Turboing Safari

[u13turbo]

Got a mate wanting to turbo a safari, I have been searching through the forums and have seen TD05's seem to be a good choice to use? After a decent brand so it can actually run 15ish psi, not chinese shit like DSR or Scarles etc. Where is a good place to get a manifold? not to bothered about the quality of that. Also, for 15psi will it be necessary to intercool? Ideally getting a whole kit minus turbo would be good, is that an option from somewhere?
Also i seen a manifold somewhere with a T3 flange, what are the Rb turbo's like for a diesel?
Cheers

[crazyclark31]

go with a j pipe. cheap simple and work. Tdo5s will run 15psi easy but for the sake of longlivity put a rebuild kit in. you should be able to get a second hand turbo and rebuild kit for same price as one of those crappy ones new. If he gunna run that kinda boost level the intercooling is a good idea if not a must.
Don't go any bigger tha a 16g small wheel(wrx size) or he'll have massive lag.

[u13turbo]

What exactly do you mean by j pipe? and sweet so just a Wrx turbo? is there any other cars the 16g's come off?

At a guess front mount intercooler would cause to much lag?

Thanks for the info mate.

[crazyclark31]

its a pipe that comes off the manifold and upto were you'd mount the turbo.like this

I used a wrx turbo on this setup. if you get one with the elbow on the inlet of the compressor,it needs to be cut off and a straight piece of pipe welded on.

[u13turbo]

Ahh yeah i see what you mean. Hes pretty keen to get a new manifold and all the bits, just not really happy with the crap turbo's, so yeah the TD05's seem like a better idea

[nismo26]

Not much choice for manifolds over here, either have to make one or buy one, a good Aussie one is $700-$800 can still get the DSR type off ebay they aren't to bad for the price, a new TD05 with a t3 flange is around $1450+gst. The evo and wrx turbos have different flanges to most of the manifolds that you can buy off the shelf.

[crazyclark31]

yeh thats true. would have to make an adapter

[u13turbo]

Yeah adapter or buy correct turbo flange and weld on?

[crazyclark31]

most of those aftermarket manifolds are cast so welding on is not really a good idea.

[u13turbo]

I thought that may be the case. Righto guys cheers for the info, bit of deciding to do

[coxsy]

my garrett turbo was $1400 on a dsr ex manifold,