts.

 

I wanna come and hear Kyles car!

 

I'll be in Santa Cruz from around 2:30 to 5 on Friday. If you guys need any tools let me know. If I have em you can use em.


And no it really should take too long to do what you're doing.

I really need to get this damn turbo in my car. I've got some kind of oil issue. I think it's pooling up in my turbo. Stinks to high heaven if I have to idle for very long.

Going to probably send mine off to have it rebuilt and "stroked". Do a super TD04. Then switch em again. The one I have is a loaner from my buddy.

 

I'll have my work truck since I'm on call. I can rev that for you it's a F350 super duty LOL

I think next friday will just be for Jody's rear suspension not the official install day since I won't have my car and since im on call

 

Should be good on tools... Will be working on his car at my house in salinas(around the corner from the hawaiian BBQ place). I might be doing my MBC if it comes in time. I still need that damn Walbro, Xmas killed my bank account. Hopefully I'll get lots of OT next week so I can get my Walbro and my tune!

 

Nice pumped for our next run..

 

What's the deal on the "super td04" what does it compare to? I want a 16gxt either that or a VF48

 

With that 16GXT you'll be making 300whp easy.

I have no clue what I want to do power-wise past stage 2.

 

TGV deletes,Walbro,injectors,and MBC seem to be a pretty common setup for eq tuned STI's. To bad we don't have e85 around here! Ed just Setup a stage 2 ej20 with the stock td04 on e85 and it put down 260 awhp! Usually would be around 220. That's 40 whp just with the fuel. Unfortunately e85 wont be around forever

 

16xt is my hands down favorite turbo on the 2.0. Will probably go with an 18 when I go 2.5.

GrimmSpeed

Vouch used to do compressor wheels too. Like 18g wheels intoo the td04.

 

$250 not bad for a port n polish job. I wonder how the turbo will hold up after, I read on the 3000gt forum about modded td04's not lasting very long.. Once I get my car tuned I am going to start planning for a clutch, then I'll move onto some cosmetic stuff until I can afford to do the full drivetrain swap, oh and I'll probably need the 105k maintenance by the end of next year. Subies are money pits lol

 

Agree... Subies are indeed money pits... Seems Like every other month the car needs something.

 

PnP should improve life. Coated with a larger wheel... I'm sure it could effect life. But so far I've found that stock ones last at most 100k. They seem to go around 75-85 for me.

It's not a permanent solution any how.

Basically... my turbo is toast and my motor has 197,000 miles on it. I need a turbo to keep it going until it's toast. I don't like putting stock parts back on. If it's off... upgrade.

I've got a loaner turbo so I can either buy a used TD04 or send mine out for a rebuild for an extra $100. Figure... why not.

At this point I'm passed the yeah when it goes I'm getting a new motor to the point of... how long can I keep this sucker running! I want to see how long these things can last when properly maintained.

In the meantime I'll have time to work on my caddy and get it running. I'll have to drive it daily while my car is down. Then I'll pick up the swap that I choose. Take all my crap out. Either put my stuff in or have GST or DB put the new stuff in. Break it in. Then have Mike give me a solid tune. 2.5 liter with an 18gXT mild tune. 290-335whp. Then I will likely not touch it again until that one goes boom... lord willing it'll be 150,000 miles later or after I sell it and buy a new one. LOL! I'm holding out for the Legacy Turbo Diesel. LOL!.

 

Needs.... LIES... more like YOU WANT!!!!


If you are an enthusiast all cars are money pits. Well all cars are anyways. Every second you spend driving it the value goes down (in most cases).


You want a money pit... buy an old cadillac. Stuck lifter... no big deal right. $1500 later... Need to change out some springs... $800 later I have a repair job that I could have done for free. Got sold the wrong springs and spindles.

Paint... not a simple respray like our cars.

 

I have been drooling over diesel subies for a while. They have to use STI 6 speeds in them because they have 300+ tourque!