sigh...getting way too many mixed reviews on the turbo choice...everybody has a different opinion so let's put it all together...
built AAN - JE pistons (8.5:1), Scat rods, head studs etc...it will be attached to a 1.8T FWD tranny (so lower drivetrain losses) and will be powering a rally car (so need quick spool and not necessarily top power)
this is what I have gathered so far:
GT3071r - too big
GT28rs - too small for the I5
when I ordered my rods 034 suggested the GT2871, but a few people have commented that its a surge monster on the I5 or that the tuning for that turbo is too conservative...
ideally I'd like to keep my stock manifold and the wastegate but that's not a deciding factor...any word on Bullseye? Holset? I'm open to suggestions...
let's hear it...
built AAN - JE pistons (8.5:1), Scat rods, head studs etc...it will be attached to a 1.8T FWD tranny (so lower drivetrain losses) and will be powering a rally car (so need quick spool and not necessarily top power)
this is what I have gathered so far:
GT3071r - too big
GT28rs - too small for the I5
when I ordered my rods 034 suggested the GT2871, but a few people have commented that its a surge monster on the I5 or that the tuning for that turbo is too conservative...
ideally I'd like to keep my stock manifold and the wastegate but that's not a deciding factor...any word on Bullseye? Holset? I'm open to suggestions...
let's hear it...

then said get a 2871 on one of their generic maps 

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