Whats the cost of supercharging or fitting a turbo to an 8v GTI

[golf newbie]

Reckon you could get it cheaper too.

Would be a good project if you went down the super charger route..

[tweed]

rotrex charger?
I'm even thinking about sorting the vr6 and selling that to fund it 

[neil1780]

Can't see why you couldn't do it with a 2.0 8v as engines look the same. Although you would need to lower the cr. Also there is a few g60s out there making good power.

[DazVR6]

rotrex charger?
I'm even thinking about sorting the vr6 and selling that to fund it 

Why not sell the 8v to fund charging the vr.....it'll give you a bigger smile.

[benvictors]

I wouldn't put an older G60 engine into a newer car, plus as Wayne has already pointed out, the G60 charger aint great.

If you was gonna do the 2.0l 8v, this lot would be a good start
Lower compression - about £200 for the head spacer
M62 Eaton Charger, M45 off the mini wont cope very well with the 2.0l engine £500 bare minimum
FMIC, pipework, brackets etc around the £300 mark minimum
After market engine management loom etc anything up to £800
Custom outlet manifold, downpipe, sports cat and full new exhaust £500 minimum
Bigger injectors £?? not cheap tho

So thats just off the top of my head and are only aproximates and comes to around £2500

Almost forgot, a worn 020 gearbox will probably only cope with about 160-170bhp so if you want more than that find a better box, more money 
I would love to see this kind of build and have contemplated it myself many times but I aint got that sort of cash and even if I did.......................................................................
I probably wouldnt do it 

[Wayne]

Spot on Ben

[benvictors]

Cheers Wayne, like I said, thought about it lots but just isnt worth it in the end, would be a good build tho 

[Wayne]

Cheers Wayne, like I said, thought about it lots but just isnt worth it in the end, would be a good build tho 

The thing is for £2500 it is never worth it, when you look at a 1.8t and how easy it is to get more out of it.

[benvictors]

Yep, stick a 1.8t in, get it re-mapped, even put the ko4 on it and would still cost less than £2500 and see well past anything the 8v could achieve
Also the vr6 T would be around the same cost, including buying the engine, and give you much more power, also sounds FECKING amazing 

[tweed]

Good post Ben. I think thats cheap lol plus I would buy low comp pistons.
I know what your saying guys about getting more hp for the money. But a mk1 gti will set you back a lot more than a mk3 gti and the mk3 is a better car. Sometimes you want something and the cost of things doesn't really matter.

Charging the vr would cost me 50% more than charging my gti.
If I wanted speed and fun I would buy a evo 4 for £3500 but I would rather spend that on my golf