70K951

I bought this turbo for my 87 944 turbo, I am not sure if it will work.
It seems like none of the housings line up like the stock one.

Tag #'s

K27
FE5052188000111
5327 988 7200

I hope this turbo will work. Maybe you have to unbolt the housings and
rotate everything. Or is this turbo from a 930? Can anyone out there help me?

Thanks
Mike

BoostGuy951

You have to "index" the turbo. Losen all the bolts on the compressor and turbine housing, and slide them into the correct position and then tighten them down.

Magown

It looks like you have a K27-7200 compressor. If the flanges and bolt pattern match your down pipe and crossover pipe then you should be good to go. Does it have a 951 turbine housing?

70K951

The turbo is much larger the stock one, everything is larger, housings, it
will not bolt up, it looks like I have to buy stuff to make it work, or is it not
worth the trouble?

Mike

Perry 951

Does it look like this?



FYI.. the oil cooled K27 from the 930 has different flanges. The vast majority of K27 turbos made for 944's are acutally the K27-7000 or 7200 compressors that are machiened to the K26 center section and #8 hot side. This allows factory mounting and water cooling.

70K951

The tag says it has the 7200 housing, however all the flanges are a different size, all my pics are to big to post. I will retake then and post tonight.

Perry, what turbo is that in the pic?

Perry 951

That is my K27/8 (K26 center section).

Your hot side flange is a different shape than your factory turbo?

RajDatta

Yeah, thats a 930 turbo. It will require mods to your crossover, engine mount and downpipe to fit. You should think long and hard if you want to go through all this trouble. It makes for a great turbo on a 968 3.0 but not sure if its a good match for a 2.5 engine with a #11 hotside. Might be too laggy for you.
I had one in my 968 before I sold the engine and like them a lot.
Raj

70K951

here is a pic

70K951

Is this turbo not going to work? the exhaust flange is different. The air exit is the same diameter however (2") The inlet is 2.75" compared to the stock 2". Am I screwed? Is this a 930?

Mike

RajDatta

I think you will have more issues than just inlet being bigger. Try to place the turbo on the engine/turbo mount and you will notice that the hotside wil hit it and it will not clear.
Also, the hotside has a different size bolt pattern for the downpipe so that will require custom mod as well.
This is what i have seen being differnt on these turbo's:
Center section is bigger.
Hotside is a lot bigger.
Inlet is 2.75 instead of 2.0
Hotside will require cutting and rewelding engine/turbo mount to clear.
I used to get full boost at 3300rpm and that is with a 3.0 engine running 9:1 compression. Not sure if this turbo is ideal for a 2.5. It will be way too laggy.
Also, see if you can post some pics of the part number. I can compare it to my old turbo this weekend. I will ask the buyer of my turbo if he wants a spare in case you decide to get rid of it.
Regards.

70K951

Thanks 968, and everyone else, I guess I will have to put it on ebay.

Mike