decisions...

at some point in the not too far futre i want to get more power out the polo.

im looking into cams and a remap, and it seems to be more money than i was expecting... (knew it wouldnt be cheap)

so then i started thinking about turboing or supercharging it (getting parts from scrapy/making bits up plus a mate has got a T25 turbo hes not using that needs new seals)

really dunno which route to go down...

anyone got any advice/sugestions?

Dunno if youll acheive too much from a remap, being N/A. if i was you id be heading in 1 direction at full speed, and thats straight for the nearest eaton m45

To be honest if it's a 1.4 16v there's not a lot you're going to get out of it worth the money you end up paying.

A home-brew turbo would be good, but will the engine take the extra abuse?

I would look into a conversion of some sort, but that's a lot of money too

1.8t would be savage! get a 225 lump!

matty_mk1 wrote:

Dunno if youll acheive too much from a remap, being N/A. if i was you id be heading in 1 direction at full speed, and thats straight for the nearest eaton m45

Amen,

Eaton charger, a couple of head gaskets, weld up a 5th injector holder and get a 5th injector controller, possibly an intercooler off of a R5 of somthing, a few tubes ect and ya bracket, sorted. Although thats a very pikey way of doing it lol.

Haha ghetto forced induction ftw

not keen on the idea of doing a conversion, wanna keep the car light and ballanced and i think a 1.8t etc would make it too nose heavy. would be quick in a straight line tho!

hasekna wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Dunno if youll acheive too much from a remap, being N/A. if i was you id be heading in 1 direction at full speed, and thats straight for the nearest eaton m45

Amen,

Eaton charger, a couple of head gaskets, weld up a 5th injector holder and get a 5th injector controller, possibly an intercooler off of a R5 of somthing, a few tubes ect and ya bracket, sorted. Although thats a very pikey way of doing it lol.

i was thinking of an eaton tbh.

what does the 5th injector do and where would it go?

defintiely 1.8T its the really the only way thats sensible, everything else will be major hassle

pinky wrote:

defintiely 1.8T its the really the only way thats sensible, everything else will be major hassle

id call fittin a 1.8t in a polo major hassle! lol i know its been done a few time tho.

im not after huge amounts of power, just a bit more than ive got now.

pinky wrote:

defintiely 1.8T its the really the only way thats sensible, everything else will be major hassle

Haha 1.8t into a polo is major hassle

if you wanna keep it revvyish and fun without spending too much money you could cam it, loads of head work, port match everything, a good exhaust manifold and system and a custom remap or if you can afford throttlebodies.

but will still probably be more than charging it, to make N/A more powerful it just becomes lumpy, peaky and horrible to drive.

theres that show mk4 the flip paint one, 350 bhp or something disgusting in a polo, now that would be a beast!

ha well if you have the cash its probaly just wise paying someone to do it, there was a guy on CP doing a turbo conversion who was doing it all properly I don't really see the point myself though.

pinky wrote:

ha well if you have the cash its probaly just wise paying someone to do it, there was a guy on CP doing a turbo conversion who was doing it all properly I don't really see the point myself though.

dont you own a sewing machine with a hair drier on it?

My advice is if you can't afford cams and a remap to gain more power, I wouldn't bother in looking into a decent forced induction conversion as this will also require cams and remap if you want to do it properly

Tiz wrote:

pinky wrote:

ha well if you have the cash its probaly just wise paying someone to do it, there was a guy on CP doing a turbo conversion who was doing it all properly I don't really see the point myself though.

dont you own a sewing machine with a hair drier on it?

Sorry what?

you said you dont see the point in tuning it, just thought it was a little hypocritical coming from a g40 owner

Side tracking from the original post now, But I have to ask....

Why is tuning a G40 pointless then?

I see no point in converting a NA engine to forced induction well not that engine anyway, fact is theres some massive power gains to be had out of a G40 engine and I thought you knew a little bit about VW engines?

Henry wrote:

My advice is if you can't afford cams and a remap to gain more power, I wouldn't bother in looking into a decent forced induction conversion as this will also require cams and remap if you want to do it properly

its not that i cant afford them, its more that i dont want to tune it as an n/a, only to find i could've spent the money more wisely on a turbo/supercharger set up.

i realise the costs involved in both.

henry, you g40 before you put back to standard was a monster!

if you read it again i NEVER said g40s were pointless etc i think they are awesome i just thought you was saying tuning a small engine was pointless and therefore was pointing out what you said thats all. I do know a bit about vw engines