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This is/was far from a quick and easy. This turbo could not be anymore difficult to put in. When we talked about doing this i was under the impression this was a DIRECT BOLT IN PART... meaning you pull one out, new one in, every things peachy..... FILE THAT UNDER NEVER. It has been a real nightmare on time. No real big problems but just enough little ones to cause one to become a raging alcoholic. Dispite all of Andys choice 4 letter swear words and panic, weve tackeled every problem thus far one at a time. Between my experience and skills and his knowledge of the engine itself, we seem to be able to figure things out pretty easily and w/o too many question marks. It has been quite a job though. I worked on it for a few hours last night and relocated all water inlet/outlet lines, all oil inlet/outlet lines, waistgate lines/fittings, and if that wasnt enough, i had to take a hack saw and cut hoses out of the project car to make the necessary extensions and such for the daily driver. Most of this of course was done in a parking lot after dark. Ive tackled everything but the intake pipe now so hopefully this morning i should be able to get this puppy up and running again and see what it can do. Any Q,C,or C's about this swap are welcome and i can try to help in any way possible for anyone who wants to do it to thier ride cuz it realy is somewhat troublesome to handel blindly. Updates and maybe video of finished project to come. Peace.

rsstiboy wrote:sounds like one off a mitsushitty, a TD05 WILL be a direct bolt up if it is off a WRX, but if you are going down this path you can get a VF12 off a aussie spec RS the turbo itself flows stuff all less than a TD05, however the TD05 is easier to high flow/modify

If its a TDO5 off a early WRX it will fit no sweat