[s-cars] Custom KKK K26 (Ersatz RS2) Turbo from Innovative Turbo

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Gary,

Congrats!

I was grinning ear to ear when I read your post, I'm
really glad that you got it running and working
properly, as I'm sure you are.  What might be of use
is to tap another bung into the downpipe and throw in
a wideband 02 and see what your A/F is sitting at
during WOT at max boost.

You might want to crank it down from 29psi with a
manual boost controller, if only to save a head gasket
job in the future...but if she runs fine, screw it.

You might want to swing over to CO and bug ol' mlp
into getting off his ass and mass producing those big
FMIC's.  You could probably use it right now.

Congrats,
Pizzo

--- "Lewis, Gary M" <gary.m.lewis2 at boeing.com> wrote:
> Hi Audifans,
> Innovative turbo has a new turbo design that is for
> sale.  The owner and
> operator of Innovative Turbo has been working
> diligently with me to produce
> a turbo for the Audi 20vt motor.  I upgraded my
> motor to Bob Pastore Spec
> (tm), but I couldn't find a stock RS2 turbo,
> regardless of price.  A lister
> from back East (I'm in Los Angeles) suggested
> calling Innovative.  I did and
> told them my goal was same or better performance as
> the RS2 turbo, same or
> better reliability, and straight bolt in ability.
>
> I went over to the shop (like 15-20 miles away from
> my house, nice.)  First
> thing I see when I walk in the shop is an Inconel
> exhaust manifold for a
> 20vt5cyl lying on the bench, an Audi factory
> race-works K27, and a host of
> other Audi stuff.  Turns out the owner (Ola) is a
> real Audi buff.  There are
> turbo race cars (track and drag) all over the shop.
> Awesome place, a turbo
> racers wet dream.
>
> Anyway...
>
> What Ola suggested was to take a water-cooled K26
> from 1986-1989 5000/200TQ
> fame, open up the cold side inlet to 48-50 mm size,
> with some additional
> machining to add a larger cold-side compressor
> wheel.  He did this for a
> 944t customer and the guy was blown away at the
> difference in performance.
>
> We did so, and it bolted straight into my 1995.5 S6
> wagon.  Performance is
> spectacular.  I'm getting 26 PSI in the 3,400 to
> 3,600 range, with hard
> pulls to 7,000 RPM.  The turbo just doesn't give up.
>  I'm seeing 29 PSI in
> 4th and 5th.  What the larger cold-side housing and
> compressor wheel does
> vs. the RS2 (in Ola's turbo language) is "upgrade
> the stock K26 to RS2+
> spec, with better than RS2 efficiency and better
> delta P across the engine".
>
> I let Ola drive the finished product, and he said it
> was a good trade off
> vs. the T04E/K26-8, especially considering the
> attraction of the bolt in
> ability.  More low-end, and pretty close top end
> performance.  The number 8
> exhaust of the hybrid is really nice on the top-end,
> but it makes the
> transient boost more dramatic (nothing or
> everything) than the new Turbo I
> have.  What the new turbo does is build boost
> smoothly and early.
>
> The price he quoted me was $950 with core, or $1,600
> outright.  What you get
> is rebuilt internals, new compressor wheel, and
> machined cold-side wheel
> with the exchange option.  Ola's number is
> 805-526-5400.
>
> Huge disclaimer!!!!!  I am NOT an agent for
> Innovative Turbo, and I will not
> be paid or compensated in any way from this email.
> I paid them to do my
> turbo.  In fact, Ola did not even ask me to do this,
> it was my idea.  I'm
> just a super happy customer.  These guys were great,
> and bent over backwards
> to help me.  The car would still be parked if it
> wasn't for them.  So if you
> need an RS2 (or bigger) turbo, super KKK
> reliability, and bolt-in ease, call
> them.  I highly recommend this turbo.
>
> Gary Lewis
>
> 1995.5 S6 Avant, Green/Ecru, RS2 MAF, RS2 Exhaust
> Manifold, RS2 Injectors,
> Custom Turbo (K26 Turbine, Factory K26 Cold side
> (Audi Works '999' P/N) with
> 50 mm intake and custom Innovative Turbo compressor
> wheel), Bilsteins,
> Eibachs, Big Reds.
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