Got yours in the back of my mind mate, but just seeing if I can find a complete used one that I can just stick on for a similar price.
Id probably rather just swap the cold side .. Much easier to fit . And essentially end up with the same wouldn't you ?
Yeah you're right, but i'm new to turbo engines so wasn't sure it was something i'd tackle myself. Now i've looked into it, its not that bad. I'll be open and honest in that the only thing making me research further is I can't find any info on costs of the parts Andy is selling, so not sure if I can find them used / cheaper.
Thats understandable. You wont find a new CHRA cheaper than I am selling. The numbers you need to look for - check ebay etc - are td04l-15t or megane 250 turbo My arch nemesis even bought one from me !
A final thing crossing my mind is what my clutch is going to say to the extra power :eek: I'm looking at an expense of around £1300 all in for all the bits I want, so another grand on a clutch would be a proper kick in the balls haha
Its your lucky day. I happen to have a clutch + smf groupbuy on as well. To save the next question , if you buy a turbo , and a clutch kit I cannot get the price any lower. Sorry.
The big question is ... is it worth it ? A well sorted meg with exhaust , decat , Intercooler and air filter will make 275bhp/300ftlbs .. so to fit a 250 turbo / 630cc injectors and an uprated clutch probably costing between £1500 - £2000 extra for an 25bhp ? Ive followed a meg on track with all of the above and there was virtually nothing in it down the straights .. Depends what your after I suppose ... but said car I was following got left for dead on the twistys so overall lap times in my car was much quicker due to better brakes / suspension etc I think money is best spent on brakes and handling to make the megs quicker...If straight line is your thing go for it
I know this is what i'm contemplating currently; I don't really want to kill my clutch doing this tbh. My thinking is this will all i'll be doing to the engine as forging and things is too much money for me; so may aswell get the most out of the remap by fitting all the parts in one go and get the most out of it. If I could get 300hp / 300ft/lbs and be reasonably sure the clutch can take it i'd go for it. Think some more research is needed!
If it's power your after , but a faster car, if your after a quick reliable car stick to stage 1, spend some cash (not a lot needed) on better brakes and handling
Yeah, I think the thing is, i've come from my last 2 cars all being naturally aspirated where i'm looking at a grand of expense to gain 0-20bhp if i'm lucky. So now seeing that 70bhp and 70ft/lbs can be had for around £1300 to me seems like a bit of a bargain. Especially when it takes the meg up a fair notch in power terms, i guess i'm thinking it'll allow it to perform at a level of much more expensive cars round a track. My plan looking at these cars before I even bought one was injectors & decat sort of level so I suppose the clutch is always in question anyway, and the 250 turbo isn't actually going to give me anymore clutch killing torque as its limited.
A bog standard R26 with good pads and tyres will outperform many more expensive cars on track .. Easily
I already have good pads and tyres haha so its the next step. Still debating how far to take it though at the mo
You will always regret not taking it far enough < whispers > buy it , you know you want to < / whispers >
Mines stg 2 or shall I say custom map 630cc's. On track it's quick, only been doing trackdays for 12 months but I'm getting quicker and quicker every time and getting past more exotic stuff I do kind of wish I'd gone hybrid/250 turbo, not so much for power but I gather the delivery is better???
I would but I know once its remapped I probably wouldn't bother with mapping a second time for the turbo cause its not cheap. So thats why i'm thinking should I just get it all done in one go and then engine wise i'm done with this car... Yeah i've been looking at power graphs and the 250 turbo seems to give around 20bhp / 20lbs/ft more in the higher rev range above 4k rpm, which is where I can can already feel the standard turbo fading off in standard tune. Above about 5.5k rpm in my car atm there isn't much point revving it higher as you can feel the power dropping off.
