That's the trade off though- it's the 8th wonder of the world in reliability because it doesn't go fast.
End of story. You want to go fast? No more bullet proof motor, it's expensive, and you can't be an idiot about engines (unless you have deep pockets). And dumping a bunch of money into a 2.slow is going to get you a slightly faster 2.slow.
I think your options are realistically:
Sell it for a 1.8/VR
Swap for a 1.8/VR
Neuspeed Charger (and yeah takes power to make power but you make more power going from < 100whp to ~ 140whp is huge)
Forget about going fast and build a show car
You've made it clear you don't have deep pockets for a legit, solid, reliable turbo build. For the sake of saving your VW, don't get some cheap Chinese-made plastic turbo kit. You don't go that route for the same reason you wouldn't bungee jump with a nylon rope "just because it's cheaper"



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