K04 - Which one and how much?

[Sharkie]

there is only about 10kw atw and 20NM in a K04 over a worked K03 car ..... APR's Red Polo was doing around 150kw atw where some K03 Polo's have been doing 140kw atw with all the stuff you need for the K04 anyway ....

Don't bother ... its not worth the extra $$$ you'll be spending ...

[vwthunder]

What about something from

http://www.jbsautodesigns.co.uk/prod...3-hybrid-turbo

Looks like they have modified hiflow turbos that bolt to standard manifold

[GoLfMan]

if your going to do a turbo comversion, do a decent one... GT28rs!

[DeanB]

Same old issue that you reach a point where you are paying thousands of dollars for a few kWs. For a road car or even weekend cruiser, I just can't see the point in a K04, maybe on a race track, but once again the issue of traction in a Polo is the limiting thing, hard to get all those wild horses to the ground.

[Guy_H]

Dyno's are also only good to compare a stock car on the same dyno, the same day.

[noone]

Excellent information guys.

I feel I'm getting towards the end of what the K03 can do. I'm not complaining, its fairly fast, just thought I'd throw it out there.

I'm not interested in spending big money for a little more power, but other than the tip, i'm not sure if there are any other quality mods I should be thinking about.

Cheers.

[Whubbsie]

do some research on meth injection will probably give you more gain than going to the k04 but will probably cost more too as you will need custome tune, thats the way I'd go if i had the cash.

[Gti Dave]

I too was thinking of the KO4 upgrade but not anymore. However I have felt as though the car has lost some power??? Don't know why I feel this way. Maybe I'm just so used to it

[noone]

I had the 'lost power' syndrome.

Try disconnecting your battery, resetting your tune (assuming APR) and let the ECU retune itself. Definitely got a few more KW's doing this.

[Catfish]

Same here I think. By resetting the tune, do you mean switch to APR stock and back to V1/2 after reconnecting the battery?