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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: E11GT1 on 04 December 2009, 21:39

Title: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: E11GT1 on 04 December 2009, 21:39: What do people think of this ???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MK4-1-8T-20V-FRONT-MOUNT-TURBO-INTERCOOLER-KIT_W0QQitemZ350268382165QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item518d9f5bd5
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: northeast_gti-t on 04 December 2009, 21:44: thats one of those kits where the charge pipe goes over the engine iirc which will allow some heat soak from within the bay which will actually drop your power a little :wink:
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: topher on 04 December 2009, 21:47: its not just that, they're a b!tch to fit if you want a tidy job.. they aren't made from the best materials either
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: E11GT1 on 04 December 2009, 21:47: oh ok cheers mate.

What about this downpipe ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MK4-GTi-1-8-20v-TURBO-1998-2004-DE-CAT-DOWNPIPE_W0QQitemZ270415975213QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ef60c532d
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: topher on 04 December 2009, 21:59: the two piece ones are better, but i can't find any of those listed on ebay at the moment
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: Grand Master Patch on 04 December 2009, 22:08: Quote from: topher on 04 December 2009, 21:59
the two piece ones are better, but i can't find any of those listed on ebay at the moment

Really???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-4-1-8T-GTI-20V-TURBO-DECAT-DOWNPIPE-DOWN-PIPE_W0QQitemZ170406049850QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item27acfdf83a#ht_500wt_749
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: topher on 04 December 2009, 22:10: to be fair i stopped searching after "golf mk4 decat" because i'm a lazy cnut.. but yeah that one :grin:
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: Grand Master Patch on 04 December 2009, 22:15: "Golf decat" works well :wink:
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: alex160 on 05 December 2009, 16:49: Will a decat give any noticable gains? I was told that on some cars a decat actually de-creased performance :S
Title: Re: 1.8 turbo intercooler
Post by: topher on 05 December 2009, 19:06: about an extra 20lbft just by bolting it on to an already remapped car - bit more if you tweak the mapping (which is needed on cars with post cat sensors anyway for the lambda threshold)