Jim,
Thanks for that mate, ill let you know how much power i get back from puttin
the stocker one back in!!
I guess ill just have to use the camtech one for a cricket bat or something
:(
Cheers
Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, 31 October 2000 17:45
Subject: RE: Jim jones
>Steve
>
>You hit the nail on the head.
>
>I had from memory 9 different grinds to choose from tried them all with
>varying degrees of success but at the end of the day settled for the stock
>standard item.
>
>I like you found benefits at both ends of the scale. Lots of low down
power
>but lacked top end puff or the reverse, no go bottom no matter how much
>advance I piled into it, flash cans etc but went very hard top. Tried
>advancing a tooth or to on the cam and retarding with different results.
>Maybe it was the characteristics of my motor, I suppose I will never know.
>
>Steve, put the stocker back in and the power band was evenly distributed.
>With the flash can inside the car ( inline canister before the Wastegate)
>you can reach maximum boost ie 10,20,30psi in 1st,2nd,3rd 4th so makes up
>for the small loss because of the cam.
>
>My experiences anyway.
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Taylor
>Sent: Wednesday, 1 November 2000 4:47
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Jim jones
>
>Jim,
>One thing you didnt mention in your setup was anything about cam's? Any
>eperiences with different cams or did you always use the original spec
cam??
>I
>just put a big port head on my z18 and got a billet cam made up from
>camtech,
>put it all back together and its making less power!! the cams way too big,
>so im
>about to slot the stocker cam back in and see what the power difference is.
>Cheers
>Steve.
>
>Jim Jones wrote:
>
>> Good to see you are still around
>>
>> Yes, I sold the motor and the Motec but to different people.
>>
>> I brief run down as follows:
>>
>> Cosworth Pistons, Titanium Crank and Rods o-ringed block , modified the
>> inlet manifold to incorporate 8 injectors ( Holden Camira bosses 8 x FJ
>> injectors on 30PSI the duty cycle never got above 65%, with 70PSI fuel
>> Pressure), Large front mounted intercooler, 4 inch dump pipe ( 1 meter
>> long ) into 3 inch mandrel bent exhaust, .82 Garrett with T4 comp cover 3
>> inch inlet split pulse high grade nickel exhaust housing ( forget Garrett
>> get a turbonetics T66-1) a flash can insie the car is essential, about 40
>> hours of head work and the list goes on.
>>
>> It only seen Ravenswood once with a 13:01 110mph on 15psi with the bonnet
>> over the roof ( invest in bonnet pins) . We wound it up to 25psi and in
>the
>> traps snapped both stub axles game over.
>>
>> The motor has a shit load of potential and with the four bar map sensor
>> 32PSI was a lot of fun.
>>
>> Other than Bretts own FJ not much else came close.
>>
>> Is yours pretty much standard?.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of FJ MAN
>> Sent: Saturday, 28 October 2000 14:27
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Jim jones
>>
>> hey jim havent spoken to ya on the list in a while
>> was up at the drags the other day and a bloke their knew ya
>> didnt catch his name but he had a z18et in a white 1600 with spoke msgs
>> fairly quick car. But i also heard someone over hear has brought you 1600
>> and has big plans for it, is there any chance of u givin me details of
>what
>> your z18et had done to it as ive aquired one myself and im hoping to do a
>> fair few mods to it on top of whats aready done :) cheers mate have a
good
>> one (and yeah it beat a v8 and an sti ( after it got going(its still
using
>a
>> open r160 diff) so it wasnt a bad car).
>> regards chris
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