Whilst searching and searching the internet for information about turboing our VW 16v Corrado/Golf, it became immediately apparent that there was no single place of reference where information could be found on performing this conversion. There are some sources out there, namely the VW fanatics forums, where the information is hidden within other peoples 16v turbo projects, but the problem with that is it's just a single persons approach to the conversion. This of course gives you a very limited amount of information and in some cases, when browsing two or three 'dubbers' projects, the information is contradictory. With this in mind, we came to the conclusion that it would be a great idea to have all (as much as possible) the information about this conversion on one easy to use website, so that like-minded VW fanatics could use this mountain of information as a good point of reference for embarking on their own 16v turbo conversion.

The nature of the conversion is such that the ways and means to achieve the same thing are almost limitless. If you consider that its possible to use 5 different VW blocks as the base engine, then already you have a confusing choice to make. The decision can be helped by which engine you are already running in your Dub, but in some cases i.e. where you don't have a 16 valve engine to start with, the decision needs to be made based on budget, availablity and ultimately target power output.

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