Hi every one, I have been missing in action for some time. Life, wife, kids. Health is been all good.
Any way, the news, I have turbo ed our 1300. I put a standard 1700 exhaust manifold, turbo, injector pump & injector on to a my rebuilt engine.
Adding oil cooling squirters under the pistons, turbo grind cam & pistons. Would you like to hear how it goes? It took me 7 mouths to get it done & running.
It has a 4' exhaust straight off the back of the turbo & no muffler, to help it spall up faster.
Any way, IT HAULS, a hill that it would only just make up in 7th gear, now 8th/ top gear, not full throttle 90 kph, passing cars. It goes man. Should have done it years a go.
Done now, just need to finish hooking up the exhaust brake, haven't tried yet. To have a exhaust brake, I put seals on all the valves to stop the carbon getting into the oil.
My wife's comment was, It sounds like a big truck now. It has the turbo wine, the turbo flutter when changing gear or throttling off & it goes!
Stephen Out.
Till next time.