geordie,
congrats on the results of your hard work!!!
From: "Geordie Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sr20transplants@Egroups. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Date sent: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:21:58 +1000
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Subject: SR20 goes!!
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have some wonderful news. I finally after 3 long months of working every
> weekend and every night, got my SR20det running in my bluebird TRX. What a
> rewarding experience!!! First kicked over at 9:30 on Saturday morning!
>
>
> I finally figured out that the timing was out by 45 degrees on the crank
> angle sensor, and the number 1 coil wasn't firing, so I joined the computer
> output 1 and 4 together so they would fire simultaneously. This is how my
> first drive went:
>
> Engine kicks over, blows shitloads of smoke out the exhaust and for about 5
> minutes, the cabin was full of smoke, there was smoke coming off the engine
> from all the cleaning solvents and fingerprints burning away. Engine won't
> sit on idle though.. Bummer!!
>
> Pull out onto the street and drive 50 yards to the end of the street. Very
> drivable at low speeds. Some HOT engines I've driven are really crappy low
> down, this was smooth as a kitten's fur and purred just as nicely!!! Sit at
> end of the street and wait for a clean break in traffic....
>
> Pull out onto the main road, long stretch of road ahead... Slowly wind
> engine up to about 2000rpm... Then boot the throttle flat to the floor,
> turbo goes "ssssssshhhhhhhhSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT"
> My head gets pulled back from the g-force engine hits 4000rpm in less than
> 1/10th of a second, back of the car squats a bit and then jumps like a frog
> as the engine hits 5000rpm and still winding up... This thing was pulling so
> hard that my vision went blurry, then my head hit the headrest. I was just
> sitting there going AAAAAAHHHHHHHH
> FAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!... Push clutch down... BOV
> goes "pf.pf.pfpf.pf.pf.pf.pf.pf" in the most beautiful flutter I've ever
> heard... Pull her into second gear, boot it and the back of the car jumps a
> bit to the side, pulls back straight and leaps like a frog again..Bluury
> vision as my eyes get pulled to the back of my sockets, Speedo needle
> hadn't seen this much excitement in all it's life... Hits something between
> 70 and 90 in second gear, and then driver's hands were too sweaty to
> continue so pulls car into service station for it's first drink of Aussie
> Unleaded!!
>
>
> I swear guys, I have NEVER driven a faster car in all my life. I drove a 97
> model WRX a few years back, and that was quite fun, but this bluebird is
> totally balls out wicked. I was shaking when I hopped out of it at the
> servo, had trouble putting the fuel nozzle in the hole!!
>
> Anybody thinking of doing the conversion... My advice is.. JUST DO IT!! I
> had high expectations... and I am absolutely blown away with this motor.. It
> is truly something to behold!!! I have trouble describing it..
>
> It probably sounds like I'm a bit excited, so I apologise to anybody who
> thinks I'm a nutter. But if you haven't driven a car with a SR20 in, you
> gotta try it... It really is an experience never to miss!!!
>
>
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