MMMMMMM Good idea. I plan to take this car very seriously. I have had my
fair share of accidents, and I have done too much work on this car to go
wrapping it round a pole. Acceleration is fun, but poles hurt!! I'll save
racing for traffic light runs and the drag strip!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Davidson
> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2000 7:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: SR20 goes!!
>
>
> 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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