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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 10:41 AM
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buying a xs t04e turbo

As I already stated i am getting a t04e turbo. The same turbo that comes in the xs engineering kit. I was wondering what manifold and what mm wastegate will i need to complete the kit. thanks
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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ah, youre JUST getting the turbo? i had that kit. if i were you id get their manifold and the hks race wastegate. . . thats what came with mine.

i ended up upgrading my to4e to a 60-1. . . the to4e just doesnt have that high end "mmph". i was only able to make 347rwhp. . . heh, that can be done with stock twins!!!
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Well my friend got 379 on 1 bar on pump gas with this turbo so i was going to try it out.
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by floman
As I already stated i am getting a t04e turbo. The same turbo that comes in the xs engineering kit. I was wondering what manifold and what mm wastegate will i need to complete the kit. thanks
-Floman

How much is the turbo?
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Well my friend got 379 on 1 bar on pump gas with this turbo so i was going to try it out.
geh, youre kidding????!!!!! was that on an rx7? oh well. . . good luck with it. i will say this, though. the exhaustflange is welded on there very poorly. the main reason i took mine off for an upgrade is because that flange broke off after my tuning was done. needless to say, this pissed me off. i have to say that its because i didnt have the downpipe bracket attached to the transmission. to avoid this happening. . . make sure you adapt that bracket to your new downpipe!!! otherwise, i suspect, youll end up in the same misfortune i did. . .
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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Quote: geh, youre kidding????!!!!! was that on an rx7? oh well. . . good luck with it. i will say this, though. the exhaustflange is welded on there very poorly. the main reason i took mine off for an upgrade is because that flange broke off after my tuning was done. needless to say, this pissed me off. i have to say that its because i didnt have the downpipe bracket attached to the transmission. to avoid this happening. . . make sure you adapt that bracket to your new downpipe!!! otherwise, i suspect, youll end up in the same misfortune i did. . .

Thanks for the advise rotorbrain. I will make sure i have everything properly installed before i run the car.
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Put a flex section in your down pipe before the mid muffler/presilecer/cat and you'll better pretect your turbo disscharge flange/v-band and your manifold from cracking.

If its a 60 trim T04E, people are getting anything from 340 to 400 at the wheels at or around 1 bar. It all depnds on the set up, tunning and dyno.

If its a XS kit, get the divided cast manifold that came with it, or find a divided manifold for it (I hear XS no longer offers these new, but the HKS cast divided is very very simular to it). Any quality (STRESS QUALITY) gate 40mm or larger will do fine.

I'm not a fan of the cheap manifolds or wastegates available these days mainly through eBay. So I'm not recommending them, but its your car, your budget, and your headache if these parts fail.

~Mike............
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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thanks a lot RacerXtreme7. I have read your threads on this forum and they have helped me in the past. I will take you advise and not get the cheap **** on ebay and go with the cast hks if i can find one. Thanks
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