All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Drop in rods for the ED30 / S3 / Cupra
Janner_Sy:
thats good to know,
Id probably prefer the quicker spool, as it will make it more accessible in normal driving. Is it normally just the rods that arethe weak point and prone to failing when running higher power.
the highest powered k04 conversion ive seen on DD rollers is 324hp so if a good set of cams could give 340-350 then so i should be within the capabilities of the BWA internals if i just do the rods.
I sometimes wish i bought the cupra id considered before the vRS. it'd be so much cheaper lol
jonnyc:
--- Quote from: vRSy on January 07, 2010, 12:09:44 am ---thats good to know,
Id probably prefer the quicker spool, as it will make it more accessible in normal driving. Is it normally just the rods that arethe weak point and prone to failing when running higher power.
the highest powered k04 conversion ive seen on DD rollers is 324hp so if a good set of cams could give 340-350 then so i should be within the capabilities of the BWA internals if i just do the rods.
I sometimes wish i bought the cupra id considered before the vRS. it'd be so much cheaper lol
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I made 351hp on DD rollers, going off others results that would have been close to 400hp at Superchips lol.. A true 360hp is very possible with the K04.. :)
Pistons seem to be very strong, but as I have said before, rod failures have only been seen with other contributing factors, all of which would have probably fired even an after market rod too!
danishmkvgti:
i have pictures at home from the german forum, an austrian guy had custom tune on his K04 converted GTI, a really bend rod, i'll find it when i get home :wink:
jonnyc:
--- Quote from: danishmkvgti on January 07, 2010, 05:57:25 am ---i have pictures at home from the german forum, an austrian guy had custom tune on his K04 converted GTI, a really bend rod, i'll find it when i get home :wink:
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Exactly, custom tune.. They ended up running silly amounts of ignition advance without the OEM protection in the map, which caused the problem..
danishmkvgti:
first of ed30 compared to gti pistons
then the rsult of bad programming
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