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that amount of shaft play isnt out of the ordinary necessarily...... unless it is contacting the housing, the oil pressure centers it, you have to take out the whole center section to test properly for shaft play... or so ive heard
doesnt mean its not toast though, oil's is probably a bad sign,
you may need a oil restrictor in the feed
doesnt mean its not toast though, oil's is probably a bad sign,
you may need a oil restrictor in the feed
What do you mean? Its excellent
I have not messed with timing on my 2l, but Ive been reading along here for a while.
I think you have 2 issues at play now, main issue is timing. You should have been able to hit 110km on a flat with NA power.
2nd issue I think that turbo you got is not in the best of shape, that looks like a lot of radial bearing play. some side to side is ok, but it looks like the impeller has contacted the volute at some point. When the turbo is spinning at warp nuclear the impeller is probably rubbing on the housing and preventing it from spinning faster- even with that sharp downpipe you should be coughing up at least 10psi !
Is that crossover rubber pipe an old air filter suction line? is it capable of holding 20psi of 600°F air being forced through it?
its been almost a year since I last drove mine but I recall my pre turbo EGTs as
Idle 300f
45mph flat ground : 600F
65mph flat ground 725F
65mph with AC flat ground 825F
75 MPH up hill 1250F
75mph blasting up and over a hill with AC 1350
keep it up sounds like you are almost there
The one off the V10 TDI's? Well i guess theres two of them so each one is spun by 2.5l of engine but i feel like the spool time might be a bit long. GT2052 is pretty cheap you can look in to them as well, they were used in mid 2000s diesel passats and D5 volvos but i dont think NA got that engine
Well they made 66kw, same as the 2LTII, i think it should work rather well. Nice quick spool
GTSSportCoupe
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Don't get anything that is VNT, as you won't have a way to control that. Not sure if these are; but I wouldn't be surprised.
I looked around and there seems to be a few versions of the 1.3jtd turbo, one is definitely not vnt. If the turbo is off a twinair it might be too small for a 2L as its designed for a 900cc engine
The gt2052 is a cracking turbo, have one on my volvo. Personally I'd go for it over the td04 as its quite a bit newer
GTSSportCoupe
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It has the small 'L' turbine housing which is what you want. Should be perfect.
GTSSportCoupe
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I was going to suggest something like that. If I remember right, the TD04 series are pretty configurable with lots of interchangeable parts. If you can put an 'L' turbine housing on your existing turbo, you'll have better performance down low. There used to be a guy on these forums who knew the TD04 series inside out. His handle is 'gerg'. Could try messaging him and see if he gets back.
GTSSportCoupe
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Actually maybe you can't just change the turbine housing. Might have to change turbine also. Here is something I found on a Subaru site. You can see your turbine is larger than a TD04L.
Wheel Exducer (in.) Inducer (in.) Trim
TD04..........1.57.....1.86....71
TD04L.........1.62.....1.86....76
TD04H........1.74.....2.04....73
TD04HL.......1.80.....2.05....77
TE04H.........1.88.....2.01....87
TD05H.........1.93.....2.20....77
GTSSportCoupe
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Doing some more web searching, the Mitsubishi 4D56 which is a 2.5 litre IDI diesel similar to the 2LT uses a TD04-11G. ie. same compressor as your turbo, but with the smallest turbine housing/wheel (4cm I think).
So the one you have must be from something larger. Not sure what.... But I'm certain the turbine wheel/housing is definitely too big for a 2.4l diesel. In fact when I look that turbo up I'm seeing 7cm to 8.5cm exhaust housing, and used with 3.7l gas motors!
The Subaru TD04L-13T has a 6cm housing, which will flow a bit better than the 4D56 diesel 4cm housing, but not too much I don't think. Will give slower spool, but not restrictive at higher rpm.
So the one you have must be from something larger. Not sure what.... But I'm certain the turbine wheel/housing is definitely too big for a 2.4l diesel. In fact when I look that turbo up I'm seeing 7cm to 8.5cm exhaust housing, and used with 3.7l gas motors!
The Subaru TD04L-13T has a 6cm housing, which will flow a bit better than the 4D56 diesel 4cm housing, but not too much I don't think. Will give slower spool, but not restrictive at higher rpm.
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