K26/24 hybrid?

[Joshua Van Tol]

>Michael Gough wrote:
>>"..... Would the impeller and cold side housing of the k26 turbo bolt
>onto the k24?..."
>
>Probably not Michael, at last directly.  I believe the two turbos may,
>or usually use a different size shaft.  Something like an 8mm shaft
>and sleeve bearing in the stock K24's, vs. (I'm guessing a bit here)
>perhaps a 10mm shaft and center sleeve bearing set up in the K26
>family.  But, there is a lot of "mixing & matching" that goes on out
>there so I certainly wouldn't put it past a good custom turbo rebuild
>shop to be able to do something like this.
>
>Mike

Has anyone talked to the folks at huntley racing 
http://www.huntleyracing.com about whether the custom turbos they do 
for 944's would work on an audi app? They make a variety of Garret 
turbos (with ball bearings!) that bolt to a k26 flange. Oil and water 
lines are different of course.

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Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com