JDC
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posted April 05, 2009 09:34 AM
 Edited By: JDC on 5 Apr 2009 17:41
ATP turbo kit - Kudo's and Wish list.
Overall I like the ATP kit, but since I always put on a wish list to things, here I go. For the ATP kit here are a few kudos and a wish list:
1. Kudo - The header fit like a glove. I ordered the header with a flange for a wastegate, which I will now use after I've had some experience with the 'actuator' arm accuracy.
2. Wish - That the kit came with a full exuahst system as advertised on the site. Harry says that 'policy' was changed a while back, but forgot to take it off his internet site and list of included parts. That is one important consideration I made when I ordered the kit, that it included the full exhaust setup. So he charged me some $$$ to have the exhaust done, though it could have come to about $300'ish if I had turned my dump pipe back to him... still, not what was advertised. Adding an extra $$$ was not appreciated. It is still posted on his web site as being included... !
3. Kudo - Harry seems to be very informative about the setup and was always willing to come to the phone.
4. Wish - That the guages supplied allowed for illumination. They are pretty much useless at night.
6. Kudo - The turbo setup, with my level of experience, seems 'just right' for this bike.
7. Wish - Don't know if possible, but having the exhaust of the setup on the right side of the bike would solve all of exhaust system twisting and also oil line-exhaust issues, so that would require the turbo kinda being reversed.
8. Kudo - the turbo fit 'exactly' on the bike, and 'under' the radiator (actuator arm). Tolerances/design are tight.
9. Kudo - to go from Stage 1 to Stage 2, if you already have the header with wastegate flange, you just have to do the engine mod, and weld shut the actuator port on the turbo... viola!
10. Wish - the mounting bracket-fuel pressure gadget is a bit of a nightmare to install. A new bracket, perhaps similar to the one I made up, makes mounting the thing way easy. The bracket is a little more complex than the one supplied, but allows for very quick mounting and dis-mounting. This bracket allows the battery facing to fit back perfectly.
11. Kudo - bike with muffler almost looks OEM. You can see the filter that comes with the ATP kit.
I put a mod'ed K-N on it. Much more subtle and performs seemilgly the same as the larger one that came with the kit. I have not been able to tell any difference when the boost comes on or any other change to performance.  It is about 3" shorter in height.
  
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bigdtd
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posted April 05, 2009 12:42 PM
you are missing a fairing screw above the filter
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KZScott
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posted April 05, 2009 01:09 PM
very nice. have you considered painting the lock up spacer black? caliper paint works very well
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JDC
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posted April 05, 2009 04:12 PM
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very nice. have you considered painting the lock up spacer black? caliper paint works very well
Great idea.
I will add that to when I tear down turbo and reinstall with heat shielding...
(yes, missing screw is cause squash nut is gone/bad...)
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