Amazingly, there was zero blow by in the intercooler. When the dealer replaced the turbo, they thrashed up the turbo inlet pipe, booo! :rant: Also, Rob is looking for a turbo upgrade in which he will not have to upgrade injectors... a small detail to add. ~Dan
AFAIK VF Turbo's are sealed units and are not re-buildable. With that said. Mitsu turbos FTW. 16g's rock. FP 68HTA (Billet 16g) Rocks more.
Hence 16G - should be fine with stockers from what I understand. After doing a bit more research I don't think it gets any better. It's supposed to ship on Friday.
Damn man that sucks. You'll have to keep us posted how the EVO 16g works out, I am looking to do the same next summer.
This is not the type of thing I like to hear (with an '05 Legacy GT at 35,000 miles). I just may have to make a preemptive strike and replace my turbo on my terms rather than when it decides it has had enough of my every 3,000 mile synthetic TLC. Being the turbo noob that I am, what else needs to be changed to make use of this 16G of which you speak so highly of? And being the dealer fanboy I am (the only bad dealer experience I have had is when they lowered a Forester on a lift onto my wife's Outback), who would be the most likely shop I would seek out for such a swap? The days of swearing in the garage until 4:00am working on my daily driver are long gone. Thanks for any answers and good luck with the turbo swap. I will be interested in how things proceed.
It uses modified VF40 housings with TD05 guts so it's a true bolt-on. You'll need a new oil supply line (Forced Performance) and of course a tune, but other than that it's the same as replacing the stocker. No first hand experience but from everything I've heard RS Motors would be the place to go.
Thanks. I assume the tune would vary only slightly from stock since nothing else is being changed out other than the turbo itself.
I'm no tuner but that sounds about right to me. The 16G flows better than the 40 so you'd probably actually be running less boost if you were just trying to increase reliability while maintaining near-stock power levels.
