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drove the car properly for the first time today, seemed to run fine, no leaks or electrical problems. just need to get to a rolling road sometime in the week to sort out the timing and fuel mixtures etc. apart from that it goes well and sounds good too, gearbox is nice and noisey. i can feel its going to be very quick once i start to turn up the boost

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wayhay!!

see it is all worth it!

Always keep at it :)


alex

AlexF

please don't be tempted to turn up the boost before it's been on the rolling road, If I where you I would not even drive it untill it's been on the rollers.

The day before my engine was booked to go on the rolling road, I was giving my engine some running in time, when I melted my MED built engine, it took out the block, head, and 3 pistons!!

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yeah im not jim, but the car was at my parents and i brough it home so i could take it to a rolling road, only drove it about 10 miles and i took it gently, i wont be turning up the boost at all until i get a vmax head of a head with lower compression. but thanks for the advice

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

What did it drive like... did you come on boost at all?

alex

AlexF

I know the feeling of driving a newly turbo'd car for the first time.

Well worth it!!!

Get it run in and set up then see how it goes!

*reminds himself to get that rolling road session booked!*

I really ough to get miune booked too...

I just knocked my ignition timing back and slapped in some super unleaded and millers VSP for my trackday last time.. the engine survived so it can't have been far out!!

Alex

AlexF

I've got slicks :p

Alex

AlexF

it drove well! apart from a slight judder that im still getting when resting on the bite point of the clutch, cant see why thats happening, and no i didnt come on boost, not going to until its been run in for a couple of hundred miles and the ignition timing and fueling set up

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

that couple of hundred miles will seem like millions of miles ive just finished runnin it in and hopefully ive fixed all of my teething probs wahoooooooooo

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

congrats

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|