I'm on the Megasquirt buy this time. I don't like the Rover motor due to
the $$ per HP ratio. Hard to beat American powerplants in that regard.
I'd like a ride in your Toyota. Sounds hot!
The beauty of these lists is that there are all kinds of guys (and gals)
trying all kinds of things.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed McGuirk" <emcguirk@optonline.net>
To: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
Cc: "Six pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
> Porsche does seem to have their turbos dialed in fairly well but very
few
> cars can remain smooth as they approach 10 PSI. I doubt there are any
with
> more than 10 PSI. If you want to see smooth I can brag about my
> supercharged MR2. It's bumped from stock 8 PSI up to 12 PSI now and it
> should be getting about 170 HP from 1.6 liters. My problem is that as
you
> increase boost on the supercharger the torque peak moves down in RPM
and
> you need to change the cam to move the HP back up the RPM to where it
> belongs. The nice thing is, that change makes even more HP.
>
> I have no problem with turbos at the 5 PSI that most other cars use.
They
> work great there but if you get carried away by big numbers you need
big
> boost and the powerband gets narrow and it lags.
>
> If you want stone simple in a TR6 you might try a big engine with a
carb
> but if you also want light weight and big HP you almost have to go
with
> some kind of forced induction. You can make a carb work with forced
> induction but fuel injection will be easier to tune. That's expensive
and
> complicated but if you want to do a transplant, money and
complications
> don't scare you. ;-)
>
> I think the only non boosted carb engine worth playing with is the
aluminum
> Rover engine. I think you can get one up to 4.5 Liters and it should
be
> pretty light. Is there any other aluminum engine over 3.0 Liters with
a
> carb? (once you get involved with MegaSquirt fuel injection (cheap), a
lot
> more engines seem useable)
>
> Ed McGuirk
>
> At 06:41 AM 6/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 06:41:21 -0400
> >From: James Franks <jimmble@adelphia.net>
> >Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
> >To: Ed McGuirk <emcguirk@optonline.net>
> >Cc: Six pack <6pack@autox.team.net>
> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
> >
> >There's nothing wrong with superchargers, but you should take a ride
in
> >my 944 turbo before you decide that turbo's are not an option........
> >it's both smooth and manageable. Proper turbo sizing and a good boost
> >controller can take the spike out of the power.
> >
> >BTW it is 215 HP from 2.5 liters, has over 100,000 miles on the
original
> >turbo and still runs like brand new. Very reliable car, too.
> >
> >Jim
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