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No, it's similar, but not enough that you can make it work.

No. No you don't. I've seen more reliable Ladas.

The small turbo will spool quickly, yes. However, add a second turbo to that, and they will both only spool half as fast. Turbos are always a compromise between fast spool with low power potential, or slow spool with high power potential. The key is to find a turbo - or a pair, if you...

Crap, not again. Hold on... I copied it for just this type of emergency...

I'm sure I saw it on here at one time... the one with the guy drifting figure 8s around the girls in the center of the road...

There are a few basics to clear out of the way first. Your theory on twins vs single is, to the best of my knowledge, incorrect. No matter how you get the air and fuel into the engine, it still takes the same amount of air and fuel to get 500 hp - so the stress on the engine and turbo(s)...

No, the AFC will give you the ability to tune exactly how much fuel is going into the engine at every point, it won't help with tuning fuel cut - at least not by much.

Not a whole lot to explain... the KV measures the frequency of the air passing by, and the ECU uses that to calculate how much air is going into the engine. When the ECU thinks there is too much air going into the engine, it shuts down the engine, as a preventative measure to stop your engine...

Thanks - but I'd like to see someone build it, run it, and post feedback first. I'm seriously considering setting this up on my next engine. I don't know if anyone is actually using this setup, or if it's all just theory at this time.

Spotted this thing while I was cruising today, figured I'd post it and see if anyone is in the market. Some kid got a local shop to do a whackload of work on the thing, then couldn't afford to pay for it, so they are selling the car. It's the reddish burgandy exterior on grey leather...

I think that what he is referring to is the idea of using a relocation kit with the NA setup to avoid having only some of your oil going through the oil cooler. Mr. Y, this is not a guaranteed advantage, but I'll try to explain. In my understanding (anyone feel free to jump in and correct...

Yes, you can tune it to virtually any point you want, from stock all the way to god knows where - in theory, well above 60psi, anyhow.

Dude, that is a NICE looking Mk2. Still my all time favorite body style.

Heh... forgot about the harder to start issue. It only happens when I have the climate control turned on. Every now and again I forget and leave the climate control on - then it's hard to start, I turn it off and it starts on the first try. :)

Have you crossposted this in the Canadian section? I know there are some of us from BC coming down...

No... a compression test will tell you that there is something wrong with the cylinder wall, piston, piston ring, head, headgasket, or valves. A leakdown test will tell you if it is your pistons (unlikely) or piston rings (likely).

Good call, Bishop. I'd bet on #4 myself.

Quite the variety here! I'm impressed. How the hell do I describe mine? I'm a computer geek. Currently that means a team manager in a software development quality assurance department. When it comes to computers, I've pretty much done it all - worked retail selling both software and...

I've been running mine for quite some time. It's allowed me to push the stock 440's to 17psi with no problems. The only issue I have had with it is the built in fuel cut defender feature - which I might have a solution for, I just haven't had the time to wire up a cable and give it a try...

Sounds like it should do the same thing as the setup I mentioned above, right? If so, it should work pretty nice.