E05 Turbo Kit in and holy hell.... does this thing kick ass.... (E05 Turbo Kit Impressions) *EDIT*
11-05-2003, 09:51 PM
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Sure thing Mike..... That's at the top of my "to-do" list. ;-)
Car wasn't chipped prior to slapping this puppy in so it's instant grin from side-to-side of my face. :-)
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11-05-2003, 09:54 PM
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Yeah the ported manifold is needed. Honestly it's not that big of a deal to get....
In fact I'd say it's the most effortless part of the kit. Biggest pain in this install was waiting for everything to be put back together. :-)
11-05-2003, 09:55 PM
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Yeah.... took out the stock ECU and put in the Neuspeed chip....
Coming from a strickly GIAC background, I'm very impressed with how much the car pulls. I'd say even a bit better than the X-Chip on my last B5.
11-05-2003, 09:58 PM
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The E05 "kit" consists of Neuspeed software. I'm not sure if APR/GIAC have tested their stuff on...
it yet. However, the only reason why I jumped at this was I wanted to be one of the first to have it to give some feedback on what I think will be the next stage of turbo upgrades.
11-06-2003, 01:43 AM
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The biggest difference is the wastegate, the E05 has custom wastegate which is obviously larger...
From what I was told the E05 wont produce anymore power then the K04 it will just spool up faster and already be a better performer but the power will be the same. The E05 is a modified K03 which is done by the company eurospec, whereas the K04 is a direct turbo from BorgWarner. One thing to note aswell, there is only a 6 month warranty through Eurospec on the E05, and the K04 has a one year warranty through BorgWarner.