not that i've ever driven an SR before but i think i know the feeling.
Never driven anything quicker than my Excel with sports exhaust (LOL). then
jumped in my first datto 6 months ago, wet road, at night, lots of rattles,
no windscreen wipers and z18et with wategate hose hanging of to the side.:)
basically as you can imagine with rear wheel drive and no experience, hit
third gear and planted it doing about 65 and boost gauge hit about 18psi or
something and ended up on the wrong side of the road before i knew what was
happening. got out, took off my undies replaced them with new ones and drove
very slowly for about two weeks!!!
Great stuff Geordie nice too see your hard work came off with something your
happy with.
Maybe we'll see you on sunday at Peakhurst??
Simon
>From: "Geordie Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Sr20transplants@Egroups. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: SR20 goes!!
>Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:21:58 +1000
>
>
>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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