Alright lads and ladies, I've had my vrs remapped and everything is fine, turbo seems healthy and is coping well. However, I can't stop feeling that it'll give up the ghost at some point and I've been thinking about more power too. I've seen a used hybrid pd150 going cheap but the owner isn't sure how many miles had been done on it before he bought it. Is it worth a gamble? Also, would any seat fr turbo fit in a fabia? Any help would be awesome! Cheers

What's your budget? How much power would you be happy with.

Talk to xman on here for turbos I wouldn't risk a used one with no history.

Looking for modest gains. 170 at the moment is nice, but I suppose 200. Budget is the thing, seen pd150 hybrid turbos for 100 quid but of course I've no clue about the history. Car's close to 70k with standard turbo and I had it remapped about 5k ago.

Cheers lads, have pm'd xman to see what he reckons...

170 is pushing it for the standard turbo. A standard pd150 will give you 180-190bhp and can be picked up quite cheap second hand. You'll benefit from a FMIC and of course bigger brakes as the standard 288mm are barely good for 130 lol.

My standard turbo ran 180hp with a shark stage 1 map before going pop after a track day. it had covered 120k miles however so i wasn't surprised!

I went for a pd150 hybrid new from turbo dynamics which was ideal because it bolts straight on and gives a nice drive with boost coming on at around 2200rpm and pulling strong all the way to 4750 where my limiter cuts in

If you go for a bigger turbo youll have to pay again for it to be mapped to take advantage of it

Andy

Just what I was after, Thanks lads.

As said FMIC would be best, maybe look at getting some pd150 head bolts fitted to stop the head lifting!

I have this :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354-HYBRID-TURBO-CHARGER-1-9-TDI-170bhp-based-on-130-bhp-ASZ-FABIA-VRS-OCTAVIA-/121896564071?hash=item1c6199f567:g:pnAAAOSwWnFV8und

 

Any remap from john( hidden power)

 

But going bigger, needs a fmic, may as well egr delete, remap, then think about brakes, tyres... once started on this its a slipper slope :P

It really is a slippery slope! I don't want too much power, are 2nd hand fmic's easy to come by?

Seat Sport ic on a Facebook group currently , with 'part pipe work' whatever that means, think it was up for £120? I'll double check now

JRJG

£170* it was in Leeds.

There are usually some going on EBay for reasonable prices. You should also keep an eye on the parts for sale section on the forum.

JRJG

Seat Sport ic on a Facebook group currently , with 'part pipe work' whatever that means, think it was up for £120? I'll double check now

JRJG

 

I think it means bottom pipe

Could someone get contact details for me please? I'm not a Facebooker

I dont know why i keep getting mentioned on turbo threads! I dont have any knowledge on turbos....

Xman750 is who your after

Haha my bad. Cheers mate

I dont know why i keep getting mentioned on turbo threads! I dont have any knowledge on turbos....