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K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/21/2008 12:38:18 PM    RedShoeRider   Posts: 111 Joined: 2/7/2007 Status: offline Good Afteroon, All: So sometime next year I'm contemplating moving my A6 up to K04's. Just for giggles, I went on eBay and took a look around. What I found suprised me: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-A3-A4-A6-TT-K04-K-04-Upgrade-Turbo-Charger_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQihZ024QQitemZ370043147917QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW A K04 for 325 bucks? I remember Audi quoting something like 1600 each. Granted, I know they love overcharging us, but a 4-fold cost difference? My first thought was "What's the catch?" Are these not real KKK turbo units? Are they some junk masquerading around as a real turbo? Huh? Has anyone dealt with this already? Thanks! -Red _____________________________ ________________________ "Never trust a skinny cook" -? '99 A4 2.8: My woman's car. Stick, stock. '01 A6 2.7T: My ride. Stick, sport, stock (for now) '85 Honda VF700F Interceptor: 700cc's of pure insanity Post #: 1

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/21/2008 12:47:45 PM    Coors Posts: 137 Joined: 8/19/2007 From: Philly, PA Status: offline That looks suspect to me! Then again it's e-Bay! _____________________________ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making you think he did not exist...then poof, he is gone. 2001 A6 2.7T 6 MT Silver GIAC Flashloader pump gas/stock file 710 N DV's Samco TBB (in reply to RedShoeRider) Post #: 2

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/21/2008 12:53:16 PM    Wayne.L Posts: 73 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline I wouldn't buy that.... I rather pay more for piece of confidence...and I don't trust ebay... _____________________________ Are you someone's favorite person? (in reply to Coors) Post #: 3

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/21/2008 1:30:39 PM    trapped   Posts: 567 Joined: 1/29/2008 From: St. Louis, MO Status: offline Well you have to buy 2 and I believe that they are two diffrent turbos for left and right. I wouldnt buy this, but who knows sometimes ebay surprises me. Good luck if u do buy _____________________________ 2000 A6 2.7t Tiptronic APR Chip, 710n DV's, K&N drop-in, 00022 tip re-code. Planned: S6 Door Blades, Rs6 trunk lip, Custom Exhaust... Or Trade for S4! (in reply to Wayne.L) Post #: 4

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/22/2008 4:40:29 AM    bob martin   Posts: 88 Joined: 7/20/2007 Status: offline Notice that the outlet castings are not included, where they would be with the OEM part. So, you need to factor in locating and buying those (unless the K03s fit). Other than that, these look reasonable. Good luck! Bob (in reply to trapped) Post #: 5

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/22/2008 2:07:45 PM    AZAudiA6Q Posts: 551 Joined: 11/14/2007 Status: offline I thought that the biturbos were two same sized turbos and that twin turbo engines actually had different sized turbos. _____________________________ "I'm the bomb BLOW me." (in reply to bob martin) Post #: 6

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/22/2008 3:00:17 PM    trapped   Posts: 567 Joined: 1/29/2008 From: St. Louis, MO Status: offline Your right about the same size turbo on the A6, but I couldnt tell you about the twin turbo part. Its not that the Ko4's will be diffrent sizes, but they are diffrent style for left and right. Check Pic  _____________________________ 2000 A6 2.7t Tiptronic APR Chip, 710n DV's, K&N drop-in, 00022 tip re-code. Planned: S6 Door Blades, Rs6 trunk lip, Custom Exhaust... Or Trade for S4! (in reply to AZAudiA6Q) Post #: 7

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/22/2008 5:09:53 PM    nothing77   Posts: 42 Joined: 8/12/2007 From: Calgary Alberta Status: offline well, when you talk about different sized turbos, you actually mean sequential turbos.   Biturbo and twin turbo is an interchangable term.  the gotcha is that this is one turbo, suitable for the 1.8t audi or VW engine.  You need two (a left and a right), these two turbos look vastly different from one another  I believe the numbers to look for are K04-025 and K04-026.  Also as was also mentioned you will need the inlets and outlets as well as the hardware kit.  _____________________________ stage 3- A6 (in reply to trapped) Post #: 8

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/22/2008 5:34:28 PM    joetm Posts: 564 Joined: 1/6/2008 Status: offline yea thats a seedy deal man ... they should be around 1100 a pop for JUST turbos ... then u need alot more then just turbos _____________________________ -Joe 2002 a6 2.7t / GIAC / REMUS / AWE-Tuning s-flo intake / bailey's DVs / vast stage 3 tip chip /vast piggies / obx manifolds / k04's and rs4 ecu platform to come soon! (in reply to nothing77) Post #: 9

RE: K04 Turbos / What on earth is the gotcha with this? - 4/23/2008 7:06:27 PM    justincredible   Posts: 71 Joined: 8/10/2007 Status: offline I would stay away from that. As for the turbos they are exactly the same interniols. Only the comprussure cover is different all other parts are the same. (in reply to joetm) Post #: 10

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