Ko4 conversion??!!

[pitsirikas]

Think I'll start with this...

http://www.loba-motorsport.com/shop/clearance-sale/155/original-2.0tfsi-k04-turbocharger

[RedRobin]

Engine wise it has a panel filter and a cat back milltek! It's on coilovers so that's the suspension kinda sorted, was goin to be goin for uprated disks and pads anyway! I just feel the ko3 doesn't have much punch to it! I had a shot of a remapped s3 and it was awesome! Boost comes in hard and doesn't die off towards the red line!!

....Whether you convert to K04 or not, you'll need a Turbo-back, not Cat-back, exhaust to deliver the potential of the remap and you'll need a remap to run a K04 on your K03 car.

Just coilovers isn't enough to sort out your suspension - It's just a good start.

Remember too that power is useless without traction and so engine mounts, diff such as Quaife or Wavetrac, are other mods you'll want.

Your goal should be a well balanced car with good driveability and reliability.

[pitsirikas]

Your goal should be a well balanced car with good driveability and reliability.

+1 RR

Exactly my intension...!!!

[Keith@APR]

Engine wise it has a panel filter and a cat back milltek! It's on coilovers so that's the suspension kinda sorted, was goin to be goin for uprated disks and pads anyway! I just feel the ko3 doesn't have much punch to it! I had a shot of a remapped s3 and it was awesome! Boost comes in hard and doesn't die off towards the red line!!

....Whether you convert to K04 or not, you'll need a Turbo-back, not Cat-back, exhaust to deliver the potential of the remap and you'll need a remap to run a K04 on your K03 car.

APR offers two different calibrations, one for the standard exhaust and one for a more freely flowing one.  We developed the standard exhaust calibration as a business case study for VW.  It is definitely possible to have a k04 with great gains and perfect drivability by changing nothing else other than the turbo, injectors and hpfp on a k03 car.

We are also pretty close in pricing if you take out the HPFP to competing with the cost of replacing a failed k03 so I hope as these cars get older and need repair, more people will see the benefit of a k04 over a k03 without having to become mod junkies. 

[Janner_Sy]

APR offers two different calibrations, one for the standard exhaust and one for a more freely flowing one.  We developed the standard exhaust calibration as a business case study for VW.  It is definitely possible to have a k04 with great gains and perfect drivability by changing nothing else other than the turbo, injectors and hpfp on a k03 car.

awesome news.  Just bolting the K04 & injectors on makes more sense to me than going the full stage 2+ K03 route.  More power and less cost.  That will be the route i go i think when i get an  Octavia again.

[Keith@APR]

Just make sure whoever does the remap knows you have a standard downpipe.  The difference in EGT's between a standard downpipe and an aftermarket one is very significant with a k04.  If you put a remap made for an aftermarket downpipe on with a standard downpipe, you'll burn up the turbo very quickly.

[Janner_Sy]

Its effectively just making a stage 1+ Ed30.  Im off to look for Octavia estates on Autotrader 

[danishmkvgti]

Just make sure whoever does the remap knows you have a standard downpipe.  The difference in EGT's between a standard downpipe and an aftermarket one is very significant with a k04.  If you put a remap made for an aftermarket downpipe on with a standard downpipe, you'll burn up the turbo very quickly.

Knock out the precat which is fine, i have 3 friends with this and it works great, all making 300 to 310 with and without uprated HPFP 

[valle]

I will use this theme, so i don't open another one.

So currently i am runing on revo stage 2+ on my mk5 gti , k03.
And i am considering going on loba's k04.
Also need the injectors, or anything else ?

thanks

[bacillus]

I will use this theme, so i don't open another one.

So currently i am runing on revo stage 2+ on my mk5 gti , k03.
And i am considering going on loba's k04.
Also need the injectors, or anything else ?

thanks

Reinforced rods if you want to go Loba...

[valle]

just standart k04, that they sell, not their modified.

[danishmkvgti]

just standart k04, that they sell, not their modified.

If you have a normal k03'ed GTI then there's no point in going LOBA K04 as you won't be able to use the torque it can deliver with your stock rods

[Janner_Sy]

just standart k04, that they sell, not their modified.

If you have a normal k03'ed GTI then there's no point in going LOBA K04 as you won't be able to use the torque it can deliver with your stock rods

But the "loba" K04 he is talking about is just a standard K04 Turbo with no modifications.  Hes not on about a hybrid.

K03 BWA rods can handle K04 torque.

[danishmkvgti]

just standart k04, that they sell, not their modified.

If you have a normal k03'ed GTI then there's no point in going LOBA K04 as you won't be able to use the torque it can deliver with your stock rods

But the "loba" K04 he is talking about is just a standard K04 Turbo with no modifications.  Hes not on about a hybrid.

K03 BWA rods can handle K04 torque.

okay, i thought it was the lo380 he referred to, which isn't a hybrid but with optimized blades. IMO a BWA isn't strong enough to handle over 500Nm of torque thjat the stock K04 can produce  

[valle]

Hm, talked with Revo , and Loba, and they said , that , that kind of mod, would be plug/play...
Yea plug&play, but for how long  
So i need owners opinion, like yours, so thank you...
Has anyone done such a mod, around here?


thanks