Turbo for a VTS

[bertie]

I just want to ask you guy's if this turbo kit would be ok for my vts or would i be wasting my money?

http://www.cituning.ltd.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=1001

[RCD-Performance]

My opinion on that would be that it seems quite a well made kit from first glance, however no de-cat/sports cat is included and neither is an intercooler, ecu, piping etc etc.

So i would say its quite exspensive. however bear in mind my knowledge of the saxo turbo market is limited.

It claims gains of 30-40 hp which seems about right, however remember you will ned to spend a LOT more on top of the price of this kit.

30-40hp can be got a lot cheaper by using NA tuning.

However if turbo is want you want. go for it mate

Just my personal opinion :)

Ross
RCD Performance.

[Ryan]

the citunning kit doesnt have the best reputation for producing the best figures for the £.

id ring GMC and get a quote from them.

[bertie]

is there any other companies that do a turbo kit ?

[Ryan]

see above.

personally the only company id let touch my engine when it comes to most. i know a few big name cars who had to go there to fix problems from other companies.

[Berg]

pug10ff, not sure how much they charge though

[williamsvts]

gmc or diy imo :P

[Ryan]

gmc or diy imo :P

id still source the parts from gmc even if going diy.

[gazzy9]

what wuld u need to do on top of this to get it 100% complete?

[Roper]

here you go mate, few people off here have used carworx,

http://www.cars-worx.co.uk/saxo106.htm#turbo

just scoll down.

complete kit btw all including labour

[williamsvts]

depends how far you wanna go and waht you want for fuelling and management.

turbo
manifold
downpipe
intercooler
boostpipes
silicone hoses
oil/water feeds
extra/bigger injectors
low comp pistons or decomp plate
standalone ecu or mf2 and sigcon
2 bar map sensor
bigger dia exhaust
varous smaller parts to get it all fitted and shit.

[RCD-Performance]

problem with turbocharging is that theres no real "end" to it and you can keep going forever.

Theres a lot of +/- to it also.

However i do think there can be more negatives than positives in some cases

[williamsvts]

1. how much have you got to spend
2. how much power do you want (realistically)

[vtr130]

Dp engineering for turbo parts mate!! Wont beat them :)

http://www.dp-engineering.nl/EN/

[Jackman]

pug10ff, not sure how much they charge though

About £5000 all in.

[RCD-Performance]

About £5000 all in.

Thats a hell of a lot, for a relativly small power increase.

[AXracing]

http://www.cituning.ltd.uk/ Cituning basic kit for £2200 plus fitting, but that will only give you around 150bhp

http://www.bemani.ch/ Bemani do a reliable and really nice positive displacement kit that gives you 163bhp kit for £4400. But they are not in the UK so you will have to get some one to fit it

http://www.cars-worx.co.uk/ Carworx list a basic setup that gives you over 200bhp for just over £4000 and fitting at around £500.

http://www.gmcmotorsport.co.uk/ Do a very high quality super charge setup for not much more than the one above turbo kit.

http://www.dpmotorsport.com/ Dpmotorsport do the nicest drive in drive out kit I have ever seen. I know of only two cars that have had it done and they were both insanely quick. They did them a long time ago so you would have to give them a call on price.

http://www.dp-engineering.com/ I should also give these guys a mention. They just do a few nice parts. They don’t do true full kits and they are outside the UK so can not fit for you. So not really what your after.

[jonezy]

the proces of that DP engineering seems very fair, dont know whatl happen when imported tho.

a GT25, wow

[AXracing]

They are a very good price for what they are. They are not however cheap. The thing you have to remember with Dpengineering is that its not a full kit. You are talking £1400 plus postage for just the manifold, down pipe, turbo and some of the oil and water pipes. But then there is £500 for the ic. £73 for the air bypass valve. £300 for piggyback ECU. £170 to lower comp. £45 for MAP sensor and so on. It soon adds up. Then they also don’t sell things such as a sump to take the oil drain and they don’t do full pipe sets. With it all posted to you, the other parts sorted, get it fitted and then getting it all setup can easily end up costing you more than going to one of the others and getting a turn key job done. You don’t get any warranty and its likely it would take a lot longer to get it up and running.

[RedB]

Hello mate,

Id rather spend half of that for realistic figures and reliability with a nicely tuned TU lump

Turbo's are expensive in every sense and not always reliable as Simo has proven...If you can afford a very nice setup agreed they can be sweeeeet