Magic, mystic KKK and the gang

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Chased down specific scuttlebutt on the "new" kkk turbos today... Lips are
tight, mann.... Be advised, right now, there are none available, and the
"hush" and "hype" are at their respective peaks.  What KKK is realizing is,
that there is a grand market for the "aftermarket" turbos, and like Garrett
and Mitsu and Rajay, the germans are taking to the streets.  So there is a
"new" turbo coming out from kkk called the K26* (a letter of the alphabet
inserted for *, as in high performance)....  No word on the delivery, but
alas, right now, this author just guaranteed hisself one of the first off the
floor (guessing early spring).  Before it gets installed, it will be torn
down and evaluated against the RS2 and for tweeks....  Given the price vs RS2
(and this one isn't the top secret job that costs double, more like half),
I'm not holding my breath for "awesome" outcomes.  What I know already, is
that it WILL be tweekable (always my first question)...  The question really
is, did they tweek the hot side, the cold side or just change the combo.
 Pray for the former, the latter is already done by many after the fact.
 Worst case scenario, is that this is a reasonable upgrade from a stock K26
at a reasonable price.  Best case scenario, this turbo will kick Garretts',
and KKK's own, respective asses.  

Can't/won't give more details, but the potential is there, one fact I heard
KKK was evaluating, stopped the idea of something really "new"....  Reread my
post to Bruce A.  Given kkk's desires to kick Garrett off the hill, things
have a propensity to get fun, but how?...  The down to the idea, is the price
(it's much cheaper than the RS2, not a good thing) and is the fact that the
hot side is NOT an RS2, so something needs to be done for hi end flow (see
options)....  The up (and maybe the hush) is that the prices on one of the
et.al. executions of a faster turbo is ~double the RS2......  

Be advised, I may not be able to post more on this, some Coimbra issues are
pending on my posting status.  

HTH clear any mysteries


Scott
'87 5ktqRS2
'87 5ktqwRS2/K26*2B
'84 UrqRS22B2