Thread: Any TD5 turbo upgrades lately

First of all you should tighten the wastgate to 10-11 threads cos 16 psi boost is too low, you have to get around 20 under load to have power which is perfectly doable with the original turbo as long as everything is OK

Originally Posted by peter51

r for safely overtaking caravans - they are doing 90km/hr and then they always accelerate when they come to the overtaking lanes.

I woulds say before spending a ton of cash in that manner .. talk to member Shack if the MSB chip could be tuned properly to achieve half of what you ask for.

I don't know the history of 'my' D2(yay! it's mine again .,. for now) but in doing some work on it, I found that the ECU has a sticker on it saying TRS .. and that it had been opened before, I assume to also check for oil contamination, which was why I was checking it too. It is an NNN, and so trivial to upload a map. I know others that have rechipped an MSB.
Shack offered to help me with an unrelated issue, but still ECU based, and having been a TRS only map, I assume going by the sticker on the ECU cover, Shacks little half mod changed the way the TD5 powered on .. and used fuel.

Seat of the pants feeling I reckon is easily 25% more power(or response), almost zero black smoke compared to the TRS only map before, and uses about 10% less fuel now, but more savings on a highway run.

Like I said tho, got to chat with shack and see if he can remap the chip, or supply an alternative.

Thanks for the input guys - appreciate it.
I have contacted shack already.

Td5zilla in qld is making turbo kits for td5s will blow the competition out of the water and tunes to suit

I'd have a look at the suspension, the rear looks saggy.

That image is a bit old - it has new dobinsons now.
Thanks for info on the QLD business.

I've enquired several times to a couple of companies OS for a VNT (not a Turbo Technics version) and not one reply