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Old 12-23-2010, 10:25 AM   #201
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yup, if you match the design and specs ... xaviar appears to be another re-branded kamak turbo just like kinugawa.
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Old 06-03-2011, 06:56 PM   #202
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I sold my Kinugawa Turbo and bought a VF43.
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Old 06-04-2011, 11:10 AM   #203
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I sold my Kinugawa Turbo and bought a VF43.

Any particular reason as to why?
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Old 06-08-2011, 06:52 AM   #204
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Any particular reason as to why?
Wanted a factory part.
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Old 06-16-2011, 05:53 AM   #205
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I have used kamak rebiuld kits with no problems , also used a Kinugawa 18g which performed well.
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Old 06-17-2011, 02:29 AM   #206
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Thought I would update ...my Turbo is still holding strong. Its been through hell and back...has now been on the car since October 2009. Will try and remember to post back next time she is on the dyno
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Old 07-12-2011, 05:39 PM   #207
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dyno last week with td05-20g-8cm kamak turbo. at 1 bar with E85 producing 330 BHP. no problems so far, but its only been 1 week.
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Old 07-13-2011, 10:59 AM   #208
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A recent Cobb customer in Austin made 350ish whp with a kinugawa (kamak) 18g on his 08 wrx. I dont remember if he was on E85 or gas. The turbos work. Even my old blouch 20g has kamak housings. Not sure about the internals, but it has held up well.
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Old 07-13-2011, 11:05 AM   #209
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I have a old DeadBolt TD06-20G. I want to rebuilt it before a slap it on for kicks. I plan to use a Kinugawa kit too rebuild it.

Ive used them in the past with good results.
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Old 07-13-2011, 11:35 AM   #210
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A recent Cobb customer in Austin made 350ish whp with a kinugawa (kamak) 18g on his 08 wrx. I dont remember if he was on E85 or gas. The turbos work. Even my old blouch 20g has kamak housings. Not sure about the internals, but it has held up well.
Very similar to my numbers at cobb plano...on a very conservative tune
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Old 07-13-2011, 12:45 PM   #211
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I would think a kamak td05 20g on e85 would be way above 330. I make more than that on gas with my 20g. On e85 I make over 400. But I have a ton of supporting mods.

Yeah, cobb trains their calibrators well. I still need to slap my car on Trey's dyno. I finally fixed all of my boost, vacuum, oil, and coolant leaks last night. I did a road dyno run on the way to work this morning. It read 368 whp and 408 wtq on gas. The tune is still rouugh though.
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Old 07-14-2011, 12:50 AM   #212
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I would think a kamak td05 20g on e85 would be way above 330. I make more than that on gas with my 20g. On e85 I make over 400. But I have a ton of supporting mods.

Yeah, cobb trains their calibrators well. I still need to slap my car on Trey's dyno. I finally fixed all of my boost, vacuum, oil, and coolant leaks last night. I did a road dyno run on the way to work this morning. It read 368 whp and 408 wtq on gas. The tune is still rouugh though.
I would think so to...i have the tdo5 18g kamak and hit 350/375ish on e85 @ only18psi .
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Old 07-14-2011, 01:54 PM   #213
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guys, thats only on 1 bar. and I have the 2.0 STi RA.
I have to change to newage coils before I up the boost, as my coils can't keep up.
what about posting some graphs with the td05-20g-8cm ??
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Old 01-13-2012, 10:30 AM   #214
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Anyone have any updates on the Kamak - Kinugawa turbos? Miles? Looking to maybe replace my fp18g with the same thing (only 8cm).
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Old 01-13-2012, 10:52 AM   #215
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You live 2 hours from Lebanon, PA, home of Blouch Turbo and they just came out with a ball bearing, billet wheel 18g. Think local bro...
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Old 01-13-2012, 10:54 AM   #216
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You live 2 hours from Lebanon, PA, home of Blouch Turbo and they just came out with a ball bearing, billet wheel 18g. Think local bro...
Think secret discounts bro?
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Old 01-13-2012, 11:12 AM   #217
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You live 2 hours from Lebanon, PA, home of Blouch Turbo and they just came out with a ball bearing, billet wheel 18g. Think local bro...
Thanks for the advice, that turbo is one of my options.

