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Ko4 conversion??!!

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pitsirikas:
Think I'll start with this...

http://www.loba-motorsport.com/shop/clearance-sale/155/original-2.0tfsi-k04-turbocharger

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: cgray0291 on November 18, 2012, 11:07:24 am ---
Engine wise it has a panel filter and a cat back milltek! It's on coilovers so that's the suspension kinda sorted, was goin to be goin for uprated disks and pads anyway! I just feel the ko3 doesn't have much punch to it! I had a shot of a remapped s3 and it was awesome! Boost comes in hard and doesn't die off towards the red line!!


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....Whether you convert to K04 or not, you'll need a Turbo-back, not Cat-back, exhaust to deliver the potential of the remap and you'll need a remap to run a K04 on your K03 car.

Just coilovers isn't enough to sort out your suspension - It's just a good start.

Remember too that power is useless without traction and so engine mounts, diff such as Quaife or Wavetrac, are other mods you'll want.

Your goal should be a well balanced car with good driveability and reliability.

pitsirikas:

--- Quote from: RedRobin on November 26, 2012, 09:36:40 am ---Your goal should be a well balanced car with good driveability and reliability.
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+1 RR

Exactly my intension...!!!

Keith@APR:

--- Quote from: RedRobin on November 26, 2012, 09:36:40 am ---
--- Quote from: cgray0291 on November 18, 2012, 11:07:24 am ---
Engine wise it has a panel filter and a cat back milltek! It's on coilovers so that's the suspension kinda sorted, was goin to be goin for uprated disks and pads anyway! I just feel the ko3 doesn't have much punch to it! I had a shot of a remapped s3 and it was awesome! Boost comes in hard and doesn't die off towards the red line!!


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....Whether you convert to K04 or not, you'll need a Turbo-back, not Cat-back, exhaust to deliver the potential of the remap and you'll need a remap to run a K04 on your K03 car.


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APR offers two different calibrations, one for the standard exhaust and one for a more freely flowing one.  We developed the standard exhaust calibration as a business case study for VW.  It is definitely possible to have a k04 with great gains and perfect drivability by changing nothing else other than the turbo, injectors and hpfp on a k03 car.

We are also pretty close in pricing if you take out the HPFP to competing with the cost of replacing a failed k03 so I hope as these cars get older and need repair, more people will see the benefit of a k04 over a k03 without having to become mod junkies.  :smiley:

Janner_Sy:

--- Quote from: Keith@APR on December 11, 2012, 10:17:20 am ---
APR offers two different calibrations, one for the standard exhaust and one for a more freely flowing one.  We developed the standard exhaust calibration as a business case study for VW.  It is definitely possible to have a k04 with great gains and perfect drivability by changing nothing else other than the turbo, injectors and hpfp on a k03 car.


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awesome news.  Just bolting the K04 & injectors on makes more sense to me than going the full stage 2+ K03 route.  More power and less cost.  That will be the route i go i think when i get an  Octavia again.

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