Effects of camshaft timing on turbo spool-up

[Jörgen Karlsson]

> <<the turbo may be shot-- but it doesn't leak/burn any oil or
> make strange
> noises...  I should mension, though, that the boost coming so
> late may have
> to do with load on the engine, as the motor is in a 4k with the
> 4.11 gears
> (rather than the 3.89 or whatever of the 5kt and ur)
> --when i start in second instead of first, the boost does come on a bit

Interesting, I have built a 4ktq too, or rather a 80TQ as the car is only
called 4000 in the US. Anyway you should test when you get boost in third
gear, first gear is done in a second in a quick 4ktq and it is hard to
follow the revcounter and the boost gauge at the same time;)

Jörgen




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