My brothers fwd 1 litre twin cam turbo charade put the fun in fwd. With
enough horsepower to match a standard wrx it is very impressive. But as you
say it just has to be rear wheel drive. Funny though coming from a Skaife
as he won bathurst in a Skyline??
Ryan
>From: Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: SR20 goes!!
>Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:44:36 +1000
>
>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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