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So nothing to do with my car - but a question regarding potentially upgrading any car, and to increase my knowledge.
I read someone's cool thread on here where they put a 3.2 A3 Quattro Engine in their S3 and then also added the K04 Turbo from their old engine?
is it as simple as putting a turbo into a normal car and instead of the air box going to the throttle body the turbo goes onto the exhaust and all the piping, intercooler and gubbins chucked under the bonnet between the air box and throttle body - then get an expert to remap the car to understand the extra air? or is it far more complicated than that - I know what it does and generally how it works - but cant get my head around how an engine might expect 10 (somethings of air) but suddenly there are 30 (somethings of air) and it still operates.
In the old days with Carbs - didn't some clever people add Turbos themselves to any cars - but I don't recall escort mark 2's with ad-hoc turbos fitted flying around Bedford one way system , we just pretended ;-)
Have a good evening
I read someone's cool thread on here where they put a 3.2 A3 Quattro Engine in their S3 and then also added the K04 Turbo from their old engine?
is it as simple as putting a turbo into a normal car and instead of the air box going to the throttle body the turbo goes onto the exhaust and all the piping, intercooler and gubbins chucked under the bonnet between the air box and throttle body - then get an expert to remap the car to understand the extra air? or is it far more complicated than that - I know what it does and generally how it works - but cant get my head around how an engine might expect 10 (somethings of air) but suddenly there are 30 (somethings of air) and it still operates.
In the old days with Carbs - didn't some clever people add Turbos themselves to any cars - but I don't recall escort mark 2's with ad-hoc turbos fitted flying around Bedford one way system , we just pretended ;-)
Have a good evening