Turbo kits

1. Steovts Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Ireland Posts: 282 Saxo Vts

   #1 25th April 2007, 01:46

   How much would I be able to get a turbo kit for my vts for?
   
   And where can you get them?
   
   Thanks in advance
2. Hewhocannotbenamed Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Wiltshire Posts: 163 Saxo VTS

   #2 25th April 2007, 07:08

   See here for info:
   
   www.gmcmotorsport.co.uk/
3. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #3 25th April 2007, 07:09

   only supercharger kits there and the site is out of date. best phoning them. or if you wanna do it yourself pick teh parts up from ebay and the forums.
4. S34MER East Midlands Joined: Jun 2006 Derby Posts: 8305 Skoda Fabia VRS

   #4 25th April 2007, 07:28

   the turbo kits range from about £2000 on ebay to about £4000 new, then obviously yu have the labour charges for fitting them, which is usually priced at £28ish an hour. You will also be advised to upgrade your clutch, suspension and brakes, these are not inclded in the turbo kit, so will be at extra costs. Then you have to consider extra insurance, running costs, repairs costs, etc, etc the list goes on and on and on mate!
5. VTS_16v_Boy Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2006 Dartford Kent Posts: 5251 Pug 1007 HDi Sport (daily) / Abarth 500

   #5 25th April 2007, 08:37

   There are quite a few kits on the market for turbocharging the 8v and 16v TU engines these days but Id stick (if it was my money) to either GMC, Jam-Sport, Carworx and possibly Cituning. All the kits will set you back around the £4k mark and you best allow for an extra £1k for fitting and anything that needs replacing that hasnt been budgeted for.
   
   Personaly Id rather just take my money to another car but if you are thinking of spending that kinda money get on the phone and have a long chat with all four suppliers and compair notes.
6. Steovts Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Ireland Posts: 282 Saxo Vts

   #6 25th April 2007, 11:49

   Thanks very much guys thats been of much help
7. VTS_16v_Boy Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2006 Dartford Kent Posts: 5251 Pug 1007 HDi Sport (daily) / Abarth 500

   #7 25th April 2007, 14:08

   Has any of the figures put you off at all or are you still keen to look more into the conversion?
   
   Most kits can easy whack up the bhp to around 160bhp sometime more depending on what else your running and differences in setups. 160bhp in a car that weighs less than 1000kgs is gota be a good idea
   
   Also a well installed high quality turbo kit with the correct PSi will run fine only needing slightly more oftern services than a normal S or R