Turbo

[Rideandy]

Help,I have been thinking about crossing over to the other side and getting myself a 1.8 turbo mk4 ,but would love a mk3 turbo, did they do a mk3 1.8 turbo? cause I can't find any u for sale!
Cheers

[mase]

they never made a mk3 turbo.... well, except a diesel.

if your wanting a turbo, have a look at the recent PVW (april 2007), there is a yellow mk3 in there with a 2.0 8v turbo, i think abt did it, your easily looking at a few grand, (maybe as much as 4 or 5k) for the turbo conversion.

then there is the engine conversion route, you could get a full 1.8 20v turbo engine from the mk4, and drop that into your mk3... but then your looking at £1500 just for the labour, and the guys i was talking to about it are saying u need to spend a good 4-5k on the engine alone to make a truely (250bhp) rapid mk3 which actually goes round corners. you could do the conversion for cheaper, but u get wat you pay for!

and then u get onto supercharging, which is a totally different story 

[Len]

Why not look at Nitrous?

A kit fitted is about £500.

[mase]

thats a huge idea len..

it could be set up as a progressive kit, so could work in a similar way to turbo, adding over the rev range, rather than all in 1 lump... generally thought to be kinder to your engine, but AFAIK uses more NOS, can be easily switched off so you only use it when 'really' needed... a.k.a: all the damn time 

[Len]

The thing with NO2 thought is you need a strong engine!
I mean you can get kits that will ADD 200bhp!
That kind of extra power is only for short bursts but it only takes a nano second to blow an engine!
But I believe if you were sensible with it your engine will be fine.

I am seriously considering it!

[patch900]

Do it Len, would be amazng to see 

[mase]

i am actually loving the sound of this....

stainless manifold and full exhaust system, cheeky 50 shot of NOS, hello 180bhp from the 8v engine.

 

[patch900]

as long as it stays in one piece 

[mase]

hmmm, good point well presented...

i think ill stick with saving up for a vr6 

[patch900]

save up for the 20V T mate, thats what I would like.

Of course would have to keep the Mk3 as well

So besides lots of cash, would need a garage as well