[urq] K26 turbo

[Mihnea Cotet]

Louis-Alain,


I seriously doubt the turbo would be the same but that's very interesting
to know that a turbo able to put out 300HP in stock form and torque at just
1900 RPM in a 2.3l engine is a K26... I suppose Volvo revised the design a
lot in order to achieve such a good turbo and I'd sure like to know if it
can be adapted to my Audi.... Why go RS2 when you can have a K26 that has
better low-end response? And though I bet the difference due to
displacement won't even be noticeable, however one thing makes me stop and
think.... I know for sure Volvo have VVT (as in variable valve timing)
because my company (Aisin Europe S.A. in Belgium, part of the Toyota Motor
Group) makes the system.... and that could make a serious difference in the
low RPM torque...

Well, I'm going off topic now but I hope I won't get flamed for saying I
work for a japanese company, don't get me wrong guys, the quattros are the
best cars ever made IMHO and no Toyota will ever beat them but this company
was the only one in the Automotive industry that wanted to hire me and they
pay me correctly... But I'll never agree with my colleagues when they say
"yeah, the new Corolla is great!" :-))))) My usual answer for such
provocating words is "yeah right, keep on driving a car that's been made to
last 150k miles and I'll keep on driving my car that has been made to drive
safely and with pleasure for 300k" :-)))

Mihnea

At 14:44 7/01/2003 -0500, Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
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>Read last night a paper on the 2003 S60R from Ovlov; they say the usual
>Garrett turbo is now replaced by a K26 KKK unit.
>Is this the same unit Audi put on our models, years ago?
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>Louis-Alain
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