It was quite a few years ago that i went cts, good to hear they fixed that issue. I went with them for the same reason, hardware was fine and it was the cheapest. Even with the extra issues, I dont regret buying from them at all.
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Beat deal on K04?
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It was quite a few years ago that i went cts, good to hear they fixed that issue. I went with them for the same reason, hardware was fine and it was the cheapest. Even with the extra issues, I dont regret buying from them at all.
Allchokedup
Autocross Champion
As it arrived
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GeorgiaBII
Drag Race Newbie
Is the cts kit complete to do the entire job or will I need to buy additional parts?
Allchokedup
Autocross Champion
Complete, everything you need as far as the turbo is concerned. If you are already stage 2 all you need is a tune. I had to purchase a 3 bar map sensor as required by apr. I bought a Bosch off of Amazon for a 1/3 rd of the price apr wants for them. I put turbo on then drove about 20 miles to get tuned.
BudgetPhoenix
Autocross Champion
The HPA is actually not an oem Borg Warner k04. I believe its more akin an aftermarket chinese manufactured hybrid k04.
Interesting. I apologize, I did not know that. The description they use on the sites it is available do not lead you to believe it is any different than the other K04 kits. I guess I will cross that one off my list.
Tony48
Go Kart Champion
(Quoting myself from literally a few posts ago in this thread) You need the following in addition to what comes in the box:
Add a 3bar map sensor if your tuner requires it (APR)
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Allchokedup
Autocross Champion
This is correct, dude I looked at turbos 6 months before I had the money to buy. Wanted to make sure I was satisfied with my purchase. It's still gives me a smile
GeorgiaBII
Drag Race Newbie
I was able to source 2 of the washers for less than 4 bucks today. With luck will see them next week along with the CTS K04 turbo kit.
vermontmk6
Passed Driver's Ed
While price is important, which is the best k04 kit in 2019? I called ECS and they recommended HPA. IE has a kit, CTS of course, which Stratified sells as part of a nice package) and many others. IE is a bit pricer, not sure why? HPA has great reputation as well. All seem to be Borg Warner components, or at least from the same BW manufacturer. I'd like to keep stock DV location if possible, which is only the case in some kits. Seems like whichever kit I get I'll be happy around 330 hp and then look into WMI after everything is sorted out with the new turbo. Already stage 2 with COBB parts, so which k04 kit do I buy?
zef
Drag Racing Champion
HPA's is not a Chinese knock off. The reason why it's so cheap is they purchase the BW shell that has the DV location already modified so they don't need to do any machining. In addition, they have their own proprietary wheel that's lighter and will produce quicker spool times.
So instead of purchasing a BW turbo and machining it/modifying it like everyone else does, HPA purchases the BW turbo in pieces and puts it together with their own hardware. I've been running the piss out of my HPA turbo and have had 0 issues with it.
vermontmk6
Passed Driver's Ed
Not best deal but I finally went with IE K04, was $1800 + $800 install. They had to fab a new coolant and oil line brackets. Hit 18 pounds of boost on base Stratified tune.