Good stuff Geordie. Just dont go sliding it into poles now ok.
Scott
Davo
-----Original Message-----
From: Geordie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 04 September, 2000 14:44
Subject: RE: SR20 goes!!
>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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