Robin H

I don't think that I would be in a position to pay out for a turbo all in one go plus once you've bolted that on you've got clutch, brakes ect to think about before you can play safely then once you had a turbo you would want more boost which means uprated internals, the hole deepens I'm just floating about a few ideas for the future. which is why I've been asking for peoples input. turbos not on the books yet but power gains are, so if there's anything that I can do bit by bit, then I'll look into it. :D

This is the sort of info thats great to know

Idea for the future

yeah that would be a great help Mat Thanks very much

I was going to use the ones on the link in first post for a ruff guide is there somewhere where you could recommend looking in to get the true costs of parts Mat

The picture is on the thread mate .................. We were not able to do a test before hand ............ The exhaust manifold section was cleaned out (inlet pipes made bigger) Precats Removed Balancing Pipe was added to manifold Smile was added to face :D ← ← Thanks Bazza I didn't think scareface's car was dyno'ed before and after thought I was going mad

@ Mat give us a pm if you need some dissimilar welding rods to weld mild steel to stainless steel :winky:

Thanks very much with your help on this topic Mat I've been looking at the TRD parts that you've mentioned (cams,pulleys, exhaust system) what is the conversion rate to work out what they would cost in £ of the parts would be Cam and pulleys look like the first things to be done then would this also mean a new/piggy back ecu would be required to run the new set up TDI posted up that they had a Cam kit for the tezza link to post would this be an option or should I not mix and match parts also with a fully decated system would the car pass the m.o.t's how do the turbo boys get on with there m.o.t's thanks for your help so far peeps I'm sure that i'll have a few more Q's in future

yeah forgot that thanks Zee

tis the one off ebay I've got pics of the bay as was gonna make the 3 point strut brace (wanna sell) anyway Welcome to the club Taz hope you enjoy your tezza mate there loads of tezza info on here just look throw the forums

haha HKS induction kit Tom's 4-2-1 manifold (not fitted yet) HKS sports cat (not fitted yet also this will be used as template for decat pipe if required) speed racing cat back exhaust (what was on car) TRD flywheel (not fitted yet)

it's not really how much I want to spend but more of what can I do,(staying n/a) I don't have a lump sum to do it with, it would just be the case of doing the over time to pay for any mods, of top of my head lets say £1000 every 3 months to mod with as this is what I've spent on the 1st round of mods (the money pit has started )

what about something like this

thanks for your input peeps I didn't think it would be the case of just bolting on TB's there always a knock on effect to what else you have to do a few more minutes of your time if that's ok what are my options for getting small power gains from my 3s-ge?

currently collecting parts for it at the moment (hope to get them fitted once back from snowboarding in jan)also should have some more by then got manifold to put on will I not lose back pressure by removing all the cats? do I need back pressure? I know that this ideal for turbo's will I lose any torque by removing cats? I'm surprised that you've gain over 30hp from the mods listed below but you do have 2 more cylinders then me

what sort of work would need to be done for a 250 n/a engine ie what parts would be required???? ball park cost to get there????

How does this stress the engine more??? do you have to run with more compression for TB's would you have to up rate all the internals?

Welcome to the club enjoy your stay

welcome to the club enjoy your ride pics

I was browsing the net last night and come across this picture of trd throttle body's (in link below) now this is something that I would like to knowing more about, this is where I hope that you can help, I don't know much about engines and most of what I know is from this forum. see pics of parts in posted by members and topics like the drift car. there's lots of talk about turbo's and superchargers but none really on throttle body's. I know that the first 2 are good ways of getting big power gains for your money could this be a reason that throttle body's are not cost effective for the money when you put the against turbos and superchargers, so could this be why it's not done much? out of interest what do the touring cars have in them? one of the main reasons why I've asked these questions is because it's something that I'm interested in doing to my altezza but don't fully understand how it all works I love the sound the intake makes when I put my foot down, I still smile as much as the first time I did it this is a sound I DON'T want to lose on the hunt for power. so this is why I thought TB's would be a good way to go, am i right? at the end of the the day I'm aiming for a 250hp n/a 3s-ge, any idea of what Rwhp could be ? and what the cost's could be getting there? thanks for your time and any questions that you could answer would be greatly appreciated Robin link

Nice idea keep us posted on your results

Welcome to the LOC :D enjoy your stay pic's

Wow those kits look nice not sure of the lights on the white car silver car looks nice but I think some kits look better on different colour cars as it shows/emphasizes curves, contours, scoops and grills better ware as some times this can be lost on darker cars I do like the subtle touches that Keith Bowler posted up think it just depends on what sort of look you are going for

i know you said you want someone close to you. i used lepsons in kent and they did a super job. i had to arrange posting as i live in wolverhampton. here is a picture of a job they did for keith who recommended them. ← They do look nice what size are they? how much did it cost?

if I didn't have my tezza I'd have a GTI6 best looking hatch about imo 175bhp n/a 6 speed box can fit loads of stuff in them with the seats down seats 4 peeps handles well yes it's french yes it's rattles yes you can take them apart with no tools so what if that's what you like, its what you choose to live with!!! if you get what I mean waiting for the list of now