[Vwdiesel] Grenaded turbo follow up

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

For those that may be interested, I have posted three pictures of my  
destroyed turbo on my website at this direct link:

http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/id12.html

I went for a long drive today to make sure that the replacement turbo  
was operating properly and that I hadn't done something wrong.  I  
noticed something immediately.  The stock turbo on the 98 AHU Jetta  
TDI was made by Garret.  The stock turbo on the Passat 1Z was a KKK  
(this is what I had to replace my destroyed one).  Both look  
identical, same size, same arrangement of external parts but  
apparently they are different.  Ever since I have owned the Jetta  
(80000 plus miles now) it has always boost spiked to only 16-17 psi  
and then quickly dropped back.  Now this is interesting because the  
car is chipped and I guess I always expected a bit more boost on the  
top end.  Anyway, while driving today, I noticed that the boost goes  
right past 17 and now sometimes touches 20 psi on a real romp in 4th  
or 5th gears.  I seem to remember that my 96 Passat 1Z also had boost  
up to 20 psi.  Anyone have something comparable?  I will be taking a  
really long trip on Saturday (600 miles round trip) so I will have a  
better idea of how this replacement turbo effects things.  Hayden

" Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve  
neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
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Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque  
(making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,  
Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K 
+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z  
engine.
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to  
Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),  
Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit  
Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.