turbo: to rebuild or not to rebuild?

[Konstantin Bogach]

Do you have same feeling compare cars with K-26 and K-24?  Do you run
1.4 bar or more on the car equipped with K-26? If yes, does the mod make
the car significantly responsive on 1st and 2nd gears?

Thank you very much.
Konstantin Bogach.

Jim Green wrote:

> 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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