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what's the better engine
Hi everyone I'm hoping I'm posting this in the right section currently building a mk1 golf and was wondering what The best turbo engine to use is I know the bam has 225bhp and the agu is only 150bhp but I've been told the agu is a stronger more tuneable. Wanted to get your opinions on this and what you guys have used or are going to use
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the bam is the better engine, it has stronger internals etc..
i can't remember offhand since it was a while back i had my tt
a few folk on the ttforum were getting 265 with a remap,
actual hp not the inflated numbers the mappers put out.
if you want 300+ you need to change the turbo.
-z
i can't remember offhand since it was a while back i had my tt
a few folk on the ttforum were getting 265 with a remap,
actual hp not the inflated numbers the mappers put out.
if you want 300+ you need to change the turbo.
-z
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I've been told the agu can be tuned alot more then the bam if you change everything to make it stronger. But I was unsure I will be building the engine from scratch so not bothered about price. Was looking to build the engine for about 300-350bhp although I probably won't be running the full power
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Well with the bam you just bolt a new turbo on and a remap (plus a few other bits n bobs) its probably the easiest route.
Its already been strengthened internally from the factory.
Its already been strengthened internally from the factory.
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I had a S3 with a bam engine and that was running 280 on a remap alone which when your consider a mk1 weighs circa 750kgs gives similar bhp per tonne to a ferrari.
An AGU is a stronger engine as they have forged internals and as such can be tuned harder
Basically BAM = plenty of power straight away
AGU = bigger power but you'll have to spend a fortune to do it
I'd go for BAM
An AGU is a stronger engine as they have forged internals and as such can be tuned harder
Basically BAM = plenty of power straight away
AGU = bigger power but you'll have to spend a fortune to do it
I'd go for BAM
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