What is the best turbo to upgrade to?

[dom]

I agree with you but some people are not able or want to spend £750-£800 on just a turbo,
The trusty K04 shouldn't be ruled out as a good conversion. Stainless manifold isn't really needed, the cast is Ok.

For those trying to achieve a good power upgrade on a budget should consider it,

270-280bhp is achievable and will more than enough for most coming from a standard or stage1 K03s car.

Plenty of good K04's out there, Ill be selling one just after xmas.

Dans turbo's are great, infact he is building my K04 right now, But not within every ones budget.

I feel they shouldn't be steered away from going K04, It's a great conversion and very do-able on a tightish budget.

And if budget is no problem just go with Dans K04 Hybrid which is breaking 330 which cost less than the k300

This is good advice, I certainly wouldn't rule out a KO4. It's not all about peak power figures anyway

[Wazzzer]

Might be picking up a K04-001 later lol

[golfyste]

I agree with you but some people are not able or want to spend £750-£800 on just a turbo,
The trusty K04 shouldn't be ruled out as a good conversion. Stainless manifold isn't really needed, the cast is Ok.

For those trying to achieve a good power upgrade on a budget should consider it,

270-280bhp is achievable and will more than enough for most coming from a standard or stage1 K03s car.

Plenty of good K04's out there, Ill be selling one just after xmas.

Dans turbo's are great, infact he is building my K04 right now, But not within every ones budget.

I feel they shouldn't be steered away from going K04, It's a great conversion and very do-able on a tightish budget.

And if budget is no problem just go with Dans K04 Hybrid which is breaking 330 which cost less than the k300

Whos this dan guy? Its not beach buggy turbo aka littco? How much did the hybrid cost? What is it hybrided with?

Dan, littco, beachbuggy are all the same guy haha

I think they are hybrids made with custom wheels etc not just bits from other turbos

[golfyste]

I agree with you but some people are not able or want to spend £750-£800 on just a turbo,
The trusty K04 shouldn't be ruled out as a good conversion. Stainless manifold isn't really needed, the cast is Ok.

For those trying to achieve a good power upgrade on a budget should consider it,

270-280bhp is achievable and will more than enough for most coming from a standard or stage1 K03s car.

Plenty of good K04's out there, Ill be selling one just after xmas.

Dans turbo's are great, infact he is building my K04 right now, But not within every ones budget.

I feel they shouldn't be steered away from going K04, It's a great conversion and very do-able on a tightish budget.

And if budget is no problem just go with Dans K04 Hybrid which is breaking 330 which cost less than the k300

This is good advice, I certainly wouldn't rule out a KO4. It's not all about peak power figures anyway

.

To be fair if your starting from scratch with a standard car etc then if you after about 280 bhp a k04 is decent way to go

BUT

If you already have k03 mods such as a k03 downpipe and inter cooler etc then I would say its a definitely makes more sense to get a k300! 

The k300 has a awesome power curve and is definitely not a "peak power turbo" and have also been proven to hit 300bhp+ regularly whereas most k04's won't hit 300.

[mar_k]

Dan is BeachBuggy, His baby k04 hybrid costs £625 and has just produced 339bhp and 359lbft at Badger5

[barrym381]

Might be picking up a K04-001 later lol

got a k04-022 sitting in my shed needing a rebuild if any use to you 

[Scott D]

I agree with you but some people are not able or want to spend £750-£800 on just a turbo,
The trusty K04 shouldn't be ruled out as a good conversion. Stainless manifold isn't really needed, the cast is Ok.

For those trying to achieve a good power upgrade on a budget should consider it,

270-280bhp is achievable and will more than enough for most coming from a standard or stage1 K03s car.

Plenty of good K04's out there, Ill be selling one just after xmas.

Dans turbo's are great, infact he is building my K04 right now, But not within every ones budget.

I feel they shouldn't be steered away from going K04, It's a great conversion and very do-able on a tightish budget.

And if budget is no problem just go with Dans K04 Hybrid which is breaking 330 which cost less than the k300

This is good advice, I certainly wouldn't rule out a KO4. It's not all about peak power figures anyway

.

To be fair if your starting from scratch with a standard car etc then if you after about 280 bhp a k04 is decent way to go

BUT

If you already have k03 mods such as a k03 downpipe and inter cooler etc then I would say its a definitely makes more sense to get a k300! 

The k300 has a awesome power curve and is definitely not a "peak power turbo" and have also been proven to hit 300bhp+ regularly whereas most k04's won't hit 300.

spot on!

looks immense the power curves from recent cars with correct supporting mods, 300ish peak and doesn't tail off at all.

[mattyfairbro240579]

How you putting all that power down on a fwd.. you must have some serious wheel spin 

i only get wheel spin in the wet, the cars amazing in the dry no wheel spin at all, plus I'm having a Quaife LSD fitted next week was the first AGU Ko4 to break the 300bhp done by Nic at R Tech he developed the maps on the car a few years ago, and its still just as good if not better now 

[barrym381]

How you putting all that power down on a fwd.. you must have some serious wheel spin 

i only get wheel spin in the wet, the cars amazing in the dry no wheel spin at all, plus I'm having a Quaife LSD fitted next week was the first AGU Ko4 to break the 300bhp done by Nic at R Tech he developed the maps on the car a few years ago, and its still just as good if not better now 

cant be that long since toby owned the car 

[Wazzzer]

I can vouch for it being an animal lol