I think I was one of the first to order an R85 turbo kit (http://kgparts.com/R85.htm) and I just got notice that it will ship on Monday. Woo hoo! I am not sure how many kits are done, so it's possible that there will still be a wait before other kits start shipping, but I figured that anyone who has ordered one of these kits (or is thinking about it) would be interested to hear that at least one is ready to ship.

I've still got a bunch of other work to do to get my car together (it's getting a new engine and a bunch of other stuff in addition to the new turbo), but I am hoping that I can have it running by SevenStock. It probably won't be tuned in time for the event, but at least I should be able putz it down there if anyone wants to see what it looks like in person.

-Max

 

lucky bastard..

now you wanna buy me one too?

 

How long ago did you order it?

 

I bought that Kit also.

 

I've seen this turbo at a local shop (my mechanic is friends with keith)... it's HUGE . I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it.

 

Good luck Max, Make sure you share a few pics of the kit please. Enjoy from the ones I saw at Dees house you are going to have alot of fun. Looks purty nice.

 

that bastard pushes tons of air at idle.

 

cool!!!!

hey Max, when you get it installed, let us know how the spooling is.. if its really what they say it is, i might be intrested too!

 

I'll let you know when it is installed and tuned. We can have a single turbo driving comparison day with you, David, and me.

-Max

 

I'll be there, for sure.

 

I hate to sound like a noob, but what company originally designs the R85?

 

R85 is the vendor's name for the kit, not a turbo spec. You can get the kit from Reactive Racing / KG Parts: http://www.kgparts.com/R85.htm

And even if you have visited that page before, take another look! They've got pics of the whole kit up there now. I am so excited to get mine, I feel like a kid at Christmas!

-Max

 

Max,

Looks like the wg is vented to atm, can you confirm?

 

I requested that mine be routed into the downpipe, but I agree the kit in the pic looks like it dumps to atmosphere. My car is too loud already (and cops are muffler-ticket crazy around here), so I can't have it dumping to atmosphere.

-Max

 

the one in the pic is mine. it is vented.

 

allrotor, do you know if any dumptube-to-downpipe kits have been produced? I'm really hoping mine doesn't show up with a vented dump tube. The kit looks great; when do you expect to have your car back on the road?

-Max

 

dee is on vacation this whole week. my car is at the welding shop for the turbo to ic pipe. mine will be tuned next monday. i didnt see any dt to dp kits but they may have already been made. contact keith and he can help.

 

OK, thanks.

I can't wait to hear how your tuning session goes.

-Max

 

If you guys want, I can call Dee's fab shop to see if they are making it dump back into the exhaust.

 

yeah. if you do, ask KO if he is gonna be done with mine by tuesday like he planned. thanks.

 

That R85 kit looks really mean. You 4-port guys have it all . Too bad a turbo that big may never work on a RENESIS .

 

Has anyone dynoed this with a stock uim so see the results?

STEPHEN

 

Dee told me the stock UIM dyno was only about 15 hp lower then the Jay tech manifold dyno

 

Max,

According to Dee they come standard vented to the atomsphere. He did say, however, that everything is included to route back to the downpipe. I sure hope this is the case, as I would be waaaaaay tooo loud for the street otherwise. Anyways, my guess is, a muffler shop would be able to weld everything in very cheaply once the kit is fitted.

 

I almost went with this kit too... But ended up going with A-specs GT40R. I heard allot of guys talking about going this route (r85) because they did not want to wait any longer for the gt40's but I got mine last week!!! Yeehaaa!!