Go for it Duggie. There will come a time in your life (usually when getting married and having kids) that doing that kind of work to a car takes 2nd place to family and in some cases probably means you wont be able todo it at all.

Some people take a year out of college/uni/work and travel the world and some people keep working but enjoy their cash by modifying their cars. I say good luck to you and enjoy it while you can. (looking forward to seeing the thread as the upgrade take place.

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saying that thought i also dont understand because i remember a about a month ago you was moaning about the petrol and having about £10 or £20, and not having enough, so by the time you have spend all your money you wont even be able to keep it on the road much longer lol

saying that thought i also dont understand because i remember a about a month ago you was moaning about the petrol and having about £10 or £20, and not having enough, so by the time you have spend all your money you wont even be able to keep it on the road much longer lol

Did you read the insurance payout bit?

what he is saying duggie is that a short while ago you couldn't afford to run a car and changing the engine is only going to make this worse so spending all your money on doing the conversion and insuring it means your day to day costs will only rise with the same income that you said you struggled on.

I have a new full time job now anyway... behind a bar... not much but more than I did have.

you need one of these on it duggie

You also need one actually fitted

that does normally work better

lol

What about getting the 1.6 lump and having it charged?

Either way I wish you all the best in you venture Duggie... something I'd like to do myself just don't have the space :(

I have a new full time job now anyway... behind a bar... not much but more than I did have.

ahh well thats different then i thought u was still in the same situation

just to put my tupence worth in. I think you have got the right idea. Don't just buy a better car, make something special, it's not about the money at all.

If you had an unlimited budget would you still do it? I think you might.

Good luck mate

is there any way of bolting on a turbo to the 1.4 engine? or would it need rebuilding to make it stronger?

is there any way of bolting on a turbo to the 1.4 engine? or would it need rebuilding to make it stronger?

you'd have to completely strip it mate and uprate all the internals,wouldn't be very cost effective

not at all, you could easily turbo charge a bog standard 1.4 engine

you'd only be able to run very low boost but you could still do it

How about this:

Skoda octavia VRS VW engine AUQ 17000 miles only on eBay, also, Skoda, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 15-Aug-08 10:22:16 BST)

No pics but low mileage and complete.

not at all, you could easily turbo charge a bog standard 1.4 engine

you'd only be able to run very low boost but you could still do it

there'd be no point in going to the expense of fitting a turbo if you're going to run very little boost

you mean like a standard 1.8t?

Currently part way through a 1.8t conversion on a corrado (so this may not be that relavent!), one of the first things you may find is using 1.8t clocks and keys is a pain! there are two easier options either use a de-coded ecu or use stand alone management. We will be using Qpeng plug and play management, check out there site Quantum Performance Engineering - Home, mostly golf info but may be useful. Just for interest we're using an AGU engine (large port head and cable throttle body is standard) with a K03s turbo and 315cc injectors, gonna be aiming for around 240bhp.