1.8 20v turbo wanted asap!!

[sturgygti]

Anybody no where I can get a 1.8 20v turbo engine out a golf with the engine in it that's been rear ended??

 

[Andy_Mac]

Seen a couple cheap mk4 gtis on gumtree going for about 600 pull the engine out and brake the rest of the car should easily make your money back

 

[sturgygti]

Cheers Andy. Are they the 225 ones do you no?

 

[natogreen16v]

Most if not all mk4s are 150bhp. Annis may be more. The most common 225 is the mk1 TT.

 

[Woodcutter]

Try Quiggs of Rasharkin, they will have one I am pretty sure.

 

[sturgygti]

Can you not get the 225 in the mk4 golfs? I'll give them a ring tomorrow mate thanks.

 

[Woodcutter]

Can you not get the 225 in the mk4 golfs? I'll give them a ring tomorrow mate thanks.

No they were all 150 or 180.

S3 and TT were 225, some TT's were 180 also, they had a single exit exhaust and the 225 has twin exit exhausts.

 

[sturgygti]

Would the 225 fit into a 6n2 polo do you no?

 

[mattyd]

An 1.8t in a 6n2 polo isn't an easy job at all

 

[sturgygti]

Ino mate but it can be done

 

[mattyd]

Yeah but a real lot of work. Custom subframe, front panal cut away. Etc... There ment to be a nitemare to do

 

[sturgygti]

Yea but will be worth it in the the when it's all finished tho

 

[mattyd]

Good luck with it lad. I'd go for an agu engine if I were u. There cheap to buy and easy to tune. My brother has his sitting at 250bhp. The 225 engine is expensive to buy.

 

[sturgygti]

What's the agu engine mate? Im open to ideas like that was just my first thought. I just seen I can get it till 260 bhp and thought I would go for it didn't think much about it lol

 

[mattyd]

Agu came on the earlier mk4 golfs/a3 etc... They have a big port head and a lot use them for tuning. U can buy a full mk4 golf 1.8t for under a grand now. Use the parts u need and sell the rest. The agu is 150bhp but easy to make over 200bhp.

 

[sturgygti]

I'll have a look for one of them then mate thanks the other one was a bam engine like

 

[mattyd]

Is it a gti polo u have? Y not supercharge it? I see a lot of people do that on them. Prob work out cheaper and easier than the whole 1.8t thing.

 

[sturgygti]

Yes mate you would need to do to much to it the valves and head n stuff would hold the power would only last a few days already asked about all that mate

 

[Ian A]

As said, the 1.8T into these is ment to be a real ballache.

By the sounds of it, your after any 1.8T with a K04 turbo as standard, so BAM, APX, etc. These are the dearest to buy, but you could be up around 270hp will relatively little tuning.

 

[sturgygti]

See I would rather spend the extra money and go for the BAM and get the safe 260 out of it instead of tuning the balls out of the AGU one like. I think it will be money well spent and it's going to be done right

 

[mattyd]

Rem u also have to upgrade brakes/ custom driveshafts, custom wiring loom, better front suspension etc etc

 

[sturgygti]

Yes mate ino I'm going to start doin it asap need to find proper food coilovers etc would vr6 brakes do?

 

[Bazmcc]

BAM is Drive by Wire. The AGU is cable throttle. People use the AGU for the stronger bottom end and large port head so they handle a bigger turbo better. And for most conversions a cable throttle is easier.
The Audi TT 225 engine came in the quattros so just remember you need another 4 pot FWD petrol gearbox if you get one of them.

VR6 stuff is the earlier running gear. Just use the 312mm brakes you get on all the mk4 stuff and TTs, gtis etc

Personally if it was mine I'd go with what the Lupo GTI lads do and whack a big Eaton blower onto the smaller engine. The MK4 1.8T is a fairly big engine because of the amount of extra crap on it.

 

[mattyd]

As above he knows his stuff

 

[sturgygti]

My gti brakes wouldn't do would they? Still thinking about what one to put in I was told you can supercharge them? I would rather stick the 18 turbo in it tho