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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: topher on 20 May 2004, 19:09
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Landed on my desk at 10am thismorning, now i just have to wait a week (which will feel like a year) to get it fitted.
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/turbo1.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/turbo2.jpg)
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is that a new standered or improved turbo? how much for the part an fitting? 8)
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dont answer that, i just read the other thread wiv rally chris, ;)
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not chris i mean starry!!! ;D ??? ::)
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what are they charging you to fit it all tophuh??
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?100 fitting (4 hours work), ?15 or so for gaskets and nuts.
samco inlet pipe is the pricey bit at around ?140 including VAT.
thursday just cant come quick enough !
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4 hours work to fit a turbo ???
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its apparently a bit of a barsteward to do, needs to be up on ramps or a lift for the most part. vw wanted ?250 for fitting :-\
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you forgot to mention they also wanted ?1000 for the replacement parts too.
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Car should be ready tomorrow now, the lower alloy part of the inlet pipe just wasnt going to fit, and since the samco STILL hasn't turned up they're machining a piece from a later model golf for me.
Now the fun part, with the turbo off they could see exactly what was wrong. Something had managed to get inside the turbo and get whizzed round at 850mph totally destroying an impellor. This little "something" is probably now bouncing around my cat somewhere.. its probably a screw or something similar in size.. and who were the last people to have the turbo inlet pipe off ? That's right.. main vw dealer when they replaced the MAF sensor.. just need to think of a way to prove it was them now to get some money out of them.
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A tiny little nut caused all the damage, but the new turbo is on !
Initial thoughts.. certainly holds the boost all the way up the revs unlike the standard K03 that drops off around 4.5k.
Isn't noticably faster apart from that, however a custom remap should sort that out ! Much more noticable turbo whistle now, and that's never a bad thing.
Going out shortly to try and run it in as much as possible before heading for AmD tomorrow morning !
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have you got a price on a custom map yet? and how does them?
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ill probably go to jabba (about same price as a revo) unless revo get anywhere with their big turbo software. something else i found out while out driving, the DV is a lot louder, making a blow off noise. I wondered why everyone i drove past turned their heads, so i turned the stereo down and opened the window, pshhht !