Oi!! my FWD gets sideways lots and does great burnouts and its almost std.
still, as skaifie says, "its gotta be rear wheel drive"
You have inspired my to put a series 3 bluebird near the top of my list for the
next car anyway...
good to see its going it sounds great!
- Julian
Geordie Smith wrote:
> Not unless you know someone who can dyno tune it for FREE.. I can't afford
> to have it tuned yet, so it sits in my garage until I have the bickies..
> Thanks to ShittyRail, I can still get to work like all the other lemmings.
>
> I Hate front wheel drives with a passion. They handle funny, and there's no
> powersliding around corners or fun stuff like that! Reverse donuts are the
> best bit about FWD cars.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of simon
> > waterhouse
> > Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2000 3:52 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: SR20 goes!!
> >
> >
> > 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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