Turboing a bug eye GX. can someone tell me all the parts that will be needed and a rough price also should I use uprated aftermarket parts or parts off a WRX?


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Blimey are you sure its not just cheaper to get a WRX? Must be some substantial upgrading to do what you want to do.

 

as said mate gonna be much cheaper to sell and get wrx, all interior, exterior, engine, suspensions etc mods will cost way more then would be worth or ever sell for and would also be much more hassel

 

ditto the 2 above comments....

 

The only sensible way to do the conversion is to try to buy an insurance write off or damaged WRX and use all the required parts - Engine, box, loom ecu ETC

Much easier to sell your car and buy a real one IMO

 

Yeah ok so I buy a WRX for extra money, then do the same to it - get better brakes, suspension, full exhaust system, bigger turbo and a front mount that kind of thing.

I want to upgrade what ever I get.

The last comment was the only one that was near helpfull so can someone actually answer the question?

 

but when you upgrade the GX, you will then need to do the brakes and everything else anyway so starting off with that makes sense.
It will be cheaper in the long run.

Parts you will need, complete engine, turbo, ecu, loom, clutch, (possibly gearbox and then diffs), brakes, probably suspension, exhaust, boost solenoid, fueli system and components etc, and more importantly deep pockets and a lot of time where the car will be off the road.

Oh and it will probably be cheaper insuring a standard wrx than a highly modded gx

 

costs? depends on where you get the parts from and in what condition. Parts alone I would say a minimum of 4k (assuming parts from a breakers), labour nothing if you do it yourself, or a few k if a garage does it.

 

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many have gone before you, few have succeeded and then wished they'd never bothered.
most give up as there are very few shared components outside the body panels

 

- I can agree with that...

I had a 99 Sport with Sti5 engine and box, running gear etc.
Needless to say i sold it after about a month of ownership - POS.