House was empty tonight so had some time to play with this new turbo set up. Diogenese suggested I look at the actuator/waste gate and when it opened. I capped off the vacuum to the actuator and took it for a test drive and easily got boost to 10ish psi. I returned home and dropped the exhaust and ...

Thanks for the ideas. No, I'm not detecting much smoke at all - a little puff during start-up then it goes away. I thought this was a good sign but perhaps it means the engine is running too lean. I'll get under the truck this week and turn up that fuel screw a 1/4 turn and see what that does ...

Hey guys, sorry about the rotated photos - I'm an old geezer still sorting through some of this tech stuff :roll: About the turbo.... I'm mostly pleased with it's performance, but there's a lot of room for improvement. So I'm pretty happy with my EGT's. It seems like there is some cushion for error ...

photo.JPG The stars held with me an I was able to back it out of the garage last weekend! During this past week, the Narvara's gone around 150km on this turbo set-up. Overall, I'm impressed. I'm guessing there's 25% more power and responsivness. Before it was a slug and often a menace to other ...

It should be a good weekend with all the Stars aligning in my favor! Exhaust gasket came in a couple of weeks early. As far as I know all misc. parts and fitments are sitting on my bench. It will be a warm day on Saturday and I have a 3 day weekend. I should be able to assemble, turn key and drive ...

GregP - Know your pain..... I'm in the US with a Navara and its the same thing. I've been able to bump into a couple of parts guys and a Toyota forklift guy who are pretty keen and will help me dig for parts. When they leave me stranded, it's Ebay time. Ordered the factory Nissan TD manual (1st ...

Since I had a 3 day weekend, hoped to make some major progress but that didn't happen due to some parts challenges. Had OEM Nissan exhaust gaskets on order; 3 out of the 4 came in and the 4th wont be here until early March. Had some turbo/intercooler plumbing parts and the EGT guage get shipped to ...

Thanks for the input guys!

Guess I'm dropping the pan and welding a port for the drain.

Will try to post some more pics of the turbo transition piece this next week. Am waiting for a couple of orders to come in before moving on.

Wacked

During the last couple of months, I've been collecting bits and parts for my turbo upgrade. Based on some reading and availability of parts and local expertise, I've gone with the TD04-13 turbo off a WRX. Mr. FH2014 was gracious enough to sell and ship an exhaust manifold off a D22. From there, I've ...

Got it! Magor Props to FH2014!


Kiwi Post got it here - middle of the States - in 5 days.

Going to Denver this weekend to pick up a WRX TD04... Now let the fun begin!

BradNavara1.jpg BradNavara1.jpg DSCF5339.JPG [attachment=0]DSCF5339.JPG[/attachment Here's the "Wild Hair". Parked it inside for the winter now so I don't get salt and winter chemicals all over it to eat away at the body panels. Drove through MOAB area bringing it back from California. Hope to get ...

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Thanks for the South American/Mexico lead! The Old Man is vacationing in Belize in Feb., maybe he can chase down a manifold and Bosch VE pump with a compensator at a wrecker. These are the 2 items I'd like to source outside of the States. Can I weld a manifold up ...... yea ..... but I'll probably ...

Looking to upgrade my wheezy N/A TD27 to a turbo and need an exhaust manifold.

Would like to find one from a newer turbo'd TD27 or QD32. I live in the States so parts are rare/non-existant and need to be sourced over-seas.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Wacked

The "Wild Hair" is a JDM model 4dr crew. Got lucky..... I bought in w/o seeing it as it was in a container enroute from Japan and it's quite clean, good on rust, appears to have been babied. Like any used vehicle, has a couple of things to sort out. Has 94000KM on the clock. May have been cheaper to ...

Thanks for the Garrett lead. I will check that out.

Photos. I have a couple on my iPhone and will try to find how to post.

Wacked

Yea, I'm a Yank. Got a wild hair and bought a small diesel Ute a few weeks ago in LosAngeles. Drove it across country 2500K to its new home by Sturgis South Dakota. It's a double cab, 4wd, manual, and non-turbo. I need to turbo it, but I knew that going into the game. Don't know much about this ...