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realistic power from gti?
« on: August 04, 2013, 01:09:07 pm »
Hey people, right quick question which im sure alot will be able to help me with. What power could I get from my gti with out doing internals? Was talking to some chap the other day and he said they are only good for 280bhp I havnt got any idea and would love to know the actual figures. Cheers all. Sam

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Re: realistic power from gti?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2013, 01:51:46 pm »
Realistically I'd agree with that. There are one or two who have touched 300bhp with a K03 onboard, but they are the exceptions rather than the rule.
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Re: realistic power from gti?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2013, 02:06:44 pm »
Thats good to know. How about a ko4 conversion would I have to do internals tjen?

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Re: realistic power from gti?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2013, 02:35:56 pm »
Thats good to know. How about a ko4 conversion would I have to do internals tjen?

There are plenty of stage 3 K04 conversions out there and a few without internals, however I'd personally recommend forged pistons and rods as the GTI ones are known to fail under a K04 that is pushed near the limit. Like with everything you don't have to max the K04 and a mild map with a K04 with stock internals pushing 300-320bhp would be fine. :happy2:
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Re: realistic power from gti?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2013, 02:49:40 pm »
Better get saving then 1 thinks!! Gonna be an expensive year for the car!!!! Thanks for your help. :happy2: