# Rankins 1.8t DD build

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**Created:** [March 31, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rankins-1-8t-dd-build/243192 "2009-03-31T08:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rankins-1-8t-dd-build/243192/27 "2009-03-31T23:14:26Z")

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> [@Texas No-Limit Tourney](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-no-limit-tourney/15846/69):
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> For 250 WHP you don’t even really need to change the stock turbo!
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> Leave the turbo alone, or go GT28RS or larger.
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> Anything smaller than a GT28 is just wasting money.

250whp on stock turbo?? youre nuts. not through a quattro system. and that power mike savko made on that car in the thread he made was only for a few hundred RPM. the k03 simply cannot keep up with the demands at that point.

i do agree 28RS or bigger… a 2871R, with a .64 housing a great turbo for a 250-280whp stock bottom end setup, on conservative boost or even a T3s60. great spool in a 1.8t and since its an AEB head it will flow better. but making upwards of 300lb/ft of torque on stock rods has proven to be hit or miss with catastrophic failure. building an intercooler setup for an A4 is pretty easy too, so a Precision 350-475 core would be great for using with custom piping.

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