1.8 8valve didgifant supercharger !!1

[jacko16v]

Why not drop a 20v turbo in, 180 or 225 as standard and could cost you less than supercharging yours.

20vt for £1600?!?! Where can I get one of those! 

Full BAM 225 engines go for anywhere £900 to £1400 with every thing you need

[rustynuts]

180bhp on stock rods/pistons? BANG. If it was safe and reliable to run that much boost do you really think VW would have gone to such lengths to strengthen the G60 engine? Do it properly, do it once, or don't do it at all in my book.

The G60 engine was produced for motorsport IIRC, it was uprated to deal with way over 200 bhp and to compete in highly competitive environments. Also VW have a habit of over engineering engine components. Not saying that a standard 8v engine would def cope with low pressure boost, but I would not be surprised.

[k4ith]

could just be boring and keep the head port and polish it and just stick it on a 2.0 bottom end in and good for 150.
2.0 are pretty cheap

[danny_p]

a 225 20vt will cost 3-5 grand by the time it's fitted there is a lot more than just buying the engine. 

digifant 2  and boost is a bad idea  it'd be like presenting matches to a retard in a firework factory

[topher]

IIRC

YDRC it was a production engine, the motorsport ones you're thinking of were far more modified and produced in the region of 300bhp.. with 'chargers needing to be replaced after pretty much every stage.

[Chris-White]

with 'chargers needing to be replaced after pretty much every Tescos trip.

Edited for road spec g60.

[paultownsend]

it was a chap on the ed38 website that i think works for storm developments. to good results i believe on std management.

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=188174

[danny_p]

digi 1  would do it happily  it looks the same  just a lot better

[topher]

You can knock about 20bhp off that final flywheel figure, transmission losses don't increase like that when you hike the engine power.. another case of dodgydynoitis.

[clipperjay]

In reality there kit proberly has a blow off valve so you would get less than 0.5% Boost becuase trust me here the compression on a standard 8V is too high and conrods will smash through that little ol head of yours! don't expect that stock engine to last if you boost it!

Weight to power always has alot to do with handing and the way a car feels.
I would prefer handling over all out power which you loose anyways through smoke and tyres!