[Biturbos4] Turbos Reliability & Replacement Cost (was: 2000 S4 Running Hot)

[Rohan Singh]

Thanks for the tip JY. I know very little about
upgrades so it is certainly helpful to get guidance in
the planning stages. I like the idea of a gradual
upgrade as I don't have big bucks to spend
immediately. Where does one typically start if one
could spend a couple thousands dollars to begin with?
A chip comes to mind, but I guess that is the fastest
way to the demise of the existing K03 turbo's!

--- j y <jimnetpa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well.......
>  
> If you haven't made mods to the exhaust (larger true
> dual exhaust, removed pre-cats from DPs) and intake
> (APR Bi-pipe or SAMCO TBB, larger ICs) then you will
> NOT realize the potential of K04s. I would NOT
> recommend putting K04s on Stage 1 (just a chip) S4
> w/o the aforementioned upgrades - first. 
>  
> Even after the aforementioned upgrades, you should
> also upgrade the fueling, MAF, Y-PIPE, turbo intake
> hoses, etc.  This will set you back some $$$.
>  
> In my opinion, it's BEST to SLOWLY work your way up
> to a K04 (Stage 3) set-up, unless you have mucho $$$
> burnin' in your pocket. Believe me, a stage 2, 2+,
> 2++ set-up will put your S4 in a different category
> - not quite Stage 3 - but awful close. You WON'T be
> disappointed!
>  
> 
> 
> Rohan Singh <rohanj_singh at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the info Quincy. I'll begin to save up!
> Any
> opinions on whether it is worth switching to Ko4's
> on
> a car with around 100K kilometres (About 62K miles)?
> I'm planning to keep the car to the very end so
> maybe
> it is huh?
> 
> 
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