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Hi guys just a couple of questions about the turbo on my starion. Spoke to a previous previous owner who said the turbo had been chopped and changed but couldn't remember exactly how. So I'm trying to work out what I've got, what's been done to it, and because I'm bored, what I could potentially do with it.

The compressor housing is marked td05-12a, can anyone tell me the visual difference between compressors with suffix a, b, c, g etc?. And can a 12a comp housing be milled out to accept a bigger wheel? Previous guy said it might have a 14g wheel in it but the cover doesn't agree. Also the compressor blades are uniform which I dont think is the g wheel pattern?

The turbine housing is marked 060 which is physically small but I think some 90s onwards turbos had it so it's not necessarily an early 80s tc05 relic? IIRC the 060 pertains to max exhaust flow, so would it be a bottleneck if I were to increase compressor size 

I was considering putting a small 16g td05 on it, but not sure if the turbine housing has the same orientation etc as the old turbos... could get around this by using the existing housing but not sure if itll fit, or if it does, if itll just be a big bottleneck as previously stated  

general rule of thumb is that if they're busy as hell, it's for good reason

If the ad mentions the (stock) ITB's, the asking price is going to be at least 3x the going rate 

a lot of aircraft engines only have screens rather than spin on filters (although most are converted to them now)... in saying that, we also change the oil every 25 hours

grade 65 aviation engine oil (MIL spec 1065) is an SAE 30 weight non detergent oil.

i guess it wouldnt have, but my engine sat quite vertical. never had any problems with it or clearance problems with the pickup etc, i didnt track the car or subject it to huge g's sideways though

i have a modified rear bulge rb sump on trademe right now search "rb into z"

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 822682.htm

I'm sure you guys have all discussed it already, but I keep seeing this te45 popping up on trademe. sometime the price is very high, sometimes it seems to be a $1 reserve. Seriously it's on trademe more often than MY car is, and that's saying something!

this time it sounds like the seller is a bit pissed off, I don't want to ask him about it, but I'm just curious if anyone knows what the deal is with this car?

i just bought an aftermarket exhaust manifold, cut and re-welded the flange. use an inlet manifold from an evo 4+, it bolts on and faces the right way, just got to mod the fuel rail a little bit. havent done the water pipe yet but its just a flange off the back of the head with a tightish angle pipe off it, running to a remote thermostat. im running factory evo ecu, loom and sensors so should be pretty much plug and go

to be honest, its probably not really worth it going dohc, i just started doing it because i got bored and noticed all the evo stuff was getting cheap. by the time youve modified the dohc head to a point where the sohc couldn't compete, youd probably start blowing gearboxes and diffs. i think the dohc probably provides smoother power though. lag loses its appeal after a while

you should look into going dohc, its a surprisingly cheap conversion these days

going off what you said about electrics, measure the voltage across the battery terminals when the car is running, should be abot 14.7 volts. wondering if your alternator is acting up

if i recall;

1. is the ignitor box

2. is the ecu itself

3. is the sensor which feeds the boost gauge. this is the only one you can get away without having

i'll have a look for a wiring diagram, you might be able to download one via torrent maybe