Off the shelf S/C kits

[whitbytom]

Hi,

I'm relatively new on here, and I'm from the UK. It seems turbo and supercharger conversions are a lot more popular over there than this side of the water.

I'm interested in Turbo/Supercharger kits that are available off the shelf for DIY fitment over there, for 1.8 and 2.0 8v N/A engines, as I know of a few people over here who are interested in doing something similar.

There's pretty much nothing available over here as far as I'm aware, bar a few specialists that do the conversions in house, and charge a fortune to do so.

Any info is gratefully received!

Cheers

Tom

[dubswede]

this is for your convertible?

with a counterflow head right?

there aren't many people (that i've read or heard of) doing forced induction on those motors. SCI Chad's dad has a Callaway kitted cabriolet which is a turbo'd counterflow 8v. really rare parts, hard to find.

if you swapped to a crossflow head there are many more options. Dasveedub greg has a neuspeed supercharger on his mk3 jetta 8v and he seems to like it alot.

[ventovdub2pt0]

for the older 1.8's i know bahnbrenner makes a lysholm kit, the mk3 2.0's have the popular neuspeed as well and bahnbrenner chargers. Check them out, not sure what engine you have this in mind for.

www.bahnbrennermotorsports.com (http://www.bahnbrennermotorsports.com)

www.neuspeed.com (http://www.neuspeed.com)

[space]

Bahnbrenner does not sell lysholms anymore. lysholm stopped making their chargers.

[hamradio]

If you're looking to go the turbo route, you *can* use an exhaust manifold and turbo from a 1.6 turbodiesel.

[Das VR6]

Bahnbrenner does not sell lysholms anymore. lysholm stopped making their chargers.

I heard some not so great things about those anyways, reliability wise.

I have the 2.0 ABA motor with a neuspeed supercharger. It's a fun reliable forced induction kit, may not be the best power making kit but its dead reliable.

[magz]

Keep in mind that anything you buy that is US-spec is going to tuned for US gas. Although I've heard Jeff from C2 Motorsports has done some remote tunes for a couple guys in your area and Scandinavia.

Kinetic makes a mk3 8v turbo kit, although it probably costs more than if you did a DIY kit: http://www.kineticmotorsport.com/catalog/MKIII_2_0L-98-1.html. No personal experience with that kit, but I've been running their VR kit for over 2 years now without a hitch.

[whitbytom]

Cheers guys, that's a big help.

I'm asking on behalf of a friend who has a Mk3 2.0 8v GTi. He's weighing up doing a VR conversion, or charging the engine he's got, in terms of price, power, reliability, ease of conversion etc.

As far as I know in the UK the early Mk4 2.0 GTi's or 2.0 new Beetles have crossflow heads, which I think are similar in spec to the ones you guys get over there, so I presume the kits would work.