Hi guys,
Firstly, happy new year!
I, like many of us, have been spending some time looking into getting my car as safely and as cheaply as possible up to 400 bhp.
As we all know, the key restrictor to more power is those blummin pissy little TD03 turbos that we have. The obvious answer is TD04, or TD05s, but upgrading to those is neither simple or cheap!
I decided therefore that improving the TD03 so that its capable of running more boost is possibly the answer. I don't want silly power as I'm not out to win races or challenge Skylines, but I do want the car to feel that it's running to its true potential.
I phoned round most of the big turbo houses over the last few days with little interest and then today I might have hit a result... Spoke to Turbo Dynamics in Dorset today and they said that if they can source the parts, then they should easily be able to rebuild the TD03s with custom parts as hybrids to run at least 400bhp, maybe more. What they do need though in order to try is the turbos to study so that they can see what they're up against.
If this works, then we will be able to run our VR4s without significant work or cost at the elusive 400bhp that we all crave!!!
I was quoted that a normal rebuild for 2 turbos would cost about £1000 all in.
So, the big question is - Does anyone have a pair of VR4 TD03s lying around so that we can suss this out?
Answers on a postcard...
Cheers,
Mart.