How to get interested in my vrs again?

[VRS 203]

Oh hi yet again, it's been a while.

Owned the Fabia for about 4.5 years now.

Been off the road about half that time with broken bits etc.

Just took the turbo off yesterday to find there wasn't much left of it. :think:

Found out the intercooler has (hopefully) acted as a sive.

I am really bored with it as it's had a hard life.

How will I get interested in it again?

Would it be bad to put a standard turbo back in it?

Never been out in a hybrid yet... is it really worth it...

Also looking for fresh ideas looks/engine wise thats hardly been done, not been done.

Need to get back in the mood.

Edited 3 May, 2012 by VRS 203

[Huxley vRS]

Do it.

[Dark_Hero]

I'd say yes do it. Picking my car up from Unit 18 tomorrow and cannot wait!

[derekvrs]

went through 2 recon turbos in 4 months i dont think standard takes abuse garage telling me i over rev and i don't i have read online vacuum unit can cause turbo failure? i wish with hindsight i had went hybrid cause they are much stronger

[Rob.]

No one's ever had one bored out that I can recall? Is it even possible?.. vRS 2.1PD?

[Southy]

Most VW engine now can only be bored out to +20 so to make a 2.1 you will have to have a stroked crank, which you are talking silly money for.

[Rob.]

That's a shame.... but does explain why it's not happened yet

[pieman[vrs]]

Welcome back! remember your many posts in the alloys thread

Why not get a turbo from an Audi Q7? linky

Edited 3 May, 2012 by pieman[vrs]

[VRS 203]

I think rebore is out of the question, unless parts of my turbo have gone into the cylinders, which I doubt, but I was maybe going a bit quicker than 70 when it gave up.

Yeah, I still am a bit of an alloy wheel fiend. Last count was 12 sets of rims and 4 cars, oh dear.

Thinking about compatibility of turbos though, I've been looking at different models etc over past few days to see if I could get any to work, but going back to Q7, looks like they will have electric wastegate on them. May not work. Edit : Vaccum conversion?

The car owes me next to nothing and have got a bit of spare cash that was going into my Mk1 for the summer, but that's fell through so may just go nuts on the fabia in some way to get me excited about it again, like I was when I first got it re-mapped 4 years ago.

Edited 3 May, 2012 by VRS 203

[pieman[vrs]]

Turbo explosion is unlikely to have got in the cylinders but its worth checkin pipework and egr, The Q7 turbo has been done ( check link ) Maybe give Jabba sport a call they seem to like going nuts on fabias other than that I'm all out of Ideas (sorry) :(

Edited 3 May, 2012 by pieman[vrs]

[VRS 203]

Cool, thanks for the link, i'll have a good read, you must have edited just as I started typing again, haha.

No egr but found lots of it in pipework and front mount.

We'll see what happens, if it needs stripped, it needs stripped.

[pieman[vrs]]

We'll see what happens, if it needs stripped, it needs stripped.

Sounds like your starting to spend that money already

[vRS Joe]

You can increase capacity by buying the 2.0 pd pistons from Darkside and then re-bore. I doubt it would be financially worth it though, but it would be something new!

Alternatively you could use the hybrid version of the 2260 turbo which Darkside are currently working on...

[VRS 203]

Just always have to think of the worst outcome, then your not let down. haha.

My mate just send his rb25 away to get 2.6'd after a piston ring cracked and scored it.

Was running fine before he took it off the road too, now truck turbo and should be good for 600bhp after rebuild.

Can't wait to get a run in it. :p

Anyway, back to diesel power....

[VRS 203]

So yeah, had a spare afternoon, this should get me interested again...

[pieman[vrs]]

Wow, neat work wish I had a spare afternoon to do something like that

Needs a clean, or is it going in the bin?

[Huxley vRS]

Good work mate.

[VRS 203]

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Wow, neat work wish I had a spare afternoon to do something like that

Needs a clean, or is it going in the bin?

Been sat for about 8 months outside my unit, at the back of a demolition place, always dirty up there.

Suppose I'll start a Fabia Project thread.