scooby1doo1

iTrader: (7)

I only want around the 300 mark and i'm thinking this turbo will be spot on for my needs. As it's just a my00 and having week spots in the drivetrain, i don't want to push things to far.
I have pulled a thread off the net the other day, and some body on here back in 2006 fitted one with no remap to a my99 and made 296bhp, after a remap some time later made 316bhp.
So i have a my00 with 100cell cat, centre decat, prodrive backbox, and a green pan. I'm wanting to no if i buy one and fit how safe will it be just for a few months, then have it mapped with a 3 port.

Cheers

Splitpin

If "around 300" is what you want you'd be better off with a hybridised TD04 than a VF28. You'll get better throttle response/spool and, if you buy direct from Andy, the confidence of a freshly built turbo as opposed to something secondhand and possibly over a decade old, and nearer the end of its working life than the beginning.

Whatever you actually get, we have no possible way of telling you "how safe" your car would run if you simply swapped the turbo in on the standard 99/00 map. If you have the usual MY00 AE802 ECU there is a lot of leeway in it - especially as regards fuelling. However, it is impossible to calculate/guess with confidence what effect dropping the VF28 straight in would have.

Aside from anything else, VF's tend to run slightly higher actuator pressure, a suggestion supported by that anecdotal story you've just quoted. In addition, 296bhp on a standard MY99 800/801 ECU will be generating engine loads well in excess of the right-hand column of the principal maps, so the chances of everything workout out right is odds against.

While that other owner you're talking about may have got away with it until his remap, there is no way to know whether his engine was running within a safe envelope prior-to, and equally there's no way for us to tell with confidence whether yours would.

scooby1doo1

iTrader: (7)

cheers for the info, just thought it may be a good plan as there cheap. Just spent just over 2k on the car in the last few weeks uprating clutch and suspention, so money is tight now for a few months.
I have looked at the hybrid td04 but at £500 i thought i might be able to save a few quid, and get simler performance. Will just hold out and prob get the hybrid and then mapped.

Jekyl

The Hybrid is definately the better option in regards to the figs your looking @. Regardless which turbo you go for (upgraded item) just run off boost until mapped & you should be fine.