Thanks for the advice. We are aiming for Thunderhill in December (originally Pahrump this month but it got canceled).
I just got back from a long run in the Berkeley/Oakland hills here in the Bay Area of California and nothing melted, blew apart, or sounded bad. In fact, it was quite fun and fast. On that note, I had another question if anybody has an idea. We need to put together some cheap heat shielding for the brake lines. We were planning on using two sheets of leftover sheet aluminum that's laying around with a few mm air gap separating them. Does this sound like a reasonable thing to do? Thanks again, Peter Tim South wrote: > Use some of your $60 to buy new studs for the manifold to turbo and turbo to > downpipe joints so it all stays together for 12+ hours (assuming you haven't > already). > > A $4 pressure gauge from the local plumbing dept. could be used as a boost > gauge I suppose. > > Don't know about a knock sensor, though some say the OEM oil pressure gauge > will spike when knock occurs. Never noticed it personally, but never really > looked for it either. > > Spend money on adhesive or some other method of keeping the OEM crossover > tube attached to the throttle body. That's a Greddy issue too. > > Make sure the oil is draining from the turbo properly. The hose around to > the passenger side of the engine is marginal. A tap into the oil pan is > recommended. > > Which LeMons are you doing? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Secor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 10:00 PM > Subject: Boost gauge and knock sensors for cheap > > >> Hi all, >> >> !!! SANITY ALERT - THE FOLLOWING REGARDS A LeMONS CAR !!! >> >> We've just installed and had a couple shakedown runs of our Greddy >> turbo kit. The power is significantly improved, but we'd love to get a >> handle on how much boost we are producing and whether anything really >> bad is happening to the engine. >> >> I think the Greddy produces only 5psi out of the box and then you can >> dial it up. However, ours came in a paper bag [1] so I'm not sure where >> it is tuned currently. >> >> Does anybody have any really cheap suggestions (we've got about $60 >> left on a $500 budget) for both a knock sensor setup and a boost gauge? >> We're figuring we can scrounge a boost gauge from somewhere. Any other >> suggestions for some cheap monitoring of the engine to prevent failure >> during an endurance race? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Peter >> >> [1] Purchased somewhat running car for $450, sold parts approximately >> worth $500, bought $500 Greddy turbo kit in a paper bag. >> http://deadsmurf.blogspot.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Miatapower mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
