turbo: to rebuild or not to rebuild?
Jim Green
jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 19 12:08:37 EDT 2001
All the K26's that I've spun, probably 4 of them, do
exactly what you describe, including the one on my
car. As long as it turnes smooth and has little play
I think you are fine. I never get full boost in 1st
or second, 3rd is full blast.
--- Konstantin Bogach
<konstantin.bogach at morganstanley.com> wrote:
> Hi lister.
>
> I already posted thish question a month ago and got
> one response. I
> still can not decide what to do. Any input will be
> appreciated.
>
> Turbo (K-26) spun with hand stops suspiciously
> quickly. My feeling is
> like carbon deposits binding. No metal-to-metal
> contact. It does not
> leak or whine. What led me to this quest is the car
> is very lazy,
> especially on 1st and 2nd gears.
> It always attain full boost but too slow, as it
> seems to me. But I have
> niether experience nor anothe K-26 to compare.
> My another car has K-24 and it spins much longer
> started by hand.
> Perception when driving these cars is like the one
> with K-26 is 5 times
> heavier than another one.
>
> Konstantin Bogach.
>
All the K26's that I've spun, probably 4 of them, do
exactly what you describe, including the one on my
car. As long as it turnes smooth and has little play
I think you are fine. I never get full boost in 1st
or second, 3rd is full blast.
HTH
=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/
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