turbos

[skulte]

I have to agree with Eric. keep up the project, even if it's just to
learn, and also for sh*ts and giggles :) It would be a pretty damn good
sleeper for highway races. If you'd like an idea of what it was to build a
non-turbo car into one, I kept a website
(http://www.skulte.com/turbo.html) when I decided to build the
Z28tt. It started as a design project while getting my MechE degree. I
figured I was spending so much time on the car anyways, I might as well
get a way to get credit and a few buck back from the school! Propose it as
an independent study project. All the research and reverse engineering is
great for experience. Hell - you probably learn more from this list than
you do in class anyway ;) I found the diy_efi list a few years ago when I
started this project. Sometime the responses can be quite curt, if you
will, as long as you show the willingness to learn on your own, everyone
offers help. Your posts have been pretty intriguing so far. Don't drop the
project. Just be prepared to have willpower to keep the boost down. Or do
as I did - set milestones (i.e. I'll just run 5 psi until I get the
false-knock figured out, when I get the intercooler built, I'll up it to 9
psi, etc...). Good luck!

A.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Eric Fahlgren wrote:

> Santi Udomkesmalee wrote:
> > 
> > well okay... you guys have convinced me to drop the project, and think of a
> > new one.  But after that display of turbo lust, you guys have convinced me
> > that my next project will involve turbos.  thanks for the advice guys.
> 
> NO!  Don't drop the project.  There aren't enough boostheads in
> the world.  You will learn a lot by blowing up that ragged old
> motor, plus you'll have a lot of fun doing so.  I think the guys
> were just warning you that to "keep it under 8 psi" is beyond
> the self control of mere mortals.
> 
> -- 
> Eric Fahlgren                            Mechanical Dynamics, Inc
> efahl at adams.com                          Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Andris Skulte
Skulte Performance Designs
http://www.skulte.com  
Z28tt-89 IROC T56 DFI Twin Turbo

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