ORIGINAL: cincyTT

I think its about time to say you dont bore out a turbo. You can clip it and port the inlet and outlet.

ORIGINAL: outinfront

Hmmm...well, maybe you should talk to APR themselves, and Dahlback racing, AND most almost any Audi tech who'll tell you that while the 1.8 is a genius of an engine, with that much horsepower you want to some internal work...sure you could forego it, but I'd want to know my engine's gonna last as long as possible with that kind of HP, no matter how many people now are making that kind of HP on stock. Anyone with a little sense knowswhat happens when you make all that kind of HP and don't prep the engine to handle it long term.

Like i said before if you read, you will need new rods and MAYBE new exhaust valves..... THATS IT. And if you talking a gt2871r type power, you dont even need rods unless you plan on running high boost and race gas.

And boring outthe K04 is obviously out of the question. Check the 287 kits...my bet is they don't come with a FMIC..you want to run that power on stock SMIC? Did i say that? Again, you making up things to prove your point. If you get a turbo kit from pagparts which is as nice if not nicer than APR, thats just over $4k and throw in another $1k for ic kit and your still FAR ahead of a APR kit where i have only seen people run 13sec 1/4 miles with. FYI, most fwd 1.8t's run that with just a chip, exhaust, and ic.

And i don't trust a tcarbon. Neither do i, they are ebayish. I've seen too many people completely screw up their engines and mods by not being patient, and putting in the money it takes to do it right. Spending money is fine, but you look like your going overkill and throwing it away on overpriced kits.

As for the brakes and suspension, a big brake kit is minimum 2k, hell a stage 2 kit is that much, My wilwood kit was under $1k and sold my stocks so i only paid $800 out of pocket. For a street car, your not going to need much more than 2 peice rotors and 4 piston calipers up front and nice pads in the rear. and the suspension you need for 400 power should be a little higher grade than some sport shocks and springs you buy for $600..Koni and PSS9's are both just over $1k, again more than enough. Throw in another $500 for sway bar and camber kits and your still FAR below $5k. 5k may be a little high all included, so maybe 4k if you find the stuff you need for a good price. In the end maybe it just depends on what you want to do with your 400 hp...I don't see doing anything else but supplementing it with everything else it needs to completley balance out and harness all the added HP.

ORIGINAL: DurTTy

for the purpose of this discussion, the idea is still the same.

also i checked out the link. why is it that there is no t3S60 with a stg 3 wheel.

why are all the t3/t4 with stg3 wheel, wtf is the difference betweeen the wheels in a s60 vs a stg 3 wheel.