Turbo upgrade for TDI?

[GoLfMan]

what kind of turbo upgrade can I look at for my Polo TDI.

the tiny turbo is holding back performance now as it tapers off long before the redline even with a chip in it.

i can get ahold of a KO3s and thought it would be a nice upgrade.

thoughts?

[Preen59]

Thoughts?? How about this...

It goes pretty good as is. It's your daily driver.. Leave it alone!

[Oneofthegreats]

Thoughts?? How about this...

It goes pretty good as is. It's your daily driver.. Leave it alone!

Can't argue with that.

Why pull it off the road & have your daily sit around for umpteen week's while you fab up turbo gear?

Leave it & enjoy it.

Build your mk1! haha

[Pumpe-Düse]

I don't know how anyone could say "it goes pretty good." The Polo 1.9 TDI (the lightest and fastest 1.9 TDI equipped car on sale in Australia), even with a chip, is hopelessly slow.

Go for the turbo upgrade. Along with head work, camshaft, valvetrain etc.

[h100vw]

I reckon the TDIs have different turbos to the petrol motors. They run much higher boost than a petrol, so I am sure they'd never keep up with the demands of a diesel engine.

You'd need a turbo off a more powerful diesel motor.

Gavin

[Pumpe-Düse]

Get the turbo of one of these...



lol

[GoLfMan]

I reckon the TDIs have different turbos to the petrol motors. They run much higher boost than a petrol, so I am sure they'd never keep up with the demands of a diesel engine.

You'd need a turbo off a more powerful diesel motor.

Gavin

the turbo on my TDI is much smaller than a KO3s i recon, the turbo on these things is TINY !

Maybe the GT TDI turbo is bigger and from what i've heard bolts straight on?

[Preen59]

I don't know how anyone could say "it goes pretty good." The Polo 1.9 TDI (the lightest and fastest 1.9 TDI equipped car on sale in Australia), even with a chip, is hopelessly slow.

Go for the turbo upgrade. Along with head work, camshaft, valvetrain etc.

Well that's true if the road you drive to work and back on has no speed limits with minimal traffic. My chipped Caddy goes plenty good enough, good enough to keep up with a mid 90's V6 commodore. The Polo TDI goes better than my Caddy.

If you think that isn't fast enough for something that you use every day as a run around to get to work and do the shopping, you have a very warped imagination.

[Pumpe-Düse]

A question Golfman.. have you done suspension work? If modding the TDI, personally, I'd attack the handling (or lack of any) before anything else. Some good springs, shocks & swaybars plus wheels & tyres (wider rim, lower profile tyre) should change how it corners (or doesn't) pretty dramatically. Just my opinion anyway.

[Oneofthegreats]

If you think that isn't fast enough for something that you use every day as a run around to get to work and do the shopping, you have a very warped imagination.

My old everydayer was a gen3 keeper uppera! haha

But obviously couldn't beat polo gti's! haha. that's the bench mark for every dayer's I've been told!