Lol what about a K04?

Are you trying to say that you have a maf-less tune?

You might realize this with more research, but the bang for the buck with a k04 is lacking. If you have the money for a new (genuine, not ebay made in china k04 knock-offs- they are ****) then you might as well save a little more and get a real turbo upgrade- at least eliminator series.

But if you have an automatic, stick with the k03 or k04 at most.

onepoint, no i am not running a mafless tune at this time, but i am running mafless as my maf is dead and causing a wierd idle, i disconnected it and no more wierd idle.... just need to get a new maf of go mafless

I just want to reach at least 220hp to 250hp.

crank or wheel, if you want 250awhp then an elim kit is what you want to get

with all my mods i am probably right at 280.... i will dyno my car eventually but with what i have beat in races that is where i am going to go

Nothing wrong with running an Elim kit on a Tip/Automatic car. The elim has a softer tq curve vs the K03/K04 and it is the tq curve that puts more stress on the tq coverter not as much as how much tq the car is making.


As for running a K04 with a K03 tune, pointless since it is only going to make a little more power then if it was a K03. Instead of buying a real BW K04, might want to look at buying a RP K04 and spending the difference going with a K04 tune for a 5 bar fpr or larger injectors and 3 bar fpr.

I can deal with lower torque since most cars here are rice honda's and nissan's. and i already beat them except the newer SI's

I get that the k04 is a tq machine (or tq curve machine...) and tq is what can be a trans killer... Good point for sure. I'm just saying that I have read too many threads on other boards where people kill their auto trans with a turbo upgrade. I'm saying in general, more tq=more hp right? A turbo that can bring you to 300+hp (eliminator, etc.) is going to have enough torque, wether it's an aggressive curve or not, to make your slosh box quiver a little. No?

Well I hate to burst your bubble, but any model of the makers you mentioned there are going to give a stock 1.8t a run for it's money, unless it's a Nissan leaf or Honda Insight. Dont forget that you have only 150hp (170 if 01) in a heavy awd car.

give some links that i can use to mod my car, i'm thinking striaght pipe exhaust, fmic, and bigger injectors, along with a giac chip.

neto, please read the faq sticky.