Thanks dude.. Actually, I'd like to thank everyone here for all their help.
This list is an invaluable source of information, and I am so glad it exists
for me to turn to for help.
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> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2000 10:29 AM
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> Subject: Re: SR20 goes!!
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>
> geordie,
> congrats on the results of your hard work!!!
>
>
> From: "Geordie Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Sr20transplants@Egroups. Com"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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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