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Offline veedublee

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can i put g60 charger on my mk2 gti 1.8 8v.....HELP
« on: 11 November 2009, 21:29 »
bought a j plate mk2 gti 1.8 8v, just want to know if i can put a charger on to it as it is the same as the g60 i think
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Re: can i put g60 charger on my mk2 gti 1.8 8v.....HELP
« Reply #1 on: 11 November 2009, 22:25 »
yes you can with absolutely sh!t loads of work, do a search! there are various threads on this and other forums on g60 conversions, start there

but 'bolt on' is pie in the sky  :huh:

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Re: can i put g60 charger on my mk2 gti 1.8 8v.....HELP
« Reply #2 on: 11 November 2009, 22:40 »
bought a j plate mk2 gti 1.8 8v, just want to know if i can put a charger on to it as it is the same as the g60 i think

It's not the same and no you can't.  You have a high compression PB motor and the low compression PG motor, which is designed to accept boost gracefully is a very different and more specialised animal.
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Re: can i put g60 charger on my mk2 gti 1.8 8v.....HELP
« Reply #3 on: 12 November 2009, 02:32 »
just chuck a whole g60 motor in thre not exactly expensive or hard to find, however chargers are
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