[s-cars] Re: Turbo install question...

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Hmm, 22psi on a K24 vs. 22psi on a 50 trim.

Lots of airflow and the same amount of fuel.

If you hear a midget hammering at your valve cover, you might want to
take your foot out of it


On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:24:58 -0600, Brian Powell <brian at atomicham.com> wrote:
> > I'm buying a used K26/T04e hybrid turbo for my car, but I cant buy
> > everything I need for installation such as the RS2 manifold etc... all
> > at once.  Would it be detramental to my car to install the turbo on
> > its own still running Stage 1 software?  I ask because my stock K24
> > seems to finally be on its way out after all these hard miles and I
> > dont want to get stranded with a turbo failure.  I'd still install the
> > hybrid early even if there is no performance advantage for this
> > reason, and to give it an easy break-in.
> 
> In an ideal world, you would change out the manifold at the same time.
> That being said, the K24 software will keep your new turbo working near
> K24 levels (should be better efficiency with the new turbo). So, you
> should be fine with K24 software and better turbo until you can get the
> manifold, injectors, software, IC, blah blah blah. Do you see that
> black abyss ahead?
> 
> Cheers,
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
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