Author Topic: thinking of budget build and need turbo advice ! (Read 3454 times)

uber s4 · « **on:** February 19, 2009, 11:13:28 AM »

hey guys hows it going ... long time lurker on these forums first time poster... i just finished reading danny's budget build up thread and am thinking of doing the same thing .... i come from the audi world (b5 s4 2.7tt) so im not new to turbos or tuning .... but my question is as follows. i would like to use the borg warner k03 turbo.... this turbo can flow about 240ish whp on a 1.8t vw engine and i have one on hand so i think that it will mate nicely to the 318is e30 1991 m42 engine. i also believe spool will be just as good or better than the 1.8t vw engine which has full boost at like 2100 rpm and i think 8psi will keep the turbo safe and .... "reliable" anyways does anyone know of any other options i could look at? keep in mind i already have the borg warner turbo from the swap i did on my b5 s4 so that is free vs buying another one.

cheers

--daniel

uber s4 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2009, 01:11:38 PM »

32 views and not one reply?

Boosted E30 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2009, 06:08:12 PM »

If you have that turbo laying around why not just use it its a budget build right??? that way you have money to use on other things instead of somthing you already have....just a thought.

uber s4 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2009, 07:17:29 PM »

indeed the only setback i see is having to upgrade if i want like 260whp if i switch to ms

colin86325 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2009, 10:58:12 PM »

There's a turbo forum on e30tech.com that you might also want to post on in case you don't get many responses here.

Although we have quite a few members on this site that have added a turbo.