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

[David Forgie]

Thanks Chris.  I have heard good things about the 2871.  When you did the swap from the ITS to
  the 2871, did the water and oil lines used for the ITS work straight-up for the 2871 or were there
 further modifications needed?

Dave F.

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Leal <chris_leal at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012 10:39 am
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Anybody still running an Innovative Turbo Systems
To: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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?
> > ---------------------------------------
> > 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?
> > Message-ID: <fba90620101c8f.501d014a at shaw.ca>
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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.