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Offline HerbieBunnet

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2.0gti turbo conversion?
« on: 30 December 2012, 12:32 »
Hi, anyone completed a naturally aspirated 2.0gti turbo conversion, don't mean motor swap, but fitting turbo to the standard motor. Not a stranger to force feeding as got two large oil cooled suzuki bike turbo projects on go at moment, can fab alloy and stainless as required, any pifalls? suitability of motor? etc etc :smiley:

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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2012, 12:35 »
Have a read of this mate. I'm assuming you mean from a mk3 valver, rather than mk3/4 2.0 8v anyway.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=185087.0


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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2012, 12:59 »
sorry mate, forgot to say, its a mk4 8 valve, 2001 relatively low miles and good sound motor. :grin:

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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2012, 13:28 »
Honestly not worth mate. You can get a low milage 1.8t with remap and in sound condition for less than 2k now, and you could spend more than twice that to achieve the same output on an 8v. Seriously not worth it.
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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #4 on: 30 December 2012, 14:38 »
Don't even waste your time!! Sadly the 2.0 8v is pish!! Doesn't deserve a gti badge

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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #5 on: 30 December 2012, 15:06 »
Ah good, even more reason to pursue the conversion, does anyone know if the manifold and turbo unit  from a 1.8t fits the 2.0 head then, i don't want to sell my wee baby,a s i'm passionately in love with it, it makes me smile every time i look at it, drive it and talk about it, would break my heart to part with it as we have a bit of history, ye ken, its only 8v and 115bhp. would hardly describe it as pish but do admit it needs a bit more go. :grin: :laugh:

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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #6 on: 30 December 2012, 15:36 »
It's not just slow they are know for reliability issues, including burning a lot of oil and are known as the worse engine vw has ever made....


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Offline markallen

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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #7 on: 30 December 2012, 15:41 »
Surly a 1.8t would make you smile more everytime you drove it, talked about it and even if you did turbo the 2.0 it would just blow up in no time as the 2.0 8v block wouldn't hold the power?
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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #8 on: 30 December 2012, 15:50 »
Ah good, even more reason to pursue the conversion, does anyone know if the manifold and turbo unit  from a 1.8t fits the 2.0 head then, i don't want to sell my wee baby,a s i'm passionately in love with it, it makes me smile every time i look at it, drive it and talk about it, would break my heart to part with it as we have a bit of history, ye ken, its only 8v and 115bhp. would hardly describe it as pish but do admit it needs a bit more go. :grin: :laugh:
You can get about 160/70 reliable bhp from a turbo 8v and lot of torque, can get more but it comes at a price.
Popular conversion in the states with the cross flow engine and kits are available on line, not sure if you can swap the cross flow head onto a UK spec block and take advantage of this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jetta-Golf-Passat-Beetle-Cabrio-MK2-MK3-MK4-2-0L-8V-SOHC-T3-T3-T4-Turbo-Kit-63-/200680023828#vi-content
(just an example dont shoot me)

Not sure if this kit is for x flow, but being from the states I suspect it is......

You need to think about compression and engine management to get it to work as well.

Would be nice to see an 8v turbo, I worked on a Mk2 with a turbo running 190bhp which was epic (when it was working  :lipsrsealed:)

Its easier and more fruitful to stick a 20vt in, but then the fun in working on cars is what its all about as there is always something better to stick in or an easier engine to mod.
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Re: 2.0gti turbo conversion?
« Reply #9 on: 30 December 2012, 15:55 »
You'd be insane to blow your money trying to turbo the 2.0 8v when 1.8T engines are so readily available. You'd be much better off doing an engine swap to the 20vT, if what VW BUSH says is correct then a mapped 1.8T will make more power than a 2.0T