Whats the most power you can get from the 1.8t

[BLN355]

Hey guys been doing a bit of searching on the net for performance upgrades for the 1.8T and it got me thinking what is the HP/KW limit at the engine for these engines??
From what i have seen there doesn't seem to be many over 250hp on a stock bottom end would this be about the reliable limit for the 1.8?

Will a K04 upgrade get you to those figures with all the other mods (cooler/intake/exhaust etc) or would it nessecitate in something like a Garrett GT28R?

Cheers Nick

[Golf Houso]

Vortex is your friend...

Look at other people's set ups on there...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=27

[VW GTI]

I'm fairly sure Guy's TT has almost 400hp at the flywheel.

[h100vw]

300hp/300lbs is the usual limit on standard rods. 6-700 with a big enough turbo and a well specified engine build.

The main reason for stopping at 250 is the sudden rise in cost when you have to replace the turbo with something bigger.

Gavin

[GT3]

Nick, how do you intend to use your Polo GTI once you get it? Will it be just a street car, street car/occassional track use, occasional street/serious track use, 1/4 mile drag, race car ???

That's the best way of determining how to set it up - a serious increase in power needs to be balanced against the car's capacity to cope with it, ie handling, brakes, traction, clutch, diff etc etc.

[BLN355]

Nick, how do you intend to use your Polo GTI once you get it? Will it be just a street car, street car/occassional track use, occasional street/serious track use, 1/4 mile drag, race car ???

That's the best way of determining how to set it up - a serious increase in power needs to be balanced against the car's capacity to cope with it, ie handling, brakes, traction, clutch, diff etc etc.

Yeah i dont want stupid power out of it i was just curious as to the limits of the stock bottom end in the 20v 1.8T.
Mines going to mainly be a daily driver with the occasional track and 1/4 run, i do however want it in the 13's
Initially i'll probably be looking at coil overs (or a decent spring shock combo),18's and bigger brakes and maybe swaybars along with a chip/intake/filter then will throw a few more performance mods at it as money allows.