Hi All,
Just for interest: I know of a turbo SR20 roadster in in Melbourne, Aust, a
customer of Lou Mondello (the only roadster specialist in this country).
The guy wanted it to look standard, it runs 4 1/2 inch rims and naturally
wheelspins in 4th gear at over 50 mph.
(Maniac)
Regards
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kerr [SMTP:mikekerr@innercite.com]
Sent: Monday, 15 May 2000 5:31
To: Rob Robinson; Gordon Glasgow; Roadster List
Subject: Re: Turbo (Flame) War
the car is high maintanace if you drive it hard , but that will be true
with
any motor
but it is a Low compression , mild cam motor that will putt a long in stop
and go just fine..
and since it is all mech.. and no high tect there is no electriocs that you
can't fix on the side of the road.
Nothing wrong with high tect and in fact you can get more HP out of the u20
going that way around 500 HP +.. What really limits the HP in a turbo
moter is the head flow and the U20 flows real well. Just like trying to
force water through a pipe you can get more water through by adding
pressure to a certain piont, once you hit the max flow rate of the pipe you
can add pressure with very little increase in flow.. the u 20 head will
most likely flow fine up to about 30 lbs of boost.. change your feul to
alcohol , get a good high flow injection set up, and a good high efficancy
intercooler, run a tuned header into the turbo, and a good ignition system
with spark control , then add water injection.. In the moter get better
rods( so you can rever it to 8000 rpm , fodged pistons, with ceramic
coating on the top, better yet pay the bucks to have the whole damn piston
made out of ceramics. To get ridd of all lag , install a nitrous set up...
that should give you at least 500 HP .. and 12,000.00 out of your bank
account.:-) "
you want to play you have to pay "
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
Ph# 530-644-6777
Fax# 530-644-6777
E-mail mikekerr@innercite.com
Web; innercite.com/~wolfgang
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Robinson <FastrTime@t-three.com>
To: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>; Roadster List
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Turbo (Flame) War
>>
>> When you get right down to it, the real questions about any car are:
>> 1. How fast does it go?
>> 2. How long will it last?
>
>Assuming you're talking about a street driven car, I think you overlooked
a
>very important consideration: Drivability.
>
>
>Rob Robinson
>CSP 67 2000
>Roanoke, VA
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