I was thinking more towards install and run some logs to verify everything is the same vs. an entire new tune.
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Old 03-16-2013, 03:22 PM   #218
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I would think so to...i have the tdo5 18g kamak and hit 350/375ish on e85 @ only18psi .
I've been looking into the Kamak turbochargers recently. It seems they are still selling them as there is a group buy going on right now on the forum by http://www.steamspeed.com/. Anyone have any experience with the Kamak 20g on an STI recently? I know this forum is a bit dated, but I'd like to know what I can expect i power output as well as in durability. They have a no questions asked 1yr warranty, but I'm interested in knowing what experience people are having past that mark.
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Old 03-17-2013, 06:45 AM   #219
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I don't have much to add other than I bought a kamak p18 exhaust housing and it's almost identical to the factory turbo. It is evident that there is less attention to detail in the machining in some areas though.

It's hard to know what to make of it. If they can't pay attention to detail with something as simple as a cast exhaust housing, I'm not sure I would trust their complete turbos. then again the exhaust housing isn't necessarily a precision part in many ways, so it's possible that they just cut out "unnecessary" work.

YMMV
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Old 03-17-2013, 09:36 AM   #220
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360/380 mustang dyno KAmak 20GTX STS 8cm^2 IWG. Full stage-2, full build 6-spd swap 2011 WRX 23 psi. We are going to turn up the boost a bit, was thinking of going EWG soon, this is with Meth injection though. 1:1 HSF-3 Aquamist setup. FMIC full spool around 4100 rpm
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Old 05-08-2013, 09:18 AM   #221
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I have been reading quite a bit on the Kinugawa turbos and think I will be going the 20g tdo6 with 8cm route. My question is will a billet wheel upgrade be worth the money. Have not seen any one that has menitioned if the upgrade is worth it??
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Old 05-21-2013, 08:41 PM   #222
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Hi everyone, I live in the UK and I've been researching these turbos quite a lot and ended up buying one thru' the steamspeed offer on here. I'm like the OP, I enjoy experimenting and not running with the crowd.
Just thought I'd let you know what I found about them.

KAMAK are the manufacturer of these turbos, the rest, kinugawa etc are brand names. KAMAK are also OEM turbo manufacturers for a few manufacturers, the main one being Hyundai.

How they appear to operate is that the KAMAK turbos are the best turbos that the company produce, uprated actuators, compressors, turbines etc, all the best and newest parts go into the KAMAK turbo.

Kinugawa etc are there old tech designs, meaning you can pick up their turbos at a slightly lower price, however, you can specify that they are built with the latest tech, so you can have the STS turbine, or the billet compressor if you wish. Personally, I think it's quite a good setup, if a little confusing...but I think that is because they don't seem to try and force their products like most, so aren't that well known.

The parts are manufactured in Japan, compressors, housings, rotating assemblies, turbines etc and then sent off to be assembled/balanced in Thaiwan before being shipped out.

I think for £750 ($1150) delivered within 4 days, they are a great deal, so long as they do as advertised. I'll keep you guys updated with progress once the snail is nailed to my car (Saturday) and mapped (Wednesday).

Anyway here's a couple of pictures for you.







And here is my car...stock until the weekend rolls around. 2005 widetrack STi.

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i used the rebuild kit for the td04 and have had no problems.
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Old 05-22-2013, 03:43 PM   #224
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I got tuned with a KAMAK TD06SL2-20g a week ago on my 2011 WRX, and it made 370whp/381tq on a dynojet. Very happy with it so far, the billet compressor and sts turbine wheels are works of art.
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Old 05-22-2013, 04:28 PM   #225
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I got tuned with a KAMAK TD06SL2-20g a week ago on my 2011 WRX, and it made 370whp/381tq on a dynojet. Very happy with it so far, the billet compressor and sts turbine wheels are works of art.

What other mods do you have done? Stock block and internals? TMIC or FMIC? Thanks.

Nice numbers by the way.
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