[Fwd: Formally Northern California Turbo]-Turbo Engineering

[Anton Gaidos <anton_gaidos@mentorg.com>]

The new name of this company is Turbo Engineering. If anyone has additional
experience with them please let me know. I also forgot to mention that I
got a plug in for the Q-list and Holly wasted no time telling me there may
be a discount to the list if q-listers send their turbos to Turbo
Engineering.
Anton

Anton Gaidos wrote:

> All,
> I'd like to make a plug for this company. They are no longer in
> California but Golden, Colorado. I spent about one half hour speaking
> with Holly Latour and she is extremely knowledgable about our turbo
> charged cars. Holly told me during our conversation that they have been
> building a lot of specialized turbos for Audi rally applications. Also,
> on any given day they have three or four KKK turbos in their shop for
> rebuild.
>  She also made mention of a dealer supplied kit for converting to the
> water cooled turbo. Anyone know the cost of this kit?
>  Anyway through our conversation she talked about an interesting
> upgrade. Evidently you can replace your compressor side wheel with a
> larger one increasing overall airflow by 27%.
>  She assured me there QA guy is a perfectionist and is notorious for
> sending turbos back if they don't meet his standards. For $310 they'll
> balance and blueprint, use all  OE parts and send it back as in new
> condition.
> FYI
> Anton
> disclaimer: I have not decided if this is where I am going with my turbo
> but it makes a nice option.