Goin About Turboin A 2.8

[audiornothin]

How would you go about turboing a 2.8?

[jturnbull]

trade it in for a 1.8t lol idk wouldnt you need 2 because its a v not in-line?

[audiornothin]

some of the guys said that you could use an s4 kit but i dont know how that would work.

[fernando]

some of the guys said that you could use an s4 kit but i dont know how that would work.

well first thing that you should take into consideration before you even start to think about this build is howmuch money are you thinking to spend????

2.8 engines are not designed to be boosted, so if you are gonna boost them, either you build it properly or your better of doing either a 1.8T or 2.7 TT swap

[audiornothin]

how easy would it be to swap a 2.7 TT

[ProOnThaSnow]

You're best bet in this scenario would be a remote mount turbo setup (i.e. off the exhaust).

Actually, I take that back. Your best bet would be to sell it and build a 1.8T, seriously. Unless you're EXTREMELY mechanically inclined and have the tooling to build such a ride, I wouldn't consider it.

And that would be the least of your problems. Try figuring out how to tune it first.

[fernando]

how easy would it be to swap a 2.7 TT

there is no such thing as an easy engine swap....u will need motor harness, ecu, drive train....but i can tell you that it will be a lot easier than to build a 2.8 t...and cheaper too

[audiornothin]

then how would you go about turboing a 2.8

[JaVa]

SEARCH! its been covered millions of times,
yes you can do it with very deep pockets, there is a guy here in WA who has a TT 2.8 and it flys. but it cost a shit ton to build

[audiornothin]

much appreciated guys. Ill research it but if its too expensive itll have to wait a while.

Or would it be better to just pes supercharge it?????

[B5A4Kevin]

if you really want to stick with the car you have, go for the pes s/c kit. you can only run low boost for the same reason with turbo (weak internals). IMO, your best option is fixing whatever it needs to achieve a good/great condition. do all the repairs yourself to avoid high labor costs, then sell it when you find a better powerplant (1.8tqm, s4, a6 2.7tqm, 2.2T). This way you can have a great daily driver with exhaust (optional) until you can afford to upgrade.

[fernando]

much appreciated guys. Ill research it but if its too expensive itll have to wait a while.

Or would it be better to just pes supercharge it?????

to turbo charge it, when all is said and done you will probably be over 15K to do this turbo build....and that is a conservative number, depending on how big of a turbo u wanna go and boost numbers

[LowSantorin]

SEARCH! its been covered millions of times,
yes you can do it with very deep pockets, there is a guy here in WA who has a TT 2.8 and it flys. but it cost a shit ton to build

Who? and is he on NWquattro?

[Ka4]

remote turbo seems like it would be the most logical layout for this illogical plan.

as for supercharging and weak internals, would installing some forged rods,ARP studs, bearings etc. solve the issue of high boost? i dunno for audis but for mk3 supras you can get great internals for 1-2k

[a4fann]

How would you go about turboing a 2.8?

just buy a turbo and weld it to the exhaust under the middle of the car with a filter attached. Run it into the intake manifold and tune it with an ebay tune. Done.

[Siena]

just buy a turbo and weld it to the exhaust under the middle of the car with a filter attached. Run it into the intake manifold and tune it with an ebay tune. Done.

Lol, that was funny.

[maxspeed]

theres a cat running around with a 2.8 with a urs4 turbo on it in my hometown, he had to knock back the firewall and a few other things to get it to fit

[Sigma 3]

SEARCH! its been covered millions of times,
yes you can do it with very deep pockets, there is a guy here in WA who has a TT 2.8 and it flys. but it cost a shit ton to build

"to turbo charge it, when all is said and done you will probably be over 15K to do this turbo build....and that is a conservative number, depending on how big of a turbo u wanna go and boost numbers"

The car he is refering to cost over 16k when it was done. it would be cheaper to do know but im not sure by how much.
16 k will get u a stage 3 s4 fwiw.
However a single turbo on a 2.8 would be half that cost.
pm makk and ask him about a single turbo for your car.

[AudiA4_20T]

I might have something available in the future too but who knows nowadays

[xraycer2012]

unless you can tune a car with a standalone setup like the one from 034, don't bother

[AudiA4_20T]

unless you can tune a car with a standalone setup like the one from 034, don't bother

you could do an S4 ECU

[audispeed]

you could do an S4 ECU

exactly. get the s4 wiring harness and I bet you could make it work. it wouldnt be that much more money than the guys going gt's on s4s already pay.