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Thank you for the advise =D going to have to start buyign thingies =D first off exhaust manifold secondly intercooler, piping,and ummm custom exhaust jsut as a start

No problem mate, it would be good to hear another person has successfully transplanted the T series. Goodluck Stu

thanks for all your help mate, i will keep u posted on our progress. hopefully it will be out soon. although this cold weather is gona make it pretty undriveable.

you will need a intercooler you need to keep the air cool especially in a turbo converted car. things need to stay as close to stock running temps as possible and even 4-5psi can increase the intake temps which will increase engine temps, if the car had lower compression or was built forged then running without a intercooler would be possible, but pretty pointless also as you would be wasting power and having to run higher boost to compensate...

Had already searched through and as expected there are plenty of differant opinions of what is best i was realy just after a company that people trust that could supply the products (not so fussed about a specific brand) as i have had issues with mail order companys before

ptp do some (expenisve) but good stuff. www.ptp-ltd.co.uk iirc

Have a search of the forum, mixed opinions over induction/air filter combinations.

I think it's not a VVC exhaust cam that you need, but a suitable 270deg Piper or equivalent performance exhaust cam for the VVC engine. To add one thing to your list i would say that a re-map of the MEMS3 ECU should be a very worthwhile mod for a tuned 160 engine.

Be very careful. It's hard to see problems coming, and you'l have to be on the ball when they happen otherwise things will cock up fast. Today is a great example, I finalyl managed to book my turbo conversion in to have it's exhaust done (after being delayed by 6-7 month) and so I got under the car with some cable ties to do a bit of a tidy up, get all the piping well out of the exhausts way to give the blokes some room to work,...

The 1.8T k series engine is pretty much pushed to the limit even with its low compression set up and VVC pistons. Even so they are almost guarenteed to suffer HGF at around 55k miles just because of the extra flexing. Doing what you are suggesting even at 5psi will put even more stain on the HG and I'd expect it to fail very quickly. How are you planning to control the pressure? on the 1.8T its done electronically. Also how are you...