you owe us a drive.. each ;)
sounds awesome! got pics?!
zac
----- Original Message -----
From: Geordie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: SR20 goes!!
> 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.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, 4 September 2000 10:29 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: SR20 goes!!
> >
> >
> > 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
> > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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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