[urq] K26 turbo

[Mihnea Cotet]

WTF is a Supra? :-)))))) heck, I really dunno and I really don't care
either :-))))

Mihnea

At 12:11 7/01/2003 -0800, Joseph Pizzimenti wrote:
>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.
> > >--
> > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > >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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