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Old 17 January 2017, 04:39 PM
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Ah ok forget the above then !! Lol .
Old 17 January 2017, 04:41 PM
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It's trying to find a vf52. Most I see are vf35's on scoobynet
Old 17 January 2017, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Matty81
I spoke to a guy from fb tuning mate and he said that the turbo flange on an 08 is different to previous wrx'. A vf52 maybe my only option. Only wanna push 300.


Why do you want to push 300bhp? Are you chasing numbers for pub talk? Personally I'd just get the existing TD04 turbo mapped to the best of it's ability.


It's a small turbo and as such turbo lag is very minimal and it makes for a great road car when mapped in right. You are unlikely to hit 300bhp but you will end up with a nice car at the end of it. As already said, possibly billet wheel in the TD04 to help.


Don't chase numbers, It get's very expensive and doesn't always relate to how good the car is on the road. Just enjoy the car.
Old 17 January 2017, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ted bass
Running a vf34 with supporting mods on my 06 Hawk wrx, dyno print out was 331/330 but find it a bit laggy and don't spool up all that quick, hoping a harvey trick pipe and a tweak will help matters
VF34 shouldn't be laggy at all on your setup. Should be great. It's a ball bearing turbo and they normally work very well indeed.

Your torque figure looks a little low for a 2.5 to be honest. Could be map related? Can you post your graph up?

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Old 17 January 2017, 04:59 PM
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To me fair i did ask for a safe ish map and not to push it to much coz had the chocolate engine stories running round my head, as it currently stands the car was way more fun to drive running the TD04 with supporting modes, can post up graph if i can suss out how to do the bugger lol
Old 17 January 2017, 05:10 PM
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I've sent an email to a firm that can billet the turbo so I'll wait and see what they come back with.

To be honest if if I can reach 280/285 I'd be more than happy. As I don't want the problems that can occur when you try to push them to much mate
Old 17 January 2017, 05:10 PM
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I think cuprajake had the same issues running a vf34 and ended up going �� to a TD04 hybrid, the vf34 is only 18 months old and had only done 1200 miles since it was bought new from RCM
Old 17 January 2017, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JGlanzaV
If the headgaskets have gone then you will need to do the bearings too. They are liable to fail in short order after HG failure and you will end up rebuilding again
really? which bearings?
Old 17 January 2017, 07:42 PM
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Im running a TD04 Hybrid on my WRX same as Jake, Had it on RR & it showed 332 bhp with 298 torque
Old 17 January 2017, 08:13 PM
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Really ? How did you achieve that ?. What's the difference between a hybrid td04 and a normal one mate ?
Old 17 January 2017, 08:20 PM
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I'm assuming it's just a quicker spool between the 2
Old 18 January 2017, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by captainlip
really? which bearings?
Crank bearings, big ends normally but poss little ends too. As head gaskets fail they let in more particles to the oil which damage engine internals. As already said, when the head gaskets go, it's time for a full engine rebuild in good practice, otherwise the engine will fail again but worse very soon after.
Old 18 January 2017, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Justme103
Im running a TD04 Hybrid on my WRX same as Jake, Had it on RR & it showed 332 bhp with 298 torque
That's really good going for a TD04 (even a hybrid). I didn't think they were capable of flowing that much.....
Have you got the graph?
Old 18 January 2017, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ted bass
Running a vf34 with supporting mods on my 06 Hawk wrx, dyno print out was 331/330 but find it a bit laggy and don't spool up all that quick, hoping a harvey trick pipe and a tweak will help matters
A 34 should spool very nicely so i suspect there is another issue somewhere
Old 19 January 2017, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ste333
That's really good going for a TD04 (even a hybrid). I didn't think they were capable of flowing that much.....
Have you got the graph?
Here you go, Dont know how optimistic the rollers are but im more than happy how well it pulls,

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And it looks good showing that on a graph
Old 21 January 2017, 12:47 PM
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I think ive decided on a VF43 but they are just none existent to find for sale.




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