agu or bam

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
Thanks for looking

Depends on how much power you want or really need.
I am pretty sure VW would of made a 225bhp engine stronger than an 150bhp one.
The TT one can easily show 250bhp with the right mapping.

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'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 

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.

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