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[bbfb10]

Drove over to Birmingham to pick up some colour coded side skirts from @Tejinder this morning. Nice guy, had a good chat. His car is an absolute weapon. Will try to fit them this weekend if the weather is good.

[bbfb10]

Hit a milestone yesterday, 160,000 miles.



Also managed to fit my Polar FIS this morning. Love all the information that it gives me.



Whilst l was at it I also put my colour coded Ed30 splitter on.



Ive got side skirts to go on next along with a Powerflex Anti Lift kit and new subframe bolts, hopefully tighten up the front end a bit.

[bbfb10]

Found an S3 Intercooler and pipework on Facebook over the weekend along with some of the pipework needed for the k04 conversion for £100 delivered. Picking up the turbo tomorrow. Build is coming along nicely.

[bbfb10]

Drove to Wednesbury to pick up the k04 turbo this morning. No play whatsoever in the turbo, came off a 70,000 mile Eddy. And at £250 an absolute steal.

[Paradox1]

Love this build. no hanging about.

I'm just waiting to buy a k04 myself, same mods as you give or take.

keep it up!

[bbfb10]

Thanks, it feels like its taking forever, but lm happy with how its progressing.

[bbfb10]

OK, so I'm making a list of the parts I will need for the k04 conversion:



The custom wiring harness consists of following part numbers:
00 979 134 A: Wire (x2)
000 979 133 A: Wire (x2)
1J0 973 722 A: Connection housing to DV
1J0 973 822 A: Connection housing to harness

Besides the picture and harness I have read that I need two gaskets:
06F 145 757 H: Oil return line gasket
058 145 757 A: Oil return line gasket (to block)

This adds up to following shopping list:

000 979 133 A: Wire (x2)
000 979 134 A: Wire (x2)

058 145 757 A: Oil return line gasket (to block)

06D 998 907: Injector install kit (x4)
06F 129 627 H: Intake pipe
06F 129 717 D: Intake manifold gasket
06F 145 383 L: Bracket
06F 145 536 C: Turbo bracket
06H 145 710 G: Diverter Valve
06F 145 751: Intermediate flange
06F 145 757 L: Gasket
06F 145 757 H: Oil return line gasket
06F 253 039 F: Gasket

1J0 973 722 A: Connection housing to DV
1J0 973 822 A: Connection housing to harness

1K0 145 693 B: Air circulation pipe
1K0 145 762 BM: Pressure pipe
1K0 145 770 P: Air pipe (throttle body)
1K0 145 845 A: Pressure hose
1K0 253 115 K: Gasket

N 013 851 4: Sealing washer (x4)
N 044 520 3: Stud (x4)
N 102 861 08: Shouldered hex. nut, self-locking (x4)
N 907 816 01: Spring clip (x2)
N 908 945 01: Hex. nut, self-locking (x5)
N 909 265 01: Clamp (x2)
N 910 848 01: Hexagon socket head bolt (x4)

[Paradox1]

The Alloy turbo to intercooler pipe, throttle body pipe and intake to dv pipe. I've picked up the aftermarket versions. i'll try find some links for you. aftermarket parts are supposed to be more free flowing apparently

[AJP]

Watching this with interest. I'm still 50/50 on a k03 hybrid or k04.

[Paradox1]

Watching this with interest. I'm still 50/50 on a k03 hybrid or k04.

guess it depends what power, you want. hybrid is probably easier as you just swap turbo, and use same injectors.

[AJP]

Watching this with interest. I'm still 50/50 on a k03 hybrid or k04.

guess it depends what power, you want. hybrid is probably easier as you just swap turbo, and use same injectors.

Yeah at the minute I'm swaying towards the hybrid. Just seems to make more sense than a k04. And could work out cheaper, as well as getting a new turbo rather than a possibly tired second hand k04.

Power wise, from the R-Tech graphs I've seen, k04 BWAs make about 360bhp and up to 400lbft with the right bolt-ons, and they got 360bhp and about 370lbft from a Beach Buggy Turbos k03 hybrid, on standard k03 injectors.

Strong case for the hybrid, but then the bread and butter k04 swap is tried and tested. I think either option will make me happy.

[Paradox1]

Yeah I definitely agree. I brough the k04 throttle body pipe as an impulse buy so decided to stick with the k04 setup. only need the turbo now but I'm thinking of sending it to BBT for a refurb and maybe hybrid parts but I'm not sure i'll need it tbh. stock to 360+ is a big jump 

[AJP]

If anything, the anti surge wheel is a good idea. The k04 itself should surpass what a bwa/axx can handle anyway, so apart from the anti surge you shouldn't need to upgrade it.

You're still on 200bhp?

[Paradox1]

Yeah still on stock 200bhp map. got exhaust, intake fitted, Intercooler on route to me along with boost pipes. I'm also wiring up my meth kit so should be rapid once done!

[AJP]

Oh yes, it'll be quite a different beast!!