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compression
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:18 am
by vuyo
hi guyz just wanted to know if you need to lower compression to turbo charge a 1.8 v8 golf engine & what size turbo can i go for. can you do it without lowering compression?
how reliable will it be?
will i make more power then flowing the head 276 cam and branch?
thanks
V
Re: compression
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:34 am
by Blitzkrieg
The engine importers are selling 1.8T engines for around R6k-R8k - might be cheaper to buy one of those and run it.
Budget at least R20k for a Golf turbo engine
Do you have a crossflow or normal 1.8? Shortblock or longblock?
Lots of recipes for turbo 8v's.
Re: compression
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:57 am
by vuyo
Blitzkrieg wrote:The engine importers are selling 1.8T engines for around R6k-R8k - might be cheaper to buy one of those and run it.
Budget at least R20k for a Golf turbo engine
Do you have a crossflow or normal 1.8? Shortblock or longblock?
Lots of recipes for turbo 8v's.
Hi Blitz dont want a new engine
i have a t3 and i want to use it