Re: 1.8t swap

[Alexxi <alexxi@magma.ca>]

I should have been more specific. While the  G60 isn't known for
reliability , on a tweaked 1.8t (anything past 12psi - 200 Hp ) the K03
most certainly needs replacing with the larger K04 otherwise it spins
faster than intended and vibrates excessively which may result in a broken
blades and or shaft.... little pieces of spinning metal entering the engine
will have a nasty effect on reliability  : ) The upgrade kit from Neuspeed
incudes one of these larger turbos and since its the OEM  on the Audi TT
its a direct bolt on. 





At 05:33 PM 10/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The only thing not reliable in the G60 is the charger.  The same can be
said for
>the K03 on the 1.8t.  If you pump 15 psi of boost thru it, it isn't gonna
last for
>anything.
>
>I guess my main point is that total cost of putting a 1.8t in an A2 Jetta
would be
>outrageous.  The motor goes for about 2k, not to mention the electronics and
>tranny, the all the custom motor mounts that would need to be made.  Quite an
>expensive swap.  Granted, it would be super good(better in an A2 Golf), it
would
>cost alot of dough, and take considerable time.
>
>Alexxi wrote:
>
>> Maybe so but from what I've read in some mag's the G60 is pretty stressed
>> out the way it is and isn't reliable much past 200hp. The 1.8t  is de tuned
>> from the Audio version of 220 hp (I think ) and is said to run reliably up
>> to about 300 hp. Having owned a few turbo cars (Supra Turbo, 626 Turbo) and
>> driven a few supercharged one's (G60, MR2, T-Bird) I would go turbo unless
>> cost is a major factor.
>>
>> At 09:19 AM 10/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >you can get about 200 hp from a G60 for a third of the cost, and the motor
>> will
>> >slip right into your car.  Unless you want to spend a ton of money just to
>> get
>> >the motor in there, I would stay with the G60.  FWIW, the stock G60
puts out
>> >158 hp while the stock 1.8t puts out 150 hp.
>> >
>> >b-
>> >
>> >ClOwNToKeR@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> how much does a 1.8t cost new ? how much for a transplant ? what do i
need
>> >> for the transplant ? i was going to do the old g60 transplant but the
1.8t
>> >> can put out 210hp with a chip and exaust :)damn to temting to pass up
also
>> >> with this conversion do you have to use throttle by wire :( i dont
want a
>> >> computer controling how much gas i give also would i still be able to
use a
>> >> gti tranny i heard cable shifters are crappy?
>> >> ian
>> >> 85 jetta gl
>> >> :::modded:::
>> >
>