Thinking about a set of K04's. More inside...
04-03-2008, 12:53 PM
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here couple pics of the complicated design :
<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/ericlikepizza/variablevane.gif">
<img src="http://www.carzi.com/wp-content/uploads/gt2-00-turbo.jpg">
<img src="http://www.carzi.com/wp-content/uploads/gt2-00-turbo.jpg">
04-03-2008, 12:59 PM
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absolutely .. right here 900$ :
<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RS4-k04-25-k04-26-CHRA-Center-Assembly-Original-KKK_W0QQitemZ200193324586QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33742Q QcmdZViewItem">audspeed ( i can vouch for his stuff)</a></li></ul>
04-03-2008, 01:06 PM
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Yeah, that's pretty decent. So what do you think about this? Since I will be
doing all the work myself, and have already done a turbo swap on my car already, what if I ran the used K04s until they went, and then replaced them? Because it doesn't really matter to me if I have to pull the engine again to replace the CHRA's. It seems to make more sense to me to get the most out of them I can don't you think, if down time and labor isn't costing me anything? Plus, I won't be running them real hard for a while, because I am just going to be slowly piecing together parts for fueling and stuff. Can I homebrew it on mine? APR stage 2+ software? Could I install a 5 bar FPR, MBC and TCD and lemmitweak it?
04-03-2008, 01:16 PM
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yay! im respectable :) yea trying to work out the economics of used k04s
its pretty tough because the big concern is when will they blow? do u just assume they are already blown because you dont want them to blow 2k miles after install?
audspeed has new CHRAs for $900, maybe they can be had cheaper somewhere else. this means that "blown" turbos at $1000 + 900 = $1900 for new turbos, but then u have to install them ... so thats not that much savings ... so used/blown k04s are worth even less?
unless you want to risk putting them in ur car to see how long they last, and rebuild them again once they do blow<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RS4-k04-25-k04-26-CHRA-Center-Assembly-Original-KKK_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247 QQcategoryZ33742QQihZ010QQitemZ200193324586QQrdZ1Q QsspagenameZWD1V">http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RS4-k
audspeed has new CHRAs for $900, maybe they can be had cheaper somewhere else. this means that "blown" turbos at $1000 + 900 = $1900 for new turbos, but then u have to install them ... so thats not that much savings ... so used/blown k04s are worth even less?
unless you want to risk putting them in ur car to see how long they last, and rebuild them again once they do blow<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RS4-k04-25-k04-26-CHRA-Center-Assembly-Original-KKK_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247 QQcategoryZ33742QQihZ010QQitemZ200193324586QQrdZ1Q QsspagenameZWD1V">http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RS4-k
