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Offline az_r5

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Turbo conversion
« on: 04 May 2007, 11:54 »
im looking for a turbo conversion for a mk3 2.0l 8v GTI 1998 any one know any where that does them ?
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Offline topher

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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #1 on: 04 May 2007, 12:24 »
ive not seen any turbo kits for these engines, would be mostly custom work. supercharger kits are around.. but.. you can get the same power doing a vr6 conversion instead. that would be far far easier and most likely cheaper.. yet acheiving the same power. the single biggest advantage of that route though, is that you have a much better base engine to modify when (not if :grin: ) you get the craving for yet more power.
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Offline Rmachines

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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #2 on: 04 May 2007, 16:02 »
If your going for a tubby its best to make it all fully custom.  thats how i did it on my old 1.4.   you need to be good with a welder and its not cheep, if done right though its worth it!  If your looking to run high boost you will need to look into engine rebuilding as well. you can get away with plonking two Head gaskets on to reduce compression but if you want to run serious boost, you need stronger pistons etc... depends how high you go.   At least with two H/Gs 9 times out of 10 the gasket will blow before the piston.  :smiley:

IMO a turbo beats a super or N/A engine any day  Rumm WOSHSHSHSHSHSSH  TUSHHHHH  << like my impression  :laugh: :grin:
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #3 on: 04 May 2007, 16:09 »
how can you possibly say a turbo sounds better than a supercharger? are you quite mad ? :laugh:
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #4 on: 04 May 2007, 16:20 »
Go nitrous I say! Far easier and cheaper than anything else and you can double your HP!
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #5 on: 04 May 2007, 16:57 »
nitrous is cheating and doesnt sound anywhere near as good as forced induction, and lets be honest the whine of a supercharger is heavenly
« Last Edit: 04 May 2007, 19:31 by Neaty »
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #6 on: 04 May 2007, 17:58 »
Turbo sounds better than Lens whining! :grin:

Supercharged G60 whine is music to my ears! :smiley:
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #7 on: 04 May 2007, 19:24 »
hey one of these days!

If I do fit NO2 I'll be the one laughing as I leave you lot standing! :smug: :grin:
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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #8 on: 04 May 2007, 19:32 »

Quote from: Martz on 04 May 2007, 17:58
Turbo sounds better than Lens whining! :grin:

Supercharged G60 whine is music to my ears! :smiley:

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Quote from: Len405 on 04 May 2007, 19:24
hey one of these days!

If I do fit NO2 I'll be the one laughing as I leave you lot standing! :smug: :grin:
yea for that brief moment, but not when you engine goes pop  :wink:
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Offline az_r5

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Re: Turbo conversion
« Reply #9 on: 05 May 2007, 09:25 »
lol thanks guys looks like i started a bit of a war lol i will look into the nos 2 i think
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