Great product and a great staff at kinugawa turbo

Bought it as a oe like replacement for my 1999 S70 T5. So no fancy blades or huge wastegate upgrade. The housing is exactly like the original turbo. When using the original coolant lines, I had to use the lower hole on the side of the turbo because the pipe would it the plug (original do not have a plug). So maybe consider installing custom lines for a better fitment. Since the wastegate actuator is different, in my case 0.8 bar because I did not want to stray too far away from stock, I have to tune the car. It looks very nice too.

I purchased the standard 11 blades and the turbos are fantastic my car is basically stock with full bolt on, my issue is the supplied line kits are another story. Both of the oil drain lines will NOT fit, the front turbo there is no room due to the motor mount and the rear was significantly shorter than the stock drain tubes. Coolant lines are a bit long, I didn’t even mess with the oil feeds, I used the supplied coolant lines and reused the stock oil lines. It would also be nice to have a bit more instruction for those purchasing some turbos for just a factory direct replacement since these great for it without a doubt.

Mine is the billet 6+6 sts 55 installed on a 1st Gen 3000gt vr4. Turbos fit just like stock ones, but have the same spin-up as my stock 9bs and have way more flow potential. I do have an aftermarket dejon intake going to a MAF Translator with deatschwerks 550cc injectors and running lower boost than most (7psi), but I built the car for longevity than power and so far I am extremely happy. Not too fast on acceleration yet can get you to 150mph in a relatively short time.

They have been properly made, clean everything with seals. Does come with line kit but this is where I had issues. The front turbo has a drain line that comes above the engine mount and the supplied "turbo oil return line" is too big to properly fit. The stock return lines do fit and have enough diameter so you don't have to cut into an engine mount. I decided to use different aftermarket options as they cleared and didn't require any modification. All the lines are of great quality but just come a tiny bit short. The drain lines need to be reengineered (honestly just the front flange for the turbo oil return on the turbo side) and the supply lines benefit from having a long swoop an fitting 90° adapter but would fit otherwise (probably gonna swap to them because they are of amazing quality). Would be a direct and easy swap if these critiques are followed, but would be fine if you don't care about grinding down clearances.

Operating the new turbos, yeah they are awesome. I only want 400hp and having boost from 3000-7000 feels amazing. Driveability is so nice (drive by cable) that I might've started using my project car as my daily. They sound smooth, they feel great, of extremely good quality, honestly for something more reasonable and drivable, this is a good bet. Plus the exhaust temp isn't ridiculous (I know hotter exhaust is better, but I had oil spraying due to me being an idiot with forgetting to tighten a drain line onto the exhaust collector) and it feels like it reduced my under hood temps (anecdotal and subjective, take with a grain of salt)

I opted for the HL variant as they had the sts 55 method for the turbine and the 15t as I still only have a stock block but this gives me opportunity to expand. A td04 will spin faster but might get overwhelmed at high rpm (and high exhaust manifold pressure is not good, so I wanted flow). A 20t or higher compressor would give me more performance (but I didn't want the lag and again, stock block) so for something to replace the existing 9bs in your car without getting crazy with power (with potential for a good amount), you can't go wrong with Kinugawa.

Tl;Dr: easy install (like stock), different or OEM drain lines preferred (kit needs clearance on engine mount), supplied supply lines good. Happy with performance. Would order again.

Turbo is a great upgrade from stock turbo. Easy to install and adjust. Would absolutely recommend.

I had bought Kinugava turbo one year ago. As I expected, it works very well so far. I hope that it will serve me many years ahead.

tres bon compromis entre bas regime et haut regime 310cv et 350nm a 1.2b
sans forcer

Took abt a week to get here installment was fairly easy sounds great feels amazing great oem replacement will def be buying kinugawa in the future

I pulled the trigger on a Td05h-16kx for my 17 WRX after considering many options globally for import to Australia. Many of the options involve larger and later spooling turbos for higher end power, and many of those seem likely not worth the price.

Kinugawa do not have many, if any, reviews for their options on my car that I could find easily, mostly just armchair comments with a mind to promote so called domestic quality. They have some good mentions in Aus in the 4wd scene.

