Knight Turbos
February-7th-2003 | 01:50 PM
#1
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Get in my belly!!!
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From: FL
Knight Turbos
Here is the link to Knight Turbos. I know a lot of people were looking for this but couldnt find it.
http://www.geocities.com/knightturbos/promaz.html
What I would like to see in this thread is every link that you might know that leads to a Turbo kit, Supercharger kit, or Nitros kit for the protege.
http://www.geocities.com/knightturbos/promaz.html
What I would like to see in this thread is every link that you might know that leads to a Turbo kit, Supercharger kit, or Nitros kit for the protege.
February-7th-2003 | 02:11 PM
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From: Gainesville, FL
I feel sorry for anybody who gets robbed by Thomas/Geoff/insert pseudonym of the week here Knight. Though, his turbo kits aren't that bad from a welder with severe parkinson's and a 3rd grader designing the system..... :darin:
February-11th-2003 | 12:58 AM
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Agree 100%. I sent the manifold of my Probe GT in so he could do the T3/t4 conversion and it came back looking like total wreck. I could have done a better job myself and I didnt know how to weld at that time!!! Sloppy work, poor materials and WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
February-14th-2003 | 08:05 AM
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Originally posted by snart
Agree 100%. I sent the manifold of my Probe GT in so he could do the T3/t4 conversion and it came back looking like total wreck. I could have done a better job myself and I didnt know how to weld at that time!!! Sloppy work, poor materials and WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
Agree 100%. I sent the manifold of my Probe GT in so he could do the T3/t4 conversion and it came back looking like total wreck. I could have done a better job myself and I didnt know how to weld at that time!!! Sloppy work, poor materials and WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
Here is a quote.
Originally posted by PseudoRealityX
This comes to you via Probetalk, where one of the mods just recieved his TKT turbo kit...
"Let me just start out by saying that if any of you buy any Probe-related parts from Thomas Knight of TKT, I will personally come over and break your legs....
Alright....now that I aired that, let me talk about my TKT-built turbo kit that arrived today. I believe a half dozen monkeys armed with welding torches could have done a better job...
The rear bank collector is as follows - 2.25" pipe for the first 8-10 inches, which then is welded to a cruch bent ('crush' literally) 1.75"-2.25" in diameter over its length. It then is welded into a 1" iron elbow (yes, you read right, a 2" into 1" step-down restriction). Said elbow is welded into a hole cut in the turbine housing. Said hole is at a 90 degree angle to the flow of gas, in effect slowing down the turbine until the RPMs are high enough to overcome this restriction (the rear bank collector becomes pressurized, creating gas flow reversion until boost begins to build).
Next, the 3" downpipe - which is 3" in diameter after it passes through the 2" diameter restriction out of the turbine outlet.... and is beat with a HAMMER to clear the crossmember. The wastegate is in ****-poor shape as well.
Do you believe in miracles? Because it will be a miracle if this thing makes even 200 crank hp. Time will tell.
I'll have to replace 90% of the downpipe because it is crushed to half its diameter right before the flexpipe anyway.
I almost puked when I unpacked this thing today.
More good news - TKT was only using 2 (yes, TWO) of the 5 bolts that hold the downpipe to the turbine flange - 1 was broken, and 2 were WELDED over. I could shine a light through the crack between the downpipe and the turbine flange - no wonder Nick wasn't hitting full boost until 4k RPM.
This thing will need so much work, I wish I would have made my own kit. Because a KIT this thing isn't. Not to mention that it violates just about ever rule of kit-building there is....
TKT can ***** my **** and ****** the *******!"
Your welcome.
This comes to you via Probetalk, where one of the mods just recieved his TKT turbo kit...
"Let me just start out by saying that if any of you buy any Probe-related parts from Thomas Knight of TKT, I will personally come over and break your legs....
Alright....now that I aired that, let me talk about my TKT-built turbo kit that arrived today. I believe a half dozen monkeys armed with welding torches could have done a better job...
The rear bank collector is as follows - 2.25" pipe for the first 8-10 inches, which then is welded to a cruch bent ('crush' literally) 1.75"-2.25" in diameter over its length. It then is welded into a 1" iron elbow (yes, you read right, a 2" into 1" step-down restriction). Said elbow is welded into a hole cut in the turbine housing. Said hole is at a 90 degree angle to the flow of gas, in effect slowing down the turbine until the RPMs are high enough to overcome this restriction (the rear bank collector becomes pressurized, creating gas flow reversion until boost begins to build).
Next, the 3" downpipe - which is 3" in diameter after it passes through the 2" diameter restriction out of the turbine outlet.... and is beat with a HAMMER to clear the crossmember. The wastegate is in ****-poor shape as well.
Do you believe in miracles? Because it will be a miracle if this thing makes even 200 crank hp. Time will tell.
I'll have to replace 90% of the downpipe because it is crushed to half its diameter right before the flexpipe anyway.
I almost puked when I unpacked this thing today.
More good news - TKT was only using 2 (yes, TWO) of the 5 bolts that hold the downpipe to the turbine flange - 1 was broken, and 2 were WELDED over. I could shine a light through the crack between the downpipe and the turbine flange - no wonder Nick wasn't hitting full boost until 4k RPM.
This thing will need so much work, I wish I would have made my own kit. Because a KIT this thing isn't. Not to mention that it violates just about ever rule of kit-building there is....
TKT can ***** my **** and ****** the *******!"
Your welcome.
February-14th-2003 | 09:16 AM
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I worked on that exact kit that Dan was talking about. I helped Nick put it on his car some time ago. It is exactly as Dan described. Any and all TKT products I've come into contact with suffer from a severe lack of quality.
February-14th-2003 | 11:32 AM
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Get in my belly!!!
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I am glad to see that there are replys that show actual experiences. A lot of times people will say "this or that suck because it just does" But I sure as Hell wont by a knight turbo after reading your responses. "Not like I was planning to get a turbo anyways"
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