ClintUK

Are there any differences between a 97 TD04 and a new age one ?

I may be swaping one over as mines a bit noisy and wondered if the new age unit is just a stright swap on to my 97 car.

Thanks

cookstar

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one will be side entry i believe, so will need to be converted.

Tone Loc

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MY97 is front entry, new age is front entry... straight swap.

Tony.

scooby_matt

I've got a lovely TD04 for sale should you need one

cookstar

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I stand corrected

hades

Rumour did have it that the new age turbo's flowed very slightly better at the top end (albeit a very marginal difference). Whether there is any truth to that rumour or not, I don't know.

Either way, they look pretty well identical and will swap with minimal effort.

Cookstar - I believe that the older right-angle entry turbos were the TD05s fitted to earlier cars

cookstar

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Ah, i knew the TD05 was, because i have one i need to convert for my Bug WRX, shouldnt make the assumption that they were all run in same way.

Jay m A

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Being pedantic, the TD04 did come as right angle entry on the pre 97 WRX wagons

cookstar

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^^^ see thats what i was thinking

Butty

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The last couple of classic TD04s I took off had an oil feed bolt (turbo side) with a hole about 4/5mm - that was off some 97 models.
Taking off my newage TD04 before christmas, I found the banjo bolt hole had shrunk to about 1/2mm and was the same size as the VF bolt I wa fitting, which got me confused.
Perhaps the newage TD04s's have a different bearing design that needs a lower oil flow rate and can keep spooling a bit further up the rev range?
Might explain the extra power that newage TD04's "could" be producing?

Nick