Terry,
A little off topic, but i was just wondering what sort of hp your fj beast is
making and what sortof quarter mile times youve done????
Cheers
Steve.
Terry Rudd wrote:
> With the L18/U67 along the lines I wrote about before and done right with a
> Volvo 264 CD you get 150-200hp at the wheels pretty easily, water injection
> and 15-18 psi with an intercooler your looking at anything up to 250-280hp
> and 13's to low 14's (Soobie country), over that 18 psi and you're into
> expensive and serious mods like grenade country.
>
> Speaking of water injection, the last L turbo I saw in a 200B Wagon (what is
> it with these) had a home grown setup using a Ford EB radiator overflow
> bottle (lots of little bubbles) and it was pressurised by the turbo via a
> one way valve but he was having trouble turning it on as he had a switch on
> the dash but he wanted it on to fire above 10-12 psi, that's easy says I,
> use a hobs switch in the wastgate line to trigger a relay to open the
> solenoid and it's done automatically, just set the hobs switch up and forget
> it. The Ford water bottle is a cute one too as it even has a low water level
> switch built in.
>
> A Hobs switch is used for a variety of pressure related tasks most of which
> are nothing to do with turbos but they are trick for overboost Ign or fuel
> cuts, and the beauty of these switches is that they are pressure adjustable.
> They are so simple, at a set pressure the contacts either open circuit or
> you can also get a close circuit type as well.
>
> terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
> Sent: Saturday, 30 September 2000 5:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: Turbo'd L series
>
> What kind of power figures are you looking at with a turbo'd L series ?
>
> ie Turbo L20B or L16 ??
>
> Jeff
>
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