I was wondering if anyone knew of a place (or website) where I could find an authentic ko4 for a good price and I won't buy one from ebay. And I was wondering if it would be a direct fit in place of the ko3 on my 97 1.8tq 5 speed? Thank you

 

I was just gonna say ebay, are those ones not the real deal? I was looking into getting one of those...

 

be careful with ebay there are many knock off garrett ko4s do many that I am staying away From ebay

 

1) yes a ko4 is a direct replacement (but a worthless upgrade, search the subject)
2) EBAY TURBOS ARE JUNK!
3) gpop has rebuilt ko4s

 

On his car it's more of an upgrade since he is not running the K03s. I put it in my A4 and it was a nice power gain, BUT a little to torquey for my taste. Anyways,

if you are going to do it, get one from GPOPshop. They rebuild K03's to K04 specs (same housing, different internals). I think they sell them for $625 or something like that.

Josh

 

Mine was a new turbo with a k04 wheel in it from gpop, not used. And yes it's totally worth $600. No it's not a BT, but worth a $600 upgrade.

 

i said it was worthless so this didn't turn into another 3 page thread debating if a K04 is worth a damn, bottom line if you do just the turbo it is worth it, but if your wanting to run a pc-16 file it is not worth it because you can run somthing better for about the same price,

 

K04's are covered as much as intakes and exhaust, look it up for yourself

 

So, if a K04 is not a good upgrade, and i am planning on buying an apr chip with that, then wat turbo should I use thats not hella expensive?

 

one of the elims would be the cheapest next to a k04. if your not looking to spend a few grand and aren't looking to push more than 250hp a k04 is fine for you. or a sp51 upgrade might be even better. if you want more power than that (and you most likely will) i would get a gtrs or 50 trim. there's a link at the top of the page "So you've decided to go BT" that lists all the popular options and whats needed for each setup.