Having said that, the price is not exactly low here, and Kinugawa are a big player in the Asian market. So you might say I took a gamble on them, but I was intrigued by the higher tier offerings and how more fitting they'd be for a streetable little 2 litre like my own.

I've not been disappointed. Side by side with the OEM turbo, you'd think this was an OEM turbo, but even better. It is clearly been balanced, fresh marks and oil still in the cartridge. A balance report is provided. Practically no play in the shaft at all, spun well. The 7+7 compressor wheel is very intricate.

Included is a bunch of high quality kit to bolt it up. The inclusion of extra studs for the turbo and headers with copper locking nuts is a nice bonus. It bolted up nearly perfectly, with the exception that the OEM heatshield required some modification to the stock bracket to install, and the front bolt couldn't be used so a tie wire option was employed. One might simply get a turbo blanket if concerned.

My only points of criticism, was the the wastegate inlet was installed on a conflicting angle, so I spun it around. I am employing a 3 port solenoid which mounts a bit differently to stock so this worked out good with a new piece of 6mm hose. The other thing I mucked around with a bit was the oil feed line, they include a new braided steel hose, but I think I put one of the 90 degree adapters in the wrong spot, made it a bit tricky to line the connection to the car up without said braided hose rubbing the headers.

Now this option isn't what you'd say is a huge upgrade over OEM, but efficiency and streetability are my goals. Kinugawa's compressor map could be a lot more detailed, but from what they do provide I can wager this will be more efficient across the board with more room to move. I have not been disappointed. There is a slight bit of lag there at the come on, I have elected for 0.8 bar wastegate for my purposes (20-21PSI target) and I do have a FMIC (in fact entire intake and exhaust is upgraded so that back pressure loss plays its part) but this is an advantage since we want to limit the spool before 3KRPM or so anyway. It comes on clean, smooth, and stronger at less pressure than OEM, and clearly wants more. With the 1 bar gate I might have been tempted (they included the spring for me for free), but we're on a stock block here for the moment. It has a nice clean sound when spooling, it does let you know about surge when tuning fairly clearly, I think it well balanced in this regard.

Product was shipped quick enough and no troubles were received by border patrol etc. All costs were included in the total price so that's really handy. Service was responsive and friendly. App was easy to use etc.

Overall I'd definitely recommend Kinugawa, and have done so already. I've been tuning it for 3K Kms now, and been impressed with my decision.

So I made a lot of power as you can see in the title. So idk if I can blame the burning of oil on the turbo or the fact that I built the motor with 30psi+ ring gaps. Guess who isn’t running 30 psi. That’s right me!! I’m in the 25-29 psi range. Anyway a good turbo but I should have picked 1 size smaller

Hard to swet trubo after going though 2 of them making noise

Works well for over 30k km

Leaking oil into exhaust somehow

Great turbo, even after one year still top notch

Fit and finish look factory. 3000 miles on the install and it boosts properly. Not the cheapest option but in my opinion the best value.

Great Turbo. Very smooth operation.

Good turbo, no fitment issues, making 400hp on 🌽. These turbos do come pre-filled with oil, but i still injected 10w-30 with a syringe before install as there wasn't much oil left in the turbo after shipping. Only thing i had to do was clock the wastegate nipple as it was pointing the wrong way. I am going to go for 600hp at some point in the future and will probably use kinugawa turboes again. This particular kit came with an up-pipe spacer to clear the rear TGV motor that sits right in front of the cold side.

Obtuve 18 caballos mas de fuerza utilizando la misma caja de aire!!!
ahora ya cambie el sistema a 4" y filtro K&N, esta mucho mejor!!!
Gracias.

This was a great addition to my Nissan Juke. It now produces a better spool compared to the OEM and faster response time for throttle making it worth the price point. Would definitely recommend even when our Juke had only 40k.

my king cobra doesn't fit anymore because of the shape of the turbo.

Great !! Top quality !

This turbo showed really good performance on the Dyno!
We have been using it on our Lancer Evo 3 works Group A rally car.
No signs of wear so far !
No signs of loss of power so far !
I recommend these turbos and I will purchase from this company again .
See our car on our business account on instagram : AKrallysport

Beautiful turbo

Good

10/10 would recommend 👌