I have my 225tt..i just heard someone with a 180 say that if he just slaps a ko4 on with all the necessary other minor stuff, that he'll have MORE than 225hp because of the compression rate on the 180 which is 9:5:1 compared to 225 which is 8:8:1. I think this is madness..is he right?

 

Yes, the 180 with 9.5:1 will have a small amount more power throught due to the increase in compression.

225 is 9:1.

**Edit, its was probablyme that said it, but that was a long time ago

 

w/ or without a SW remap?

 

Same tune and psi.. ect.

 

Yeah this guy says it'll have a hair shy of 20 hp over the 225..my bad on the 8:1 compression

 

So in reality if my KO3s goes and I dont have the $$ for a BT upgrade.. I should get a bolt on KO4 rather than another KO3s?

 

it would most likely be less than 20hp. But the 1.8T VW's make a good amount of power more w/ the ko4-20 than whati have seen the 225's dyno even with the extra powerloss

Ryan, you still need the 225 manifold and some parts from pro-imports to make it work.

 

Oh yeah he said HIS was the k04/23 not the k04/20...I hate to kick the sh%$ out of a fellowTTer, but I didn't like his attitude

 

to do the proper "225 k04" upgrade you need a decent amount of things

k04-020 turbo
225 exhaust manifold
225 injectors
dual smic or fmic (not sure if the single smic would be enough for the k04)
re-map
i'm sure there might be more, this is just what I have gathered in picking up info here and there

who has actually seen a tt that has done the "225 k04" upgrade?

 

i know im kinda drunk ... just went went bowling with 10 other co-workers had a 1200$ bill on company money = a lot of beer.... but wy go K03S or even K04-001 .. waste of cash,.... go BT


dont mind me. just rambling after 12 beers