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Dans grey MK5 GTI. Prepping for VagTuner
Dan648v:
Liked it before but it looks bang on now :happy2:
dansmith180:
@AJP
Cheers mate, Forge kit is doing very well I'm definitely glad I went for it. Yeah she's 11 years old on Tuesday and can put cars half her age to shame, shows what a bit of TLC can do for a car.
I think the reason the new BBT model spools slower is because its based on a K04 housing and is essentially a K04 that fits a K03 housing so behaves very much like a K04. Also he's running stock injectors so there is a chance Nike has tweaked low down boost as the injectors probably can't keep up otherwise.
My turbo has honeslty lost no noticable low end spool and I believe this is down to it being based on a K03 housing and then all the other bits have been uprated around that but i'm far from an expert so could be talking out my arse :signLOL:
Mine peaks around 29psi currently and isn't running its full potential so is probably similar to that of a K04 but just won't hold it to the redline like a K04 will which is where the difference lies really.
Since the turbo is currently strapped to a somewhat wounded engine and I believe they haven't made any others and if they have it's only a few as they concentrate more on the 1.8t AUG etc... Cars but said they could make me one no problems but it didn't have a code and wasn't listed on the website or anything. Its hard to tell what its full capabilities really are. For the money you could look at buying a K04 and having the 'anti surge wheel' mod done and then mapping down to 330bhp or so. @DANBOY66 had it done on his ED30 and had full boost from 2200rpms or so I think.
I don't where about you are or if you're at any shows/ meets soon but I would be happy to take you for a spin and you could get a better idea of what your options are :happy2:
dansmith180:
--- Quote from: Dan648v on April 10, 2016, 05:02:49 pm ---Liked it before but it looks bang on now :happy2:
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:love: :love: cheers mate, just need to steal your carbon bits now :signLOL:
AJP:
Cheers mate, that's the info I was looking for! Pretty much summed up what I've read/heard about the hybrid situation.
Interesting what you say about the anti-surge k04, I'd heard about it but not really understood what it meant in real-world application. I'll have a read up on that.
Definitely not ruling out the bread and butter k04 conversion, no more or less than a hybrid k03. Seems I'm certainly not hurting my chances of keeping the low-mid characteristics of a k03, as I'm not reaching for big numbers.
As always though, sensible mods must come first, which is why I asked about the 6 pots. They sound a good option.
I'm up north, near Sheff. Probably miles away but as I intend to keep it as a long-termer it'll probably send me around the country once or twice so I might end up seeing you at a meet or the pod some time!
Thanks again mate
dansmith180:
@AJP Yeah I'm down in Berkshire so pretty far, but as you say I'm sure at some point paths will cross. I believe basically when mapping the K04 you have to map around a 'surge' to preserve reliability and keep it smooth. But by altering (I think slightly clipping) the turbine wheel you can make use of full boost at lower RPM's, and if you already have the turbo off a car then its relatively cheap and easy to have done.
Yeah would definitely recommend the Forge kit as they're wheel friendly as well.
Happy to help :happy2:
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