Thanks for the info Nick !!! I have a spare KKK K24 turbo that I plan on redoing and would to send it to someone to install one of the new hybrid wheels and a 360 bearing too. How much are they charging you to do the work ? Thanks for any info. God Bless

 

Just give John a call tomorrow and ask. It all depends on exactly what you want done. For example, if you wanna save some money, you can opt to just have them machine your compressor housing and sell you one of their rebuild kits. Then you can do the rebuild yourself and save some cash that way. But it's all up to you, just give him a call and ask. All in all, when everything is said and done, it will certainly be cheaper than getting a k24 with the larger wheel from somewhere like Viva. Theirs is currently on sale for $2,300. I'm not knocking them at all, they have to pay their bills and run their business, but that's a lot of money and we have to find ways to save some money. Cheers!

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How much they charge you for machining the housing, rebuilding the CHRA, rebuild parts, new wheel and balancing? In other words, cost to upgrade a crusty old k24 to a hybrid turbo...

 

I'm interested to know this as well. Also, with what you've had done, what kind of performance benefits can you gain with this?

 

After reading what Nick wrote I called them myself. The gal was very informative...Depending on how much time/whats needed determines the cost. If you call them, explain what you would like to do, They'll give you an estimate. It's over the phone, so be prepared for it to change once they see how good/bad your turbo is.

Keep in mind, that sending your stock turbo off and having it "hybridized" will require a Tune as well.

 

I thought Majestic Turbo was so old-school Known that it's a no brainer.

They used to advertise all the time in that one Turbos and Fours magazine, and they're very well known in the Audi community for their skillz in KKK turbo rebuilding.

The K24-7200 (Audi RS2) is accepted to be a K26 in all but name. Does th K24-7400 also use the K26 bearing and shaft size or is it tiny like the lesser K24s?

 

Ooooooooooooo SUBBED! Keep posting those delicious pictures!

 

Ok sorry all, it's been a minute since I last updated. That's because we ran into some problems with my turbo. So after I dropped off my k24 and larger 7+7 wheel to get machined and installed along with the rebuild kit and 360 degree thrust bearing, the shop called me and said they found some damage internally. The turbine shaft on the exhaust side was pretty much worn to the point where the grooves were no longer there. That and there was some damage to the bearing housing upon disassembly most likely due to the damage on the shaft. Here are some pictures:







Luckily, they were able to find a spare used turbine shaft and bearing housing to install so that eliminated the need to order new more expensive ones or wait longer for new parts to arrive.

Other than that, I got the turbo back and it looks pretty sweet. They machined the compressor housing, installed the new larger billet wheel, replaced all the seals and rings, installed the beefier 360 thrust bearing, balanced it, and gave it all a new coat of paint to make its appearance look proper. Here it is:















Turbo is back. New 900cc injectors (overkill but futureproofing) are in along with new fuel pump. Can't wait to e85 this thing along with the m56 swap and quaife LSD. Just got all the new gear stack bearings and races replaced so this transmission is ready to get sealed up again.







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Came out looking nice man!
I'll have to disassemble the used one I just bought and make sure all is well before I send mine out to them.

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Came out looking nice man!
I'll have to disassemble the used one I just bought and make sure all is well before I send mine out to them.

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Yeah it did, thanks man.

I would definitely advise having the inside looked at, whether it's you that does it or the shop since they are going to have it apart anyway. I say this because he said he was very very surprised to see similar problems on the inside of all three K 24 turbos that he had in his shop at that moment. I suggested maybe it was a common problem with these turbos and he disagreed saying he's done more than 50 of them in the past but he's never seen the same issue like the three in the shop at the moment. So I don't know but definitely have it looked at while it's out of your car.

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How much is the rebuild kit that they sell for the k24?

 

I would venture to say somewhere around $100-130. Not really sure as I didn't just buy one of those, I had other things on my invoice. But call them up and talk to John, he'll take care of you [emoji106]

Majestic Turbos in Waco, TX.

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I sent my turbo off to them a couple of months ago. Got it back in a week, which was awesome. What wasn't awesome was the giant cloud of smoke that came out of the car when I started it up. Ended up pulling the turbo apart and replacing their kit with parts from the $24 one on ebay.

They did do a great job of cleaning the turbo and balancing the wheel, but not sure if that was worth the $470 that they charged me.

Since then, I've rebuilt two other turbos and just sent the turbines off to be balanced. What Majestic charges is highway robbery.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: they didn't bother to mark the housing when they took it apart, so it was clocked wrong when it came back to me. Took me over an hour to figure it out when I went to install the thing and the oil and water lines wouldn't line up right.

 

I sent my turbo off to them a couple of months ago. Got it back in a week, which was awesome. What wasn't awesome was the giant cloud of smoke that came out of the car when I started it up. Ended up pulling the turbo apart and replacing their kit with parts from the $24 one on ebay.

They did do a great job of cleaning the turbo and balancing the wheel, but not sure if that was worth the $470 that they charged me.

Since then, I've rebuilt two other turbos and just sent the turbines off to be balanced. What Majestic charges is highway robbery.

Whoa that sucks. I'm not questioning you but how do you know the smoke was from the turbo? It was primed before startup, right?

Also, main question I wanted to ask was what did you have them do for $470?

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Mobeus, did rekit everything in the turbo or just the brass thrust bearing thing?

 

Are you asking about the parts in the kit, or what Majestic replaced?

 

I am sorry, I should have been more clear. I clipped a paragraph out of you post.

„Majestic said the only reason oil would be forced pass the seals on the exhaust side was because it wasn't able to drain out of the turbo, which I verified by removing the oil drain line while the car was running. Very little oil was coming out of it, so something in the turbo was preventing oil from draining properly. Once I replaced the parts and reinstalled the turbo, oil came out the bottom of it as soon as I started the car.“


you fixed the turbo yourself Is what I am gathering. I take it that Majestic did nothing to fix the problem that they caused. For the repair, did you just replace the brass plate? Or did you replace all of the Majestic parts that came in the kit you got off of eBay? I got a smoker from this place also. It has been a pain in the Dupa!

Can you tell me what kit you got from eBay? Danke.

 

I think I just replaced the plate. I had another K24 that I also redid at the same time, and used it to make sure I got everything assembled correctly. I couldn't find anything wrong with the parts that Majestic used; they weren't out of spec or anything, the turbo just smoked like a crop duster. I believe this is the kit:

Ebay turbo parts kit.

ETA: they offered to fix the turbo, and were very nice about it, but it was cheaper to do it myself then to ship it back to them.