K24 turbo

[Todd Phenneger]

Actually,
  The second sensor is needed more because of the higher
compression in that motor.  Putting a k24 on a early MC-1 motor
makes for a MUCH nicer car to drive and in the real world a much
faster car due to less lag (MUCH less) and earlier spool up
time.  And up to 1.8bar you get nothing but advantages from the
k24.  To go more than 1.8 bar you really should be stepping up
to an RS-2, T3/T4 hybrid, or at the very least a custom k26
anyhow.  But the k26 and k24 can both do 2.0 bar just fine.  Its
just that at that point their life will start to be shortened,
they cant sustain high boost (on the 10v at least but I've seen
a stock k24 maintain 26psi in a 20v with Rocket Fuel (toluene
added)) before.  But on a 10v they say it cant do that.  Not
sure why.
  Anyhow, above 14psi you gain a lot by moving to a more
efficient turbo.  Below that, a k24 works GREAT.
l8r
  Todd

--- ricematthews <ricematthews at email.msn.com> wrote:
> Nik:
> You'll probably get more responses to this post, but the way I
> understand it
> is that the K24 is a smaller unit (smaller diameter) than the
> K26 which came
> on the 5K's.  This results in less lag, but may also give less
> potential
> boost (probably not noticable due to the wastegate).  I have
> heard something
> about the K26 being less susceptible to detonation (knocking)
> in high
> altitude areas, but I'm not sure about that.  As far as other
> mods necessary
> to make the change work, I don't know of any.  One thing -
> most 200's (which
> used the K24) were equipped with the dual knock sensor setup
> (this would tie
> in to the detonation thing, I would guess.  I don't know if
> the lack of a
> second sensor will create any kind of problem.
> -Mark
> 
> 


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