[urq] K26 turbo

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

So, when is the Supra returning?  :-)
--- Mihnea Cotet <mik at info.fundp.ac.be> wrote:
> 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:
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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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?
> >
> >Louis-Alain
> >--
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