I have a mate that can engineer flanges to fit a turbo to so thats sorted.. I`m just wondering if i am going to have to drill into the block/sump for the oil return or has someone got a different way of doing this? and what engine management everyone that has done this has used? will the standard ecu be ok chipped?
An ABF turbo is supposed to be a proper nutter, but they're the rich man's 20VT motor.
By that I mean that it's quite a project to put one together - the motor you're building was never available stock.
User Steph on CGTI is building one at the moment. DannyP on here is threatening to build one at some point.
You should be able to drop the oil return down to the sump. You could either keep the alloy ABF sump or just fit a TDI sump - already has the return in it.
The standard management won't really do - it's not easy to remap and you can be a lot more flexible with Emerald, Megasquirt or another aftermarket management system.
You may find with a thick head gasket you can get a sufficient drop in compression ratio to run a turbo on an ABF with stock pistons. Definitely worth looking into.
Good luck with it, should be an interesting motor. Don't be put off by people doing this forum down. There's an increasing number of people on here with good skills and knowledge..... just maybe post in the Garage section for this query.
