Alex Flower PPC Letter
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Interesting rant from Alex in PPC this month, in the letters section. Managed a good plug for turbominis though.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

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what does it say?

I dont buy it

only got decembers, cant see it in there so must be in next months.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

They want to use an SU on the roller to turbo it. They have come up with some crazy system so Alex put them straight on using a propper turbo SU.

Yes the Jan issue.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

I've read Jan's and didn't spot that!!

AlexF

Page 25, bottom left.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

well done Alex, You have managed some thing i've never been able to do, and get work into PPC lol.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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Its pretty much exactly what I wrote to Will@ppc as well - mighty impressed I assumed they edited/madeup the letters!

Hats of to my fave mag!

Alex

AlexF

come on then, must of been via email, get a copy up

Turbocharging the roller

In PPC's December issue the article about turboing the Roller is yet again banging on about what a great idea Charlie Broomfield had to use the SU carbs. It then goes into some fair detail about the technicals of it all.

My problem with this is that you are a few years too late. BL had turbos and SUs years ago! Think Metro, Meastro and Montego of the MG Turbo variety... There are still people mucking around with these - check out turbominis.co.uk)

If BL went to the effort of developing turbo versions of the SU, why not just bolt two of them onto your roler and job done? They come with a plenum, sealed throttle butterfly spindle and internal drillings to pressurise the float chamber.

Alex Flower


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We know Alex, but if we'd used the Metro carbs we'd probably have needed 8 of them. And they're not easy to get these days - WH.

AlexF

I thought they were making a big issue about having fitted Megasquirt to this abortion.
Why not use throttle bodies?
this would fit in with their phiosophy of merging old and new technologies.
The car is a pile o shite anyway, a standard998 mini would beat it round any hill/sprint venue
Regards
Dave

Edited by danboy on 21st Dec, 2007.

two montego carbs would be big enough?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Apparently a 1.75" carb flows 200cfm according to my SU book. Maybe a little different on an SU due to the piston edge being in the airflow and may also be different in forced induction aplications.

Hi,
Well 2 of them would be good for 400 bananas, job done
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i've not seen the article, but surely suck through is an easy option for them?

The SUs are a stop gap...

They were using "digegrsquirt" a bastardised version of MS, but in the end have opted for Dave Walker's Emerald.

Alex

AlexF