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[evo-gsr]

Fucking hell....thats 3 fucking close shaves for you man....time to buy a Lotto ticket...but I want half!

[VIN18M]

What Ian said.

Tough luck mate, that really sucks.

[BYBY5L]

Cheers Jack, am ok, sore back neck an head, usual sort of injuries, an nope, no bang but plenty of crunches!

An yea Ian, I did think that but will probably look at keeping the shell of the black 1 I have an just building a race car, ive been contemplating selling the gsr or the 5 as 4 car regos a bike reg and insurance was killing the build funds

[BYBY5L]

Yea jamo, I got 1 for all the lotto draws this week too, lol, guess im like a walking jinx or something

[evo-gsr]

Walking jinx? Fucking lucky your walking at all man.

[dan88]

Anybody know anything about kinugawa turbos or are they cheap knock off of the td0516g

[evo-gsr]

Google mate. Some people say they are shit..others love them...its kinda something you need to read up about then decide whether to take the punt...for the price not that big of a gamble..longevity is the question but.

[VIN18M]

I'm running one, haven't had any probs so far and did a lot of research before buying it.

 

Silvia and Skyline guys swear by them, and I haven't found many stories about them failing. I know there was an issue with the one's that run the aftermarket style black wastegate, as the bracket wasn't strong enough to hold the gate shut at high boost. I've been running mine (standard style wastegate) at 24-25psi for about 5,000kms and haven't had a problem so far.

 

I've read mixed feedback on customer service regarding warranty/replacement parts, but generally the feedback is good.

 

There are a few guys on here that run them without any problems, best to read up on them and see what you think.

[evo-gsr]

Yeah that wastegate point is true.....had a similar problem with one I trialled.

[dan88]

Hmm been offered an original td05 rebuilt with 30 miles on for £550 but seen these for like £200 but couldn't decide on them

[dan88]

Will any td0516g fit like one off an evo 567 or 8

Edited by dan88, 03 March 2015 - 08:27 PM.

[VIN18M]

Unfortunately they face the other direction, so it could be done in theory but will involve more custom work.

 

Much easier to just stick with the Evo 1-3/VR4 16g.

 

If I were you I'd go the brand new Kinugawa 16g, they come with 12months warranty and at half the price and probably just as good for what you're using it for, it makes sense.

[dan88]

Is it just a case of porting the manifold to fit the td05 to it ?

[evo-gsr]

Yes...as well as mods to the front pipe to make it fit.

[dan88]

Was it a custom job to mate up turbo elbow to exhaust ?

[evo-gsr]

Yes.

[dan88]

Bollox not gonna do that at home

[leadfoot]

yeah td04 dump has flange at a different angle to td05

[Ian91]

You could buy turbo, dump and front pipe and mate it at the cat, at least you'd have enough exhaust to drive to to an exhaust shop if it didn't fit straight up to the existing cat and mid pipe

[3VOLUTIONIST]

Dont want to hijack the thread but I'm planning on putting a TD05-14B onto my GSR, will I need to make the same modifications to the exhaust to get that to fit?