ahhhhh my brain won't stop thinking, turbo time....

[sharky_70 0]

thing i find with chargers is that its pretty much a fixed minimum price to get it going.

what i found when collecting bits up for my various excursions into VRT's is that there are places you can save money if you know where to look, and not just by skimping on quality.

the 1st lot of stuff i collected didnt cost much over 1k and it wouldve been a solid kit good for 400 ponies. i got a few brgains through the drifting forums as they dont seem to carry the VW forum tax!

just keep your eyes peeled for bargains and remember you can do things in stages. like 1st running it on stock injectors and a rising rate regulator, non-intercooled. then fit better injectors, get it mapped and intercool it

[Ben Seabrook 4]

thing i find with chargers is that its pretty much a fixed minimum price to get it going.

lol that's because to get it up and running you only have to buy one thing - a charger !! there is always going to be more room for price decrease / increase when you have to assemble a kit of parts mate but as you say it depends on the quality of parts you want to fit

[sharky_70 0]

yeah thats what i mean! i kno the same goes for turbo'ing in a way but i guess it gives you more ability to control the spending. if you wanna supercharge you have to have the cash in place in one go. where as with a turbo you can buy the bits as they become available

[Ben Seabrook 4]

yeah but turbo builds can quickly spool out of control price wise if your not careful !

[Daverse 175]

yeah but turbo builds can quickly spool out of control price wise if your not careful !

Every turbo build thread on here will testify to that! (Also I see what you did there )

[sharky_70 0]

i abandoned my 1st build as i thought i'd done my bottom end, also was looking at spending what i had on the turbo stuff again on the transmission etc decided i couldnt justify that kind of money on an old banger! second time around just wasnt happy with th quality of some of the kit.

i reckon you could easily VRT for the same money as going s/c

[lumoxs 0]

i already have a frount mount - does this mean i can begin to be apart of the forced induction crew

[Antihero1981 8]

not yet little grasshopper , you path is a long one !

[lumoxs 0]

dam it..... - NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER!!

[sharky_70 0]

i think ive still got a tapped sump somewhere should you need one

[lumoxs 0]

interesting..... for an oil return?

[sharky_70 0]

yep

from what i remember its a piece of tube welded on and the whole pans been powdercoated

[lumoxs 0]

I personally think, with using T3 turbo as used on the ford cosworths, i could quite easily build a turbo'd VR for about 1k.... maybe less.....

i'm gonna staqrt to get bits together and collecting to build.

Also it would be the same as supercharging,

run a standard ecu,injecters low boost until i can get enough to get megasquirt etc....

let the challenge begin.

[jims13 6]

dont bother with mega squirt, the o/e ecu will cope with the correct parts fitted and then altered to suit , contact me if you need info or prices

[lumoxs 0]

Cheers matey!! I may look into turbo'n this year but getting a 2nd engine and rebuilding it and then turbo it so I know it's nice new n fresh