playahwitgame

hahah, my friend works at a shop in maryland and a 1.8t came in. the pistons hit the valves so they were bent, im sure pistons were fucked, and there probably is head damage. instead of paying for an overhaul, i think the dude just got a used engine or something. anywaymy friends boss said he can take the turbo if he wants. he did take it and he shows it to me. it was so cute, so tiny. we went and compared it to my t3/t4, i think the whole compressor can fit in my compressor intake hole. that **** is so damn small. just thought ide share

VTC_CiViC II

Saw a few of those when I worked at Audi, damn small.. K03 I think they are.

playahwitgame

they are damn cute lol, i dont see how they make much power, im not liek turbo guru here as i just started putting my **** on and i have driven a few turbo cars, but couldnt really, say whats good and whats bad, but from what im thinkin, that **** makes no top end, seems more liek a highway passer turbo to me lol. correct me if im wrong please

VTC_CiViC II

Actually, you'd be exactly right. Those cars weren't designed to be sub-10 sec. 1/4 mile terrors, they use turbochargers which will provide the right blend of drivablity and low end torque that a typical 50 year old wants in this 1.8t cabrio.

playahwitgame

so i was thinking, since they are so small, is there anyway to put that on like a lawn mower engine, and make a bad *** go kart, or will that not work

boosted92

A typical lawn mower engine is about 120CC's. I ran a K03 turbo on my GSX-R 600 and it made full boost by about 5500 RPM's. That's higher than most lawn mowers even spin, it would never spool up fully.

playahwitgame

well im not looking for liek full boost lol. were not talking about a race car. a damn go kart i dont want going super fast, but something that has the kick when needed, you know?

boosted92

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Let me say it again. It didn't make an appreciable amount of boost till ~5500 RPM's on a motor 6 times the size of one you're thinking of putting a turbo on. A K03 would never make any positive manifold pressure on a 100CC lawnmower engine, end of story.

blackeg

i remember reading somewhere that the 1.8T was designed to have the turbo spool early and give nice midrange, and the additional flow from the 5 valve head to offset the falling boost up top. this makes like 2 powerbands (one from the turbo and one from the head/cams).

platinum00

The K03 is a nice turbo for around 200hp. I make around 200hp / 250 tq at ~20psi in my Audi 1.8T A4.

I get full boost ~3000rpm and it starts droping before 6000rpm

platinum.

TomRitt

Yep they are small heres a pic of the Holset that I'm currently running, compared to my stock k03 comp housing

platinum00

come on man. any turbo next to that would look small

platinum.

nebulight

This is my 50 trim t3/t4 next to my K03:

liam821

I wanna put the k03 on my Kawasaki zx6r 636!! It would be the perfect turbo for it. Prolly get full boost at around 7000rpms or so...

liam

drumking15

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by platinum00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">come on man. any turbo next to that would look small

platinum.</TD></TR></TABLE>
and thats why we love the holsets

oscarmayer

Why are you calling that turbo a Hoslets? it's a garrett turbo. look at the housings. the best they do is just make a hybrid that Garrett does not fro the factory, but in general it's a garrett turbo to me.

platinum00

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and thats why we love the holsets </TD></TR></TABLE>