Can a KO4 Polo GTi driver review?

**Chipped** · 30-10-2008, 01:15 PM

Hi there any Polo Gti driver had the KO4 Turbo upgrade?
If so is there any chance of a review? Opinions? For and againsts?

Thanks heaps

**DaveMack** · 30-10-2008, 01:21 PM

Eddy? Did you buy Guy's KO4?

I'm guessing not ... otherwise your's would have been putting out these figures at the Polo Dyno date.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ckUWiZ...eature=related

Dave

**Sharkie** · 30-10-2008, 03:54 PM

Not too many K04 Polo's around. I have driven the APR Polo when it had the K04 on. It was awesome. Heaps of smooth power. I think the 151kw atw from the video clip is a bit on the low side as it felt much stronger.

There did seem to be a problem with the turbo/manifold bolts though. Not sure if it ever got resolved.

I still plan on fitting a K04 to my car at some point. 6-15 months away.

**Eddy** · 30-10-2008, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by DaveMack

Eddy? Did you buy Guy's KO4?

I'm guessing not ... otherwise your's would have been putting out these figures at the Polo Dyno date.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ckUWiZ...eature=related

Dave

Hoyhoy.
Na me didn't Dave.

**Spec83** · 30-10-2008, 10:12 PM

If your going a K04 you may as well go all out and move to a T25 or T28 IMHO... You have to get new manifold / dump pipe / exhaust anyway, plus you have a much larger choice of turbo combinations to suit the way you want to power delivered...

Either of the above options will cost $5,000 +

**jasn78** · 30-10-2008, 10:17 PM

spec83 while i agree with you on the preffered choice a k04 kit from apr just as an example is only just over 2k not 5gs

**Kai** · 30-10-2008, 10:31 PM

I want a gt3071r powered polo.

Make software dammit.

Ill do the rest of the custom work.

**Sharkie** · 31-10-2008, 06:59 AM

If you already have the exhaust, you don't need anything else but the K04 as it simply bolts on and all fittings and feeds work perfectly. So fitting it will only cost you about $2K including 4bar FPR and software.

If you go anything else there are manifolds, exhaust mods, oil feed mods, software, etc to be done and $5K is probably optimistic.

Difference is K04 is worth 150+kw atw whereas a bigger yet turbo kit will be 200+kw atw......

Considering the traction problems of the Polos do you really want 200+kw atw? ...... Realistic answer is no ..... power hungry answer is yes ....

K04 is as far as my Polo will go. I'll buy a better car if I need more power than that.

**GT3** · 31-10-2008, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Sharkie

If you already have the exhaust, you don't need anything else but the K04 as it simply bolts on and all fittings and feeds work perfectly.

The KO4 kit is usually the KO4 001 (older, smaller KO4 version) which is why it bolts on relatively easy. You'd need to upgrade the intake, install a FMIC, definately brakes

...and if you don't upgrade the clutch, you can count the days before your stock one collapses. The KO4 will flow better and hold power better in higher rpms, but don't expect a massive power increase over the KO3S. ..although you can expect more lag.