TT anyone know about them ?

[andyg plym]

So my mate has a 180 Bhp tt

What's best tuning wise ? Bigger turbo, injectors chip etc ?

I heard they are bullet proof, although he wanted to fit a bleed valve.....just no !

I suggested chipping it, I've only been in a couple before and the 225 felt fairly quick, I would say power wise he'd be happy with 250ish to begin with

Anyone actually had any experience of the 1.8t engines ?

[djh]

Get it remapped first off if you reckon he'd be happy with that. They are a lazy engine when in stock form, remapping does help with pickup/lag and they do go a lot better with just that done.

[mac2226]

Yes remap is good but people always jump to power before you upgrade the tip recirc valve panel filter in standard airbox and a full tbe with or with out sports cat depends who's mapping the car I chose Jabbasport as I went down big turbo but r-tec are getting good with 1.8t knowledge

[pinotattt]

Remap BT Jabbasport all the way

[4WheelDrifter]

So my mate has a 180 Bhp tt

I would say power wise he'd be happy with 250ish to begin with

IMHO stage one is to sell it and get a 225 quattro.

[audinut]

IMHO stage one is to sell it and get a 225 quattro.

IMO sell it and get a mans car

[andyg plym]

Yes understood peeps but he picked it up for a few hundred nuggets so he got a bit of a bargain.
I remember reading somewhere it was easy to chip it to 225 but found out recently they also used different turbos ?

[mac2226]

Yes there ko3 150 bhp ko3s 180 ko4 210/225

[4WheelDrifter]

a bargainous money pit, eh?

Some 180s have the K03.
What engine code is it, Andy?

Ideally he'll need a K04, but it's not exactly just a turbo swap. 180s only have a single intercooler, 225s have 2.
A stock TIP should be ok for those power levels, but it may be easier to get a silicone one.

[byd1380]

If it's a 180bhp should be AUQ engine code. These have a KO3s fitted. I had one in a Seat Toledo, fitted a cheap 3" downpipe from ebay and remapped to 224bhp on a dynapack. Very capable car for the money. A 2.5" system freed things up also.

Ivan

[4WheelDrifter]

Maybe you know something about this car that I don't. But if it has an AJQ then it should have a K03. It's still a capable engine, but it won't do 250bhp without a turbo swap.

[mac2226]

i have a auq and it came with a ko3s turbo which was 180ps custom remapped by jabbasport to 250bhp with surporting mods but yes dp helps a lot as the standard is very restrictive

[4WheelDrifter]

It's the "supporting mods" that is the issue here, which brings me back to my first point.

Do you 'know' that it's 250bhp? Or is that what you have been told

[stocious]

Are they the golf gti engine also?

Downpipe and remap ?

[mac2226]

i know because it was on two different dynos but yes the supporting mods do help but you can go ko4 route and change a lot for little gain and you need all the bits from that donor car £££ or buy ko3s hybrid it which is a vxr ko4 a bit of machining to housing and compressor cover on ko3s depends if you want more power and better reponse.I've skipped straight to bt and i'm very happy with 440bhp