Volvo K24 turbo in audi application.

[Ruffiano]

i had the same prob with coils on vems, or was this just a bad coil?

if not i have a solution for this problem

cheers
will

well there are/were two problems.

At 1000 RPM it has a hard time "seeing" the reference pin, so it runs rough, I had a friend helping tune and thinking it might be a coil related issue settings were played with and a coil was turned to continually fire, thus cause the coil melt down.

With the new coil installed and a standard base map, the car runs VERY smooth above 1500 rpm, in the lower rpm it still has a hard time seeing the reference pin, Marc has suggested welding material to increase the size of the pin and that is probably what will happen. If you have a solution I am ALL EARS

[WabTheKing]

i had the same prob with coils on vems, or was this just a bad coil?

if not i have a solution for this problem

cheers
will

[Ruffiano]

Yeah I have the same cobra head but in 4", great product

is there a distributor in Europe?

[Jamo]

Yeah I have the same cobra head but in 4", great product

[Thuppu]

Ok, great. Thanks! I probably need one when I install my new turbo if I can't use my old custom made stainless intake tube.

[Ruffiano]

From where did you buy that "cobra head" intake hose? What size are the fittings?

http://intakehoses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CHEW

I used the 3" with a 2.75" reducer ring like so:

http://intakehoses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=30R275&Category_Code=RIS

It is probably the tightest radius bend you can find. If anyone was interested I would be more then happy to forward them on to europe.

[Thuppu]

From where did you buy that "cobra head" intake hose? What size are the fittings?

[Ruffiano]

You got a thread on motorgeek, interested in reading what else you've accomplished.

Enjoy the reading:

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26984

[Acidburn]

You got a thread on motorgeek, interested in reading what else you've accomplished.

[Ruffiano]

So I wanted to update this even though I don't have numbers yet. I didn't get the car running before vegas so I wasn't able to get it tuned by Marc @efiexpress. As of this week I got it running. Hopefully this weekend I'll get everything buttoned up and get it back on the road for some street tuning.

This is part of the reason it didn't make it to Vegas:



to fit a filter for this turbo in the small chassis i had to get one of these "cobra head" adapter:






Still having a small trigger pin/vr sensor issue at sub 1500 RPM. I wish I had already been running VEMS before swapping the turbo, it would have made things simpler.

http://www.youtube.com/v/yjQvyO_tTfw

[Ruffiano]

Only saw one on ebay.co.uk

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-S60-2-4-...item4aa401c07f


seems a bit steep. i know new from the dealer this turbo is around 950 usd.

[andy10v]

If it works and you have the skills to DIY then for $150 I would hope so, however what is the price/availability of them in the UK?

[GazzaG60]

good work

is it worth the bang for buck though?

[Acidburn]

Oh i was just going to mention, the nice thing about this type of swap is that you don't have to change your exhaust manifold, downpipe, or oil/water lines, it is a plug and play turbo like the rs2, however it is 15 years newer, readily available and a fraction of the cost... now lets hope that it is more powerful too!

interested to see what results you get.

[diesel des]

Rs focus with 2.5 turbo seems to have a even larger kkk. I have been told the comp is 62mm with 49.5mm inducer...