has anyone done a supercharger jobby on there octi was thinkin about it for a bit more power rather than changin the engine

any comments?

A turbocharger is much more efficient.

What engine do you currently have? If you want forced induction you'd probably have to rebuild it anyway, at cost. So buying a 1.8T engine might turn out cheaper anyway.

If you find a 225bhp 1.8T from an Audi S3, you'd be on to a winner. I can't imagine you'd want more power than that in the octy anyway.

I know of a guy that supercharged and turbocharged a 1.8T mk4 Golf, and ran 4wd. But I expect he spent a rather large wedge of cash.....

Out of interest and slightly off topic... can the octy be twin turbo'd at all:confused:

just wondered if this would solve the big turbo upgrades, of then having turbo lag...

sorry to OP if ive hijacked

I assume it could be twin-turbo-ed but you would need a custom-made manifold, custom made inlet piping, not to mention some electronic trickery to control when each turbo spools up and at what pressure both their wastegates open.

2 stage turbo could be interesting as well.

One low pressure stage, one high pressure.....

Minimise lag, but still maintain a high peak pressure ratio for big power!

No room though!

Out of interest and slightly off topic... can the octy be twin turbo'd at all

Yep

Anything is possible, money and time permitting

As others, I'd think the way to forced induction in a petrol Octy is a 1.8T transplant.

Similar thoughts about an SDi too.

Would it not be easier and cheaper to just buy a 1.8T Octavia rather than go to all the trouble of changing the engine from stock? I would expect insurance to be cheaper too.

We do these things not because they are logical and cheap, but because we can.

Yep

does this mean that it has in fact been done by someone then i'd like to know more sometime if the answer is yes *i wont clog up this thread anymore on the subject*

there is a guy with a vw golf mk4 twin charged has a supercharger g60 and a turbo running 500bhp + so yes it can be done