diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/169-reenable-turbo-mode.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/169-reenable-turbo-mode.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0df8f04792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/169-reenable-turbo-mode.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - re-enable turbo mode for collection. The default is initially set to off (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/169).
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
index 65dfba013f..554b3efb58 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,30 @@
             path: ~/.kube/config
             state: absent
 
+        - name: Try to create namespace without default kube config
+          kubernetes.core.k8s:
+            name: testing
+            kind: Namespace
+          ignore_errors: true
+          register: result
+
+        - name: No default kube config should fail
+          assert:
+            that: result is not successful
+
         - name: Using custom config location should succeed
           kubernetes.core.k8s:
             name: testing
             kind: Namespace
             kubeconfig: ~/.kube/customconfig
 
+        - name: Using an env var to set config location should succeed
+          kubernetes.core.k8s:
+            name: testing
+            kind: Namespace
+          environment:
+            K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG: ~/.kube/customconfig
+
       always:
         - name: Return kubeconfig
           copy:
@@ -365,6 +383,38 @@
       register: k8s_info_testing6
       failed_when: not k8s_info_testing6.resources or k8s_info_testing6.resources[0].status.phase != "Active"
 
+    - name: Create large configmap data
+      command: dd if=/dev/urandom bs=500K count=1
+      register: cmap_data
+
+    - name: Create configmap with large value
+      k8s:
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: testmap
+            namespace: testing
+          data:
+            testkey: "{{ cmap_data.stdout | b64encode }}"
+        wait: true
+      register: result
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - result is changed
+
+    - name: Retrieve configmap
+      k8s_info:
+        kind: ConfigMap
+        namespace: testing
+        name: testmap
+      register: result
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - result.resources[0].data.testkey == "{{ cmap_data.stdout | b64encode }}"
+
   always:
     - name: Delete all namespaces
       k8s:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py b/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py
index a647b163f8..a983cad9f2 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py
@@ -3,4 +3,22 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule  # noqa: F401
+import os
+
+from ansible.module_utils.common.validation import check_type_bool
+
+try:
+    enable_turbo_mode = check_type_bool(os.environ.get("ENABLE_TURBO_MODE"))
+except TypeError:
+    enable_turbo_mode = False
+
+if enable_turbo_mode:
+    try:
+        from ansible_collections.cloud.common.plugins.module_utils.turbo.module import (
+            AnsibleTurboModule as AnsibleModule,
+        )  # noqa: F401
+        AnsibleModule.collection_name = "kubernetes.core"
+    except ImportError:
+        from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule  # noqa: F401
+else:
+    from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c4b370de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+collections:
+  - name: cloud.common
+    version: ">=2.0.4"