whats a good formula and turbo choice to make 500 reliable hp at the flywheel and still be able to drive your car everyday, im refering to a 1.8T B5 with quattro and a manual transmission

 

a good formula would be by staring to read the newbie guide

https://www.audiforums.com/m_700266/tm.htm

 

GT3076 would probably be the best turbo setup to go with, you can make it to 500 hp, but its good for reliable daily driver as well. your going to spend a hella amount of money to get it there.

you'll have to get new scat rods as well as a ton of supporting mods.

I would talk to companies about getting a kit for the Garrett GT3076 turbo though. I would say your going to be spending a minimum of $7 g's.

I would read the turbo section in the guide ^mentioned above to see what kind of setup u want the best.

 

i have read it and i saw where it listed the different turbos and most supporting mods needed, but wasnt as clear as i needed about making those numbers and still being a daily driver. $7K would be fine. after total cost of car, performance, suspension, and body upgrades if i ended up with $20K in the car total that would be a great price for a 500hp luxury 4-door with AWD. i can find A4's around here for $6k

 

You can read all the post you want and listen to all these guys on the forums, but I will tell you without a doubt there is no such thing as 500hp 1.8t A4 thats reliable enough to be a daily driver. It's nice to dream though. Oh, and I consider a daily driver as a car which I can drive everyday for years on end, not just weeks at a time between repairs.

 

My daily driver A4 was making 400whp, even raced the thing all the time. Then when I changed to a SEM I was still driving it as a daily driver and that was at 500whp. Now that it is making 600whp I no longer use it as a daily driver. All of this was with a GT35r on a built 1.8t block to 2032cc.


I sell a Full-Race package setup that can be ordered with a GT3071, GT3076r or GT35r. I can even offer other Garrett turbos in the package if the person wants. Package includes the Full-Race tube manifold, 3" down pipe, Tial 44mm WG, DIY WG dump kit and choice of turbo. Link to our web site