Engine question
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With London to Brighton just over a week away my turbo has gone and needs a rebuild to stop it passing oil through the seals. This won't be back in time to do the run. Can I remove the turbo and fit a standard carb and lab manifold to get it going again? Would it run as a low compression engine ok without the turbo bits? Compression ratio I'm using is 8.5:1.
Thanks

It will work. It may feel a bit flat due to the low compression, but it will still be driveable.

Phil.

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yep, infact you van leave the same carb on there, I seem to remember somone swapping off the exhaust and turbo, and just whacking a filter on the turbo side of the intercooler.

Ok. Thanks for replies. I had a set of twin hs4 on the car before I turboed it. Would they take some of the flatness away over a hif44. I have both but want to make it as driveable as possible while my turbo is away

I wouldn't bother with the twins they won't make it any better. Just stick an exhaust manifold on it and a filter on the intercooler like Joe says for now.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I would imagin theres been engine changes since the twins were on ( lower CR, different cam) so it will probably run like crap on them,

the HIF I would expect to be much closer, as all your doing is running the same engine off boost (as it would most of the time anyway)

Go the easy route!

Ok. I'll just go with the same carb. Thanks for your help

nobody have a spare turbo knocking about ?

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

ran like it for a couple of weeks for some reason I can't remember any more

Ultimate cold air feed.

Remember that one on eBay? Had an intercooler in the inner wing with an air filter on the end going staight into the inlet.

I think it was turbo too.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Ah! it was Nick! LOL