sharkster

Some new billet toys are on the way thanks to Kevin @ Alamo Turbos and here are some preview pix (turbine housings have not been coated yet):

HBdirtbag

looks more like something that should be hanging on a wall


similiar to an old carb I cleaned up and mounted. Then again there is the old air plane motor i'm polishing up to hang too that came out of an old cesna! Wanna donate those to me?

KPV

Alex,
Not coated yet? Please elaborate.

sharkster

Hehe yeah Kevin did a great job Too bad they are under the car instead of visable I'm hoping for more power sans any lag

sharkster

Ceramically coated to aid heating issues

Ruiner

Nice, Alex. Let me know how they turn out in relation to lag/boost response, and overall peak horsepower.

msindi

What are they?? (model, etc...)

996TTR

Sharkster,

I have the same gremlins. Kevin did a very nice job. The performance has been quite good. I have run my car side by side with a turbo that ran 11.30's in the quarter and the acceleration was the same. I can also put race gas in and run about 30 horse more.

Enjoy

sharkster

Thanks man Can't wait to get them in.. and I'll let you know how things go

sharkster

Ah nice one... I'm guessing one notices the difference. I'm hoping that I'll keep the little lag we have and just get that bit more power. Best I ran was 11.6 before so hopefully it'll get even better

Kevin

Alex;

I was at the Borg-Warner KKK factory this week as you know. I infact took your turbo cartridge. They actually wanted to throw them in the test cell. Unfortunately they would most likely wreck them. I learned alot and seen quite a few new trick for our cars.

Kevin

Another interesting note. KKK has not choosen to go down the ball bearing road. However, the engineers have told me a few trick to equal the playing field for our units. Basically the ball bearing units have a advantage by keeping the centerline of the turbine shaft stable. Thus the clearance between the wheel and aluminum housing can be tighten to .006", With my cnc'd housings I can come close but not near .006. The solution that they are working on is to coat the inside of the compressor housing to build up the clearance. Hence, you improve the efficiency of the unit. Now as the unit's bearings wear the coating wears to provide extra clearance. It's also a tattle tail sign when to go in for a rebuild! Mark my word, We will be coating the insides of the housings!!!!

sharkster

That must have been a lot of fun Can't wait to hear about them tricks!

sharkster

Yeah some of my friends with Supras swear by the new beefy ball bearing Garrett turbos. I guess the smaller ones wil work well on our cars too, well not on the tiptronic... Your solution of coating the inside of the housins sounds cool but hard to do no?

msindi

Kevin - can you PM me or post your contact info as I would like to get in touch with you about my K24s and what we can do to improve them...