[s-cars] Anybody still running an Innovative Turbo Systems

[Christopher Leal]

The good ol days, huh?

No issues with the coolant/oil lines. A restrictor had to be used on the oil 
inlet on this turbo or they would blow oil right out of the box. Never did a 
post mortem tear down. It was one of their very early units. It was running on 
the car when I took it off. It was very laggy/peaky when the bearing was hard to 
turn yet it still ran and made power. Amazing really considering it cant be 
turned by hand. There are so many good turbos out there I wouldnt go back to 
stock. Tried a 2871 that is perfect for the application your talking about. I 
ended up going bigger (3071)  but loved the low end of the 2871.

C



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From: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
To: Christopher Leal <chris_leal at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Sun, August 5, 2012 9:14:34 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Anybody still running an Innovative Turbo Systems


Chris: Thanks for the reply. "Burned up"? Yikes. How/why?  Issues with the oil 
and/or
 coolant lines?

He didn't elaborate as to why he didn't like it but I got the impression that he 
thought it was too
  laggy/peaky (compared to a stock K24-7000). 

Dave F.

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Leal <chris_leal at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012 11:18 pm
Subject: Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 106, Issue 4
To: s-car-list at audifans.com, forgied at shaw.ca

> I've got mine in a box, it didnt last long and burned up. I can 
> get it to turn 
> with a scewdriver. :-)  It was quick spooling while it lasted. 
> Why doesnt he 
> like it?
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> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:02:34 -0700
> From: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Anybody still running an Innovative Turbo Systems
>     hybrid ball bearing turbo?
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> These were hot topics back in the day (circa 2004) when everyone 
> was flush with 
> cash and was
> looking to go RS2 or equivalent.  The reason I ask is a local 
> (Vancouver BC) UrS 
> owner bought a
> California car that has a ITS turbo with Racetronix injectors 
> and some software 
> (might be
> 2Bennett). The new owner doesn't like the turbo and is thinking 
> of going either 
> RS2 or back to 
> 
> stock with a Stage 1+ chip set.  
> 
> Any good/bad experiences with the ITS turbos, circa 2004? (I did 
> a search of 
> this forum, there were
> lots of early comments). 
> 
> Dave F.