I always said I'd never go turbo... Pg. 40 for 1st startup video

[Mr. Rictus]

To begin, I love my supercharger. Really, one of the best modifications I could have done to my car. Power whenever I wanted it and the whine always made me smile.

We did some modifications to the VF kit and managed to get 300whp, which I thought was great... but it would have taken more money than I was comfortable spending to get a lot more out of the V9.
Now it's in a box on the floor...

I threw an idea out there about a year ago at Driversport and wasn't taken seriously... then after I went as far as I wanted to with the supercharger, I was taken seriously and the parts collection began.

What was the idea?

But not just that...

So now I have two GT 2560 (GT28R) ball-bearing turbos with T3 flanges 0.48 A/R and two 38mm V-band Tial wastegates (forgot to get a picture of the wastegates). I'm still pretty new to turbo specs. so bear with me if something sounds weird.

My car looks like this:

I'm not the handiest of people, considering I've never removed an engine from a car before. I've done most of the tearing out of parts from the bay and should have the motor out by the end of the week.

Oh yeah! Almost forgot the engine internals... My car has 175,000 miles on it. I'd be stupid to boost a motor with that many miles without sprucing it up, just a little bit.
I've got some Wossner goodies, specifically rods (82mm) and pistons.

ARP headstuds

Ferrea intake and exhaust valves, both 1mm over stock size.

Titanium valve springs and retainers from INA (rev to 8200rpm!)

HPA clone manifold from ebay

So that's all I've got so far. Ideally I'll have paint and wheels done at the same time as all of this stuff, but I don't know if I'll have the cash for it all.

There you go. No more supercharger... but I think the replacement will be just as good.

Sorry to joedubs, I had to post the thread.

Modified by Mr. Rictus at 6:11 PM 6-2-2009

[24vMonster]

cant wait to see this done, cant wait to go turbo myself

EDIT**** IB4TL


Modified by 24vMonster at 7:50 PM 6-1-2009

[Kiddie Rimzo]

holy ****ing **** rictus

[kB!]

whoa.

[kylesprague]

[travi5]

watching this one for sure.

[Vento!]

old news

[autobahmer]

who'd of thunk mr rictus was a techinics guy

watching

[AlexTheGreat89]

Wow. Keep us posted for sure!

[Kiddie Rimzo]

how much hp(goal)?

[v2.]

hell yeah man, will be watching this.

[GTI-LVR]

this thread wont get locked for sure! im watching this!

[Pri]

bi?

[puffy713]

Twin GT28RS! Jesus, your car is going to take off the ground. Cant wait to see it done

[jetta PWR]

dude you gotta put pics wen your done das hot

[gima]

what a fun project.. can't wait to see the results

[weber.]

that is AWESOME

eyes are pealed

[Dub_Theory]

oh wow.

[Squishy]

Goodluck with the build !!

[haigtilol]

crazy power

[bangbus]

get workin rictus

p.s. i got my rear lip in on sat and my mirrors are now painted... rnt u proud

[Mr. Rictus]

As for hp goal... I didn't really have one in mind. Each turbo is rated up to 300hp so I'd like 400whp daily? And yeah, I plan on making this my daily (except winter, of course) when it's finished.

The requirements I set forth were two-fold:

1. I wanted instant response since I am an impatient person. I want the car to accelerate like a bigger engine, not a turbo'ed one.

2. I wanted it reliable.

I know number 2 sounds funny but the car is in good hands at Driversport.

[03one8T]

whoa whoa whoa...wait....whoa

[gli_freak]

Quote, originally posted by autobahmer »

who'd of thunk mr rictus was a techinics guy watching

Oh how much I miss my 1200s...

[weenerdog3443]

oooo noooooossssseeeeee

[Mr. Appleton]

oh boy rictus, when are you repainting your mirrors and roof?

[24valvedGTI]

You better run that thing at well over 400whp daily!!!!!!!!!!! I knew you would give into the turbo world, I am glad you are finally coming out and sharing the news with everybody else. I hope you are letting jeff tune it again, I am sure he will have fun with this one

[superchannelkev]

wow, gonna be crazy for sure.

[One Gray GLI]

Rictus, you're gonna hate the throttle body placement on that HPA clone mani.

My friend with a turbo r32 had a real HPA mani. charge pipe blew off at the track, it's such a pain to access if it does blow off.

[eric@OpenRoad]

rictus = best mod EVAR!

Modified by eric@OpenRoad at 10:49 PM 6-1-2009

[Theevilson007]

175k, I say new car before TT. 05mk4s with 30k from about 12-15G

[One Gray GLI]

Quote, originally posted by Theevilson007 »

175k, I say new car before TT. 05mk4s with 30k from about 12-15G

hes building the motor..mileage really doesn't matter. and if it really matters that much he can just buy a new 24v motor, preferably a r32 motor.

[bmp 20th AE]

Nice 1200 i heart my mk51210's

[justn868]

cant wait to watch this build progress

[CaliSteezR32]

**** yes.