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Title: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: lee mk3 on 20 April 2011, 11:06
anyone done this or no anyone that has cheers
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Wayne on 20 April 2011, 11:16
Not worth the hassle or expense tbh  :smiley:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dom on 20 April 2011, 11:19
I'm sorry but I read the thread title and:

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Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 20 April 2011, 11:28
Most things can be done, but how deep are your pockets?
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: lee mk3 on 20 April 2011, 11:46
just cant afford insurance on vr or gti just want a bit more power
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 20 April 2011, 11:54
just cant afford insurance on vr or gti just want a bit more power

Why not get a 1.6 or 1.8 instead then?

Or try going for something lighter then a mk3..
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dantheman6554 on 20 April 2011, 11:58
Id say if you cant afford the insurance for a mk3 vr6 etc, then you'll struggle to pay for what your asking to be done, easily be £1-1.5k to do that id imagine


Dan
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: murraymint on 20 April 2011, 12:49
that is a lil bit funny, it would probs be cheaper to drop a vr in and dont tell the insurance
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 20 April 2011, 12:57
that is a lil bit funny, it would probs be cheaper to drop a vr in and dont tell the insurance

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Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dazzawest1987 on 20 April 2011, 13:02
Have you had insurance quotes for gti's? 8v prob wouldn't be to bad.

On standard internals you could only really run a low boost turbo anyway so it'd be safer and more reliable and prob cheaper to get a 8v or 16v gti and still have similar power gains.

If your goin to upgrade the internals you'll be looking at big money so might aswell go the whole hog and get either a vr6 or 1.8t

Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Len on 20 April 2011, 13:03
In answer to the OP's question - YES! VW have done just that! Well both actually! :rolleyes:

But you couldnt afford it let alone the insurance!
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: boneybradley on 20 April 2011, 13:12
are you all saying bolting a turbo on and stacking a few headgaskets won't give a safe 200bhp?
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Len on 20 April 2011, 13:16
Of course you are right Boney but he still cant afford the insurance! :grin:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Jimp on 20 April 2011, 13:46
Can you? Yes. Have people done it? Yes. Has anyone here done it? I did a lot of research into it as I was hoping to do the conversion and drop it into an old skool Polo, but it in the end the cost of doing so would buy you and insure you on several GTIs  :grin:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: lee mk3 on 20 April 2011, 15:29
i wouldnt tel insurance
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Seanl on 20 April 2011, 15:34
i wouldnt tel insurance

Tut tut!! You do realise that if u had an accident, and even if someone went into you, u wouldnt be insured. Not a very good idea AT ALL!! And certainly not a good idea advertising the fact on here!  :angry:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Wayne on 20 April 2011, 15:38
i wouldnt tel insurance

Your a plonker then, insurance companies check forums etc.

Stupid idea  :smiley:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Misky on 20 April 2011, 15:40
i wouldnt tel insurance

tool of the year award goes to.....  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: trog_nfs on 20 April 2011, 15:41
And at number 1 on "stupid things to say on a forum" is:

i wouldnt tel insurance

Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Jimp on 20 April 2011, 15:42
i wouldnt tel insurance
The cost of the conversion would still vastly outweigh insurance, nevermind the consequences of getting caught uninsured.
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 20 April 2011, 15:43
What would you say to the family of the little boy you ran over who want compensation money from your insurance...
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: lee mk3 on 20 April 2011, 15:51
so u tel insurance every thing like dif wheels induction kit, Exhaust
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: DoogalDoogz on 20 April 2011, 16:00
You are probably supposed to tell them everything down to a sticker.

Charging the 1.4 is pointless just stick with it or get a small block Polo to rag about for a few years then go for a gti.
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dom on 20 April 2011, 16:32
i wouldnt tel insurance

Then your a dick.

so u tel insurance every thing like dif wheels induction kit, Exhaust

Everything from my Exhaust to my air filter is declared, so yeah! If you can't afford the extra insurance costs then don't do the mods...simple!
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dantheman6554 on 20 April 2011, 16:34
Whats the point in spending say £800 on insurance,  then a remap exhaust etc etc, when you wont be covered , you have to tell insurance company, i mean christ stickers and induction kits wont make it go faster , but if your doing serious things like super charger, changing turbos, its a must! 

Dan
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: Wayne on 20 April 2011, 17:34
so u tel insurance every thing like dif wheels induction kit, Exhaust

Yep, I always declare every mod. :smiley:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: tweed on 20 April 2011, 17:39
Stop digging a hole.

never spend money on a engine when you can buy a better performing model.

"I wouldn't tell insurance" mate that's just the same as drink driving, stop being stupid.
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: tech1889 on 20 April 2011, 17:41
All mods declared here  :cool:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: emery1990 on 20 April 2011, 20:52
Yer is a stupid idea mate, cost to do the conversion, then to get the chassis up to handle the extra power, would be over 2k probably.

Just get an 8v or something, up to you if you don@t tell the insurance but if you do have a crash or something then you'll be in debt big time! Or even killed ...
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dubsport on 20 April 2011, 21:03
why are people still replying to this thread? if they can only afford to insure a 1.4 they cant afford to buy and then fit a turbo/charger. Its like saying what if my aunty had balls? it wouldnt happen and neither is this conversion  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: tweed on 20 April 2011, 21:22
why are people still replying to this thread? if they can only afford to insure a 1.4 they cant afford to buy and then fit a turbo/charger. Its like saying what if my aunty had balls? it wouldnt happen and neither is this conversion  :rolleyes:

so true!
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: luke on 21 April 2011, 00:45
why would you turbo or supercharge a boat anyway?  :undecided:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: SoundillusioN on 21 April 2011, 01:03
why would you turbo or supercharge a boat anyway?  :undecided:

More to the point, why buy a boat unless you're a sailor?... kidding.  :grin:

Pointless thread.  :lipsrsealed:

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Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: dantheman6554 on 21 April 2011, 13:48
Im thinking of fitting a supercharger to my wheelbarrow, will it cost more than a new wheelbarrow would!?,   hoping to save money by not telling the insurance!  :grin:  :grin:
Title: Re: can i fit a turbo or super charger 2 my 1.4 mk3
Post by: VW BUSH on 24 April 2011, 15:44
http://www.electricsupercharger.com/

I fitted two to my old Volvo V6, it did the Kessel run in 6c :shocked: