306 D Turbo - car #11, how long will this one stay for? place your bets..

[luke]

got this last week after selling the corsa to a friend as it was horrible to drive, paid £340, 151k miles, just needs a new wheel bearing, bodywork tidying up a tad, wound the fuel pump and turbo out a tad so pulls well and still returns good mpg if not booting it

[Jay]

Keep this one for a few years, save what you can and get a car you want when you've saved enough and insurance is a bit cheaper

[luke]

Keep this one for a few years, save what you can and get a car you want when you've saved enough and insurance is a bit cheaper

already looking at parts for it  want to turn it into a bit of a sleeper if I'm honest, looking at bolting on a td04 turbo and uprating a few bits, possibly fitting a boost gauge and fmic (behind bottom grill so hiding away) and putting more boost, about 22 psi is safe with fmic I've heard

[shepgti]

i'll give the engine 2 months before it goes bang then

[luke]

i'll give the engine 2 months before it goes bang then

want as much power as I can without it going bang 
I prefer driving turbo diesels, may look at saving for a mk4 gttdi pd130, especially if i've got an interview at vw on tuesday 

[Diamond Hell]

want as much power as I can without it going bang 

In which case you need to disappoint yourself, or it will go bang. 

Turn the pump back a bit from where you've wound it out to and turn the boost down a bit.

[luke]

want as much power as I can without it going bang 

In which case you need to disappoint yourself, or it will go bang. 

Turn the pump back a bit from where you've wound it out to and turn the boost down a bit.

was looking at a bigger turbo and not running so much boost that it's under strain like the turbo in at the minute, and also a bosch fuel pump as apparently they can take more strain

[bobbarley]

How about just leaving it alone?  It's a good car as it is, pretty bullet proof normally, good all rounder.  Instead of modding it save the money toward something nicer in the future.

[luke]

How about just leaving it alone?  It's a good car as it is, pretty bullet proof normally, good all rounder.  Instead of modding it save the money toward something nicer in the future.

they're only cheap mods I'm looking into, might make me want to keep the car longer 

[Thom89]

If you start modding that, I will 100% guarantee you that you'll end up ballsing it, and create a car that no longer runs... absolutely no need whatsoever to adjust anything
Just drive it and end enjoy it, at 150k its not even run in yet, just mint it up, and slam it!

Thom