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    Looking for a fun turbo project help please

    Come on people all ideas needed wanna buy a fun turbo car to tune and be quite reliable. Can be anything people all ideas welcome hatchback saloon anything what everyone think?

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    golf 1.8 20vt cheep to buy cheep to mod ect sound good I have one paid 500quid

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    Yh been looking at them aswell good idea it's up there

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    Yeah golfs nice cheap and fun. In hindsight... Snows on the way... 3 series


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    Hmm whatever I have has to be turbo though

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    Mitsubishi colt czt
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    Buy a honda n bolt a turbo too it

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    Are we talking at the cheap end circa a couple of grand at most? If so youve got allsorts but many will have more miles on them than a Punto GT so the reliability issue is swings and roundabouts. Some good diesels out there too. Many petrol turbo cars arent necessarily fun as such and blow at low pressure so would definitely be ideal project material with a remap to increase the boost levels.

    Audi A3 1.8T
    Skoda Octavia Vrs Mk1
    Astra Mk4 SRi turbo (only 500 made, far less common than a GSi)
    Bora/Passat 1.8T
    Volvo V40 2.0T and 1.9 T4 or the old 850 T5/R estates
    Coupe 20vT very cheap now
    Renault Twingo 1.2TCE 100bhp turbo
    Early Leons 20vTs
    Saabs - HOT aero 9000 or 9-3, 9-5 (staggering what you get with even less than a grand spec wise and makes we wonder why I put up with my Punto that only just has leccy windows, so cruise, a/c, nav, heated seated etc )

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    The VW 20VT engined stuff are all boring, its not even that good an engine.

    Mazda 323GTR?
    Pulsar GTiR?
    200SX?
    Something with a blown K20i ?

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    Thanks people I'd love a starlet or a pulsar but want a little bit more luxury than that to it lol. I'm thinking Leon cupra r or a golf 1.8t tbh I been reading a lot about them lately and it's not that hard to get half decent power but won't feel that quick I don't think until your hitting high bhp I'm not sure though :/

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