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ive only skimmed over the thread,but cant see a price for this kit or how much the eo5 is/was?
i had a few things off AM in their early days and found them very good for things such as the ko3s and downpipe ect, but these things were bought, looked over and resold by them.in my case i thought If any of these went wrong it was "only" a few hundred quid to put right.
if im paying a £1000 odd for a kit id like some kind of warranty especially if its based on a turbo that often failed.
If mikes been running stage 2 for nearly 2 years i'll assume hes had it mapped and so should be able to give his figures.If its not been mapped to stage 2 then how do you know its reliable?
im not having a go,im watching all the turbos being tried by people as i will be doing one at some point but have little to convince me on anything other than ihi.The gt28x gave good results(285?) but didn't seem much cheaper
i had a few things off AM in their early days and found them very good for things such as the ko3s and downpipe ect, but these things were bought, looked over and resold by them.in my case i thought If any of these went wrong it was "only" a few hundred quid to put right.
if im paying a £1000 odd for a kit id like some kind of warranty especially if its based on a turbo that often failed.
If mikes been running stage 2 for nearly 2 years i'll assume hes had it mapped and so should be able to give his figures.If its not been mapped to stage 2 then how do you know its reliable?
im not having a go,im watching all the turbos being tried by people as i will be doing one at some point but have little to convince me on anything other than ihi.The gt28x gave good results(285?) but didn't seem much cheaper
ive only skimmed over the thread,but cant see a price for this kit or how much the eo5 is/was?
i had a few things off AM in their early days and found them very good for things such as the ko3s and downpipe ect, but these things were bought, looked over and resold by them.in my case i thought If any of these went wrong it was "only" a few hundred quid to put right.
if im paying a £1000 odd for a kit id like some kind of warranty especially if its based on a turbo that often failed.
If mikes been running stage 2 for nearly 2 years i'll assume hes had it mapped and so should be able to give his figures.If its not been mapped to stage 2 then how do you know its reliable?
im not having a go,im watching all the turbos being tried by people as i will be doing one at some point but have little to convince me on anything other than ihi.The gt28x gave good results(285?) but didn't seem much cheaper
i see what your saying mate, but your on about the wrong turbo, e05 is a different turbo to this, k03s housing and bigger compressor wheel hence why they were unreliable (so iv read) this turbo has bigger housing/internals (k04 size) etc ....
like you say, mike has had this turbo for 2 years with no problems
when i get this turbo fitted/mapped i will publish figures no problem
From looking into it and speaking to others who have had GT28RS's in the past on other VW applications it seems that it'll only clash with the gear linkages if you have the 3" intake upgrade.
This is the reason David said I'm changing my mind daily lol, I was just going to go for the GT2X, however if I can get it to fit I will go for the GT28RS and 310~330bhp mapping. No point me going for the GT2871R as I'll never get the internals done and re-mapped to 400bhp unless I do it straight away when fitting the kit.
As for cost, this is what I paid from A&M;
- Stage 2 Turbo: £800.00
- High-Flow Manifold: £285.00
- Fitting Kit: £45.00
- 440cc Injectors: £195.00
- 3" MAF Tube: £75.00
- Forge S3/LCR TIP: £90.00
- P&P: £40.00
As well as the above you will need a 3" filter to match the MAF & TIP, which will set you back around £230.00 then you'll also need mappping at £500.00.
ah ok thought they were saying it was a modified e05
so what figures is HE getting?
not been published , he was getting 275bhp@fly on stage 1, not too sure about stage 2 matey, i will publish them though, hoping for 280+@fly, we will see though, both cars have slightly different setups
might have sorted fitting out , only a might though
just been to urban racing near mine (where mr nos gets refilled), they said they would do it but couldnt give me a price, they told me to come back tomorrow and they will have nosey around my engine and see how long/hard it would take/be before giving me a price
what rough price should i be looking at to get this kit fitted?? (except injectors as these only get fitted before mapping)
just been to urban racing near mine (where mr nos gets refilled), they said they would do it but couldnt give me a price, they told me to come back tomorrow and they will have nosey around my engine and see how long/hard it would take/be before giving me a price
what rough price should i be looking at to get this kit fitted?? (except injectors as these only get fitted before mapping)
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well jabba charge £500 for fitting their kit which has the same sort of parts,but they know the job so probably£7-£800
yeah iv got 500/600 set aside for fitting, gutted if its any more as the only money i will have after that would be for the mapping
maybe i will need to save a bit more before fitting afterall gutted if i do
maybe i will need to save a bit more before fitting afterall
gutted if i do
most places simply give qoutes as £35/hr for as long as it takes,they dont like comitting to something they dont know, my local place would do it but wont commit to a written quote except their hr-ly rate
will do , they didnt say 500/600, thats just how much i have set myself for fitting, il give jkm a call in the morning and see what they can offer
cheers for your help mate, appreciated
There's something wrong if it takes the garage more than 8-10hrs to fit a manifold and turbo
so really im looking at 2 days? if they work on it solid? if they dont, maybe 3/4?
sounds reasonable
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so really im looking at 2 days? if they work on it solid? if they dont, maybe 3/4?
sounds reasonable
thimk martyn was saying it should take less than a day!
aaah right
when he said 8-10 hours though i was thinking they only work 8hours and thats with a lunch break, so thats why i thought 2 days
if they can do it in a day then i would be chuffed to bits, defo gonna ring jkm in the morning
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