wegi said:

I was stopped 3 times in the same year in my work van by VOSA. On the third time, I actually told the person "this is f***ing ridiculous!"

No idea what the outcome would be of having illegal parts or emissions though.

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i think you are alright as far as 'illegal mods' are concerned in the UK as long as it MOT compliant

the lack of cat and emmissions is the conecern will do some digging

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lack of cat is an mot fail and roadside emission test fail will cancell your mot so will need to get it rectified and retested

I'm gonna make a new thread when the work has been done and I take the pics and vids to post.

You can get cheap universal sports cats just weld or clamp into ur pipework

TJet180 said:

You can get cheap universal sports cats just weld or clamp into ur pipework

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I'll do that if I ever have trouble with the decat pipe on the car.

I need to know whether the Garrett MGT14 fits on with the cars original turbo manifold or whether it has a completely different fitment?

Is it just going to be easier to put the VL36 on?

wegi said:

I need to know whether the Garrett MGT14 fits on with the cars original turbo manifold or whether it has a completely different fitment?

Is it just going to be easier to put the VL36 on?

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call these guys and ask

RobW said:

or buy new turbo direct from

Authorized Garrett® Distributors
BTN Turbo
BTN House,
Unit 2, Zodiac Park,
High Road, Cowley,
Uxbridge
UB8 2GU
Tel: 44(0) 1895 466666
Fax: 44(0) 1895 466667
www.btnturbo.com

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replacement VL36 £610
http://www.btnturbo.com/parts/model/fiat/grandepunto/bhp153/2008_199a6000199a8000_4721.aspx

upgrade essesse turbo MGT14 £831
http://www.btnturbo.com/parts/model/fiat/grandepunto/bhp178/2008_199a6000_4722.aspx

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TMC can supply the essesse turbo (they have a slightly different p/n, manifolds, 200 cell cats etc etc

http://www.tmcmotorsport.com/Abarth_Engine.aspx

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I'll give them a wee bell tomorrow.

Another question, does the Forge Intercooler for the Punto T-jet fit the Bravo?

wegi said:

I'll give them a wee bell tomorrow.

Another question, does the Forge Intercooler for the Punto T-jet fit the Bravo?

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don't know sorry, easiest way to check is on a current eper and check if the same part is used

TMC may know, or call Forge they might have found out

They are good Gloster boys at Forge, my homies

Yeah I've bought a few things from them before, good, speedy service.

Phoned a couple of turbo places including BTN, and none of them knew the answer to my question, they all just said "it should do".
So now I guess its just gotta be a case of hoping for the best. The Garrett turbo is very easily sourced but everyone is out of stock of the IHI one.

Have done more research on the web, and it seems that the Garrett does require a different manifold and I would also need to change the injectors!!

So... now hoping that I can get a VL36. The benefits of the VL36 is that it's much cheaper and I won't even need to remap the car, but I still will obviously Downside is, it's not as good!

Will keep you posted.

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Found this picture comparing VL37 and VL36 turbo's. Can clearly see the 36's inlet is much wider.

Are those turbos the same on the multijet models?

try and get a parts list for the GP essesse kit