Author Topic: Sway my mind.  (Read 4159 times)

kells

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Re: Sway my mind.
« Reply #20 on: 27 February 2008, 00:24 »
the head on the 16v is different, si the manifold will be i would think

im sure i have seen a website u know, jus gotta remember where, why dont u bung a turbo on your 8v

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Re: Sway my mind.
« Reply #22 on: 27 February 2008, 00:29 »
the head on the 16v is different, si the manifold will be i would think

im sure i have seen a website u know, jus gotta remember where, why dont u bung a turbo on your 8v

Dont want to ruin it...... LOL...... Athough i want turbo. I dunno, i suppose i want the better 16v base before i get a turbo boost.

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« Reply #23 on: 27 February 2008, 00:29 »
I want to get a black 3 door 16v gti in the summer, aswell as my 8v, then insure the 16v in september when the insurance renewal is here. 16v is 150bhp yeah, what can i do to get it mentally faster. Wasnt there a bolt on supercharger around here at some point? was that for the 16v? I want a mk3 thats FAST. But i dont want the 1.8turbo, as i cant find any, and they seem to costly to maintain.

Mikester your just plain crazy........... :rolleyes: :evil:

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« Reply #25 on: 27 February 2008, 00:33 »
£330 for the mainfold plus postage from america, then they want $3000 for the turbo kit and intercooler......

Might get the manifold from there
and then try and wangle a cheaper turbo kit :/

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« Reply #26 on: 27 February 2008, 00:36 »
Is this for the 8v? and it has it all except the manifold right?

http://www.bahnbrenner.com/vw_audi/products/2394/MK3_2_0_Turbo_Kit

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« Reply #27 on: 27 February 2008, 08:49 »
Its going to be big money having the engine out to do a low compression rebuild,  We are talking  diffrent pistons, diffrent rods,  stronger oil pump,  you need to fit the oil feed and return to the turbo, stronger head gasket...  Then your ECU and engine management system needs changing or remaping.

The average engine build we do is £2000+  And we have a fair few people have done at home which have run the first 100 mile and either blown to pieces or rattling like crazy! its a big job and without all the tools you need they tend to skip important parts of the rebuild.

Realisticly the only way you will get a good turbocharged engine which you can live with and not constantly have to worry about blowing, is dropping somthing like a 1.8T lump or having it all professionaly built up.



Our garage would do it for arround £5000 for a good turbo kit and arround the same for a supercharger, mabey a little less.  engine conversions arnt all that much cheeper but always a much better option.

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« Reply #28 on: 27 February 2008, 11:50 »
Yeah, im weighing up the two, 1.8t or turboing a 16v. Either way it costs $$$$ SO its a hard choice, depends on the final outcome. The other option is of course a mk4 1.8 turbo  :shocked:

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Re: Sway my mind.
« Reply #29 on: 27 February 2008, 12:15 »
yeah i thought about a mk 4 turbo, my dad has a black one, awesome car tbh, i just love my oldskool yet nuskool lookin mk 3 :cool: