drewruberry

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HI,

With my car being a 1993 wrx import does anyone know if my turbo is a td04 or a td05.

Thanks all




Drew

TopBanana

td05

chocolate_o_brian

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tb how can you tell mate? mine a 95 wrx but its got all the gear off a 93 wrx inc the engine and ecu etc. i thought it was a td04 turbo...

whats the difference for a novice as me?

TopBanana

I believe all the saloons had td05 turbos up to and including 96, and the wagons has td04s.

td05 is a fair bit bigger. In standard trim the td04 is actually better in my opinion because it's more responsive. The td05 is more tunable.

gotmashed

the easy well to tell is on the turbo housing theres a plate which will tell you the make and number of said turbo

gadgetz

Can you switch between the two? Mine has just popped, been offered a TD04 as a replacement for peanuts but i believe mine is a TD05....

nickwrxstiV2

TD04 can't shift as much air as the TD05, you'd need it remapped (more expensive than actually replacing it with another TD05!!)

Nick.

TopBanana

Is your TD05 rebuildable?

gadgetz

not looked that far ahead as yet, just been offered the td04, dont want to be remapping, just need to get rolling again, looks like it seized, prop wont spin, started billowing smoke out of exhaust friday night!! Will look into repair too i guess. I am guessing its a td05 i have a wrx 1995 import.

jaytc2003

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mine was running a standard ecu on a smaller turbo without any problems. I have a my93 which should have the tdo5, but was found to have a replacment from a scrappy. didnt cause me any problems (apart from when I had the power fc fitted and we couldnt get it to hold boost)

Still makes for a very nippy car

jaytc2003

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btw I think there is someone on ebay who sells the repair kits for the td05

gotmashed

the rebult kit for a td05 can be found for £50 but it depends whats wrong with yours

gadgetz

thanks for all of your help so far, I'll weigh up the options before rushing I think, may have a cheap td05 in the pipeline too.

Fingers crossed this solves it and no other damage has been done!