china turbo purchase

[jamie16v]

well, after hearing not so bad things about chinese turbo`s from nick at r-tech i went and bought one. it`s a k04-001 with a bit of a twist. it has a larger turbine and also a larger compressor which appears to be of k04-023 variety.
from a visual inspection it seems to be machined well and has been balanced.
i`m not expecting the world from this turbo and am using it as a bit of an experiment. it`s an old car and it`s not my daily anymore so if it breaks then it doesnt matter, i will fix it again eventually. (wether it be engine swap,rebuild ect ect)bla bla bla bits of turbine flying towards my face and all that..

[mar_k]

Is this from MAXSPEEDING.....


If it is I know a few people who have brought steel H section rods from them,
They have all been very well balanced and are working very well in engines running upwards of 300bhp.

When I finally get my 1.8t Ill be buying the rods from them

[jamie16v]

no mate. its not from them, though it is from a well known ebay seller. i only bought it due to the spec and the fact i didnt have to source the parts to build it myself.. so if it does blow up. as long as the housings hold out i can always rebuild it with better parts.

[cullygti]

you still doing this then dude aint seen you on here for a while

[Chris#101]

Interesting fancy sharing the link or pm me it, im on the look out for a ko4-001 but cant justify a borgwarner price

[jamie16v]

you still doing this then dude aint seen you on here for a while

yes mate, had a little break for a while due to other commitments, we were moving house ect. p.s where is everyone gone?

Interesting fancy sharing the link or pm me it, im on the look out for a ko4-001 but cant justify a borgwarner price

oooh... shall i?...lol

[cullygti]

ah everyone slowly went sold up etc still a few of the old hardcore bunch on here but with the 1.8t becoming so cheap more ppl can afford to buy it now so theres quite a few new ppl on here who are getting some serious stuff done 

[jamie16v]

nice, its a shame as there were some cool chaps on here. never mind though.. it will give me some inspiration to go more hardcore.. mwahahahahaaaa
oh, and for information, it was an xs-power turbo i bought £335.

[Toby]

ah everyone slowly went sold up etc still a few of the old hardcore bunch on here but with the 1.8t becoming so cheap more ppl can afford to buy it now so theres quite a few new ppl on here who are getting some serious stuff done 

Ill allways be here in spirit 

[jamie16v]

ah everyone slowly went sold up etc still a few of the old hardcore bunch on here but with the 1.8t becoming so cheap more ppl can afford to buy it now so theres quite a few new ppl on here who are getting some serious stuff done 

Ill allways be here in spirit 

lol you smug git..