couple of probably silly questions

[firestorm]

hi all, had the head gasket go on my t5 the other day, i have removed the head, but i would like to do a few performance mods to the car whilst it is in bits,

i want to go for a 19t and bsr chip, i want to be doing it all myself really, but will the chip be ok for the bigger turbo, i take it the chip changes the ignition, fuel and boost maps, so it should not really matter about the size of the turbo, but can anyone tell me a deffo yes or no please?

i am also gonna change the engine mount on the cam cover for the uprated one, do i aslo change the one on the bulkhead, which is connected to it? seems a bit pointless only doing 1, when they are connected.

ps, gonna put a strut brace on it, and dump valve, hopefully a set of 18's, gotta get the car back off the missus somehow

pps, have these cars got wet liners? dont look like it, but i wanna be sure before re-building

[Al115]

Hello. You want to make sure that the ECU map / "chip" you put on the car is designed with the 19T in mind. Horrible things could happen otherwise!

The bulkhead mount does not fail as often as the one on the top of the engine, so I don't think that people often change it.

Good luck!

[firestorm]

cheers mate, so it's either standard turbo and simple to re-map, or 19t and custom remap on rolling road, unless someone knows different.....

your right on the engine mount, the one on the bulkhead is no-where near as worn as the one on the cam cover (which came off in 2 bits), but i'll probably change the pair since i got them off anyway.