K04 Upgrade? Need Advice!
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From: Illi-noice
Thank you! That is what I wanted to know. If it will not be worth the money I will just go with upgrades on the stock turbo for now. I don't want to waste that much money on a turbo upgrade if I don't have to. But I do have another question. If I upgrade my injectors and fuel pump on the stock turbo with the ecu, intake, diverter valve, and exhaust... will it have an effect or should I just not do it and wait for a new turbo?
. Im under the impression that you think an ECU upgrade is a new ECU itself, as in hardware. Its a SOFTWARE upgrade, meaning, when you put beefier injectors(ie 380cc's) , you'll need a new software flash, or an ECU upgrade. Intake is fine, DV you'll need at least a Bosch 710n or a Forge 007/006. If you want the "chirping" you'll get an 004 or splitter. Research, theres a bunch. Exhaust will be fine. Your fuel pump is good til 400whp so you wont have to ever worry bout that. Contact your soon-to-be tuner and ask them questions bout what youll need for their software mappings.Krystalblue: I knew all that months before, I've done research so don't doubt me. I was trying to get across to you that the K03 and "
K03s have similar power outputs. There were a few B5's running a custom bigger injector file that had the same power as a B6 running a +1. The new design of the K03s wasn't primarily built for 20chp more. It was the tuning that made the difference. And if you had read my post correctly you'd realize I focused on this guy's B6, not you, so go on about tuning your CVT
Doc: going for the K04 Outlaw again?
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From: Apparently my own little world.
Fair enough euro2nr, i have read alot of your posts and I do respect your knowledge. I wasn't doubting you its just that I feared if ultrasportdemon did go ahead with the k04 and all the supporting mods he for $2000+ may have been slightly disappointed with the final results especially when he realized that the output of a ko4 compared to a fully tuned ko3s may have not been significant enough to justify the money spent.
I myself would switch to the ko4 if my ko3s **** the bed but I certainly wouldn't replace a perfectly good ko3s for the ko4. If I were to spend money on an upgrade I would go with an eliminator setup.
Thanks for the dig on my CVT
though. I have given up on putting any more power through it than what I currently have. Regardless of what I've learned can be done about getting more power out of it I'm not going to push it. If I did blow it I would kick myself in the *** for having to spend thousands to either fix or replace the tranny when that money could have gone to appearance upgrades or a significant down payment on another a4 with quattro and manual. Plus I am already losing traction on hard accelerations from a standing start, almost like I need two more tires assisting in distributing that power(this is me saying that I would want a Quattro if I were going to push more power).
Any how my next step is purchasing a b6 maybe b7 quattro w/manual tranny and keeping my current b6 for just what I wanted it for in the first place a fun, supa sexy(imo, which is the only one that matters to me) daily driver.
I myself would switch to the ko4 if my ko3s **** the bed but I certainly wouldn't replace a perfectly good ko3s for the ko4. If I were to spend money on an upgrade I would go with an eliminator setup.
Thanks for the dig on my CVT
though. I have given up on putting any more power through it than what I currently have. Regardless of what I've learned can be done about getting more power out of it I'm not going to push it. If I did blow it I would kick myself in the *** for having to spend thousands to either fix or replace the tranny when that money could have gone to appearance upgrades or a significant down payment on another a4 with quattro and manual. Plus I am already losing traction on hard accelerations from a standing start, almost like I need two more tires assisting in distributing that power(this is me saying that I would want a Quattro if I were going to push more power). Any how my next step is purchasing a b6 maybe b7 quattro w/manual tranny and keeping my current b6 for just what I wanted it for in the first place a fun, supa sexy(imo, which is the only one that matters to me) daily driver.
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No I knew that the ecu was a software upgrade... I just like to say ecu upgrade lol. Yeah I don't know about a new diverter valve... I have looked and researched all of the previously posted ones and I have no clue which one to get. I don't know which one will be the best... and I don't know which one will sound the best. I hate the ricey sounding ones... I just want a valve that sounds more aggressive.
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From: Oregon
I was reading up on the Forge 007 Diverter Valve though... and it said that the exterior noise will be minimum. Is this Valver quieter than stock? If so I would like a more aggressive sounding almost mean Diverter Valve. If not though I will go with this.