Personally I haven't found the GT2X too bad, it's NOT a big turbo but I was able to race and beat an Impreza STi so it held it's own in that respect. It's better now it's been rebuilt but yes, I wish I had gone for the larger ball-bearing GTRS in the first place. I wouldn't say above 280bhp were disappointing results either, BUT ... ATP's quality sucks, a blown turbo and cracked manifold after only maybe 5k miles is very poor.
Looking forward to INA's GT28RS kit which I will most likely go for (or GT2871R + rods!).
I was driving it to work this morning, and starting to hate it now. before I put it down to the car not being sorted/working properly, but now it is, all I can say is I am very disappointed
I wished I had saved myself a shed load of cash, and just remapped my k03s now, and probably the "on the road" difference will be very little. Would like to see it up against my mates k03s'd
Ibiza, and I would imagine there will be no difference at all
turbo is laggy, lazy and when it does spool it does not seem to be that punchy or quick, a complete waste of money for all the time and effort that has gone into putting it right and getting to this stage
I can't even recall the original reason why I went for this kit now, it's abismal. It has been highlighted by the issues suffered with the manifold coming loose, but it's poor fitting, offers poor power compared to the cost of the kit, you could get a lot more power and quicker spool from a GT28 variation
I am half tempted to get it all ripped out and start again and get the job done properly, and once off. Most of the kit is already in place i.e. injectors, FMIC, induction etc and go for rods etc with 350bhp+
I was driving to work this morning and was getting quite annoyed, the power just isn't there
my advice - if anyone is considering going down this route, dont! the kit after alot of testing is a load $hite
and I think that concludes this build thread, not much more left to really improve on or build regarding the gt2x setup, if you can call it a setup
if anyone has any further questions, then please pm me, as this thread is now closed..............