Jonnyc's MK5 ED30 Build Thread..

[prepree]

Cant wait!!

I have another car too though, so I will only use the Golf when I can, and when its sensible....... Your Aston?

[jonnyc]

Unfortunately not..  A current shape 1.2 Corsa .. Nice little car though 

[prepree]

Unfortunately not..  A current shape 1.2 Corsa .. Nice little car though 

Not standard surely? Or not for long!!

[jonnyc]

Not standard surely? Or not for long!!

100% standard.. I keep being tempted but there's really no point..

[Blade]

You must have been working Andy hard Jonny. Are you going to give him Xmas off

[jonnyc]

You must have been working Andy hard Jonny. Are you going to give him Xmas off

He's a star!!!.. Hmm, I have ran out of money, so yes.. 

[Oli]

Any pics yet?  (and I dont mean the Corsa....)

[jonnyc]

Any pics yet?  (and I dont mean the Corsa....)

Not yet, tomorrow 

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OH MY GOD.. Its awesome..

First of all the new turbo is incredible, even though I have the larger .82 A/R exhaust housing, which really should delay spool up by 2-300rpm.. In fact im seeing spool a full 700RPM sooner than on the S3 with comparable settings on the Revo file..

This is probably a little bit down to the compression ratio being a touch higher on the ED30.. 9.8:1 compared to 8.5:1 of the S3, but I put most of it down to the work that Owen Developments have done to the standard Garrett GT3076R.. For example, Were seeing 1 bar of boost at 3450rpm and it starts to build boost from 2300rpm.. Simply amazing, and WAY WAY better than I could have ever hoped for!

Andy again has done an incredible job, the install is amazingly neat, and unless you knew what you were looking for, in the engine bay, it looks almost no different to before with the OEM K04 turbo installed.. Once Im running a heatshield above the manifold, you really wont be able to tell.. (until you see it run possibly)

As for performance, were running 1.2 bar or 17.5psi max at the moment which is really very low for this size of turbo, and a full 0.5 bar lower than we ran the S3..

Even at this boost the car is WAY faster than my fully sorted K04 ED30.. Were going to run it like this for the next couple of weeks to let everything settle down, then raise the boost along with a load of other bits and bobs in preparation for Santa Pod on the 17th Jan, which will be the cars first 1/4 mile day with the new turbo set up! Weather permitting, Im expecting some seriously impressive times based on this first drive!!

Ill be able to get some pics and hopefully a couple of videos up tomorrow once there is some light.. But for now, im off for a little drive!!

So all good, again a massive thanks to all involved, Andy @ ACR, Phil and the guys at BSH, Forge Motorsport and all the guys @ Revo!!

[Aparoon]

Sounds awesome mate, what intake are you running?

[Janner_Sy]

twin take iirc

[jonnyc]

Sounds awesome mate, what intake are you running?

Yup Forge Motorsports Twintake, no adjustment even required for the fitting.. Awesome!!

[Hurdy]

It doesn't matter what you do Jonny, you'll not tempt me to go for a big turbo.............................maybe

[NEWEY]

sounds fantastic. cant wait to see some vids

[jonnyc]

It doesn't matter what you do Jonny, you'll not tempt me to go for a big turbo.............................maybe

Your missing out, thats all im saying.. 

Update..

So after first impressions I was able to have a few hours in the car last night, putting some miles on the new set-up, listening for any strange noises, and generally just bedding it in a little.. All seems great!

First of all, just wanted to do this video to prove, with the right map (REVO) RS4 injectors, cold start is not an issue..

First start this morning, stone cold, had not been ran for 12 or so hours, with a 1.5 degrees C ambient temperature..



No problems, cranks and fires no different to how it did on the K04 with stock injectors..

So after having some more time with the car I can confirm that its very fast of course, but at the same time extremely driveable, quiet when driving off boost, pulls smoothly from 1000rpm with NO problems what so ever, super responsive, and

Again, the thing that has really amazed me about this set up is just how responsive the engine is from such low revs! Ok, for sure it has more lag than the K04, but seriously not 'that' much more.. But once your at 5k revs the difference between the two is night and day! Just amazing..

In terms of performance.. (test completed on private driveway)

I think that 40 - 100 in 4.2 seconds is pretty impressive, considering that its only running 17psi and it was wet!!

Once its dry, or at least, not snowing, ill get some videos to prove this, its seriously, seriously fast!!

I can only imagine in the dry, with 255 R888's, running 24psi and with another 200kg out how fast its going to be.. I guess we will all find out on the 17th Jan!!

On a DSG note, all is perfectly fine, the changes are still lightning fast, solid, no slip, no hesitations, all perfect.. And boost before, during and after a flat out gear change is almost completely consistent! Big turbo 2.0T FSI and DSG is the perfect combination!!

Anyways now for some pictures now there is some light!! Love the install..





Im really pleased with the way it looks, as I had said yesterday the engine bay looks really nice, not like a highly tuned car, and there will be more to come in terms of making it look even more OEM which is the way I want the car to look throughout..

When you look a little closer..






The only problem at the moment is this!!!!



How annoying!!!

[NEWEY]

great stuff jonny.. i bet your pretty pissed its snowing though