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Can I make myself a frankenstein TD04H?

Old Apr 14, 2012 | 08:07 PM
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I'm not having much luck finding a TD04-H 15g turbo on the cheap.
What I was thinking however is as plenty of cars use the TD04 in 3 bolt exh inlet spec, could I get one of them on the cheap, strip it and refresh the seals etc and rebuild it around this exh housing*, therefore converting it from a 3 bolt td04 to a t25 flange 4 bolt?

Reason being I already have a 4bolt greddy manifold and a greddy downpipe, just missing the bit in the middle now!


*link for exhaust housing
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinugawa-T...item416452a136

3 bolt TD04?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinugawa-T...item416452a136
Old Apr 14, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Why do you want a TD04?
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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I already have all the hardware to support the TD04 fitted to my car, just not the turbo unit itself
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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You can use any T25 on that manifold IIRC. You might need to do some modifying on the downpipe but that's your best bet.
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T25 will fit fine, but would need to get a custom downpipe made up, and by the time I've bought a T25 and had someone to make a suitable DP I'd be out of pocket, and dont really have any way of getting my car to an exhaust maker and dont fancy driving with an open turbo

I havent ruled it out totallly, but my ideal situation is to get hold of a TD04
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by oli_the_thread
I already have all the hardware to support the TD04 fitted to my car, just not the turbo unit itself
I did something similar for a t25/t28 Churbo to Subaru td04. Not the prettiest but functional. In my case I had the right turbo but wanted the instant spool of the TD04-13t. I will end up changing it to v-bands most likely.

https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo-discussion-14/td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-63926/
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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i just bought this and its on the cheap side...think its what youre lookking for as well..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380428448929...S:3160&vxp=mtr

hope it works
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Originally Posted by oldschool
i just bought this and its on the cheap side...think its what youre lookking for as well..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380428448929...S:3160&vxp=mtr

hope it works

Thanks for your help dude, but thats the same as a T25, using a garrett spec downpipe fitting.

This is actually the exact turbo I need, but what I'm really asking is, is it possible, using the parts in OP to make one, which would end up costing me less?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turbocharg...item1c1364b1ec
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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What I was thinking however is as plenty of cars use the TD04 in 3 bolt exh inlet spec, could I get one of them on the cheap, strip it and refresh the seals etc and rebuild it around this exh housing*, therefore converting it from a 3 bolt td04 to a t25 flange 4 bolt?
I think the exhaust wheels are different diameters on the Greddy TD04 15G and the Subaru TD04 13T so it wouldn't work.
(Presuming you are talking about the Subaru 3 bolt flange.)

Putting a TD04 13t between the Greddy flanges is possible but not elegant.

That said, a used ebay TD04 13t plus flange work would cost a lot less than the 469 gbp for the TD04 15G link you posted.
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cheers guys!
All well worth noting

I'll keep looking for now as I have a snapped wrist so any spanner work is on hold anyway, but if needs be then I'll have to look at alternatives
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