Pics of my suck through setup !
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I hope this impresses, as you can see these were taken back in 1994 so you can imagine the fun i used to have with all the Ford boys back then as MR Ivanhoew said Bl**dy fast. when i have a bit more time i will sit down and tell you all about it. :cool:

You don't know till you try it !

Looks cool!

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Cheers. cool you should see it glow at night looks like rudloph on steroids.

You don't know till you try it !

thats similar to mine but my carbs are on the other side. It looks really tidy.

Caution !!!! Slippery when boosting

Well cool, looks top.

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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looks good mate

1293 Turbo mini

gosh that takes me back peter ,must have been about 86 you built that wasnt it ?still looks very smart , regards robert

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

Excellent!

its diffrent from the norm

that looks lovely!

So, what are the benifits of suck though then? Was it just an exercise in engineering?

An exersise in engineering was a good reason and to be different
the advantages being sucking through and compressing petrol and air the fuel cools so i could run 15 psi boost without the thought of an intercooler although i did have a crude water methanol injection system in place for any detonation. No need for the carb to be sealed for any loss of boost pressure. No need to fit a high pressure fuel pump and return as the carb works as normaly asperated would. I used to run a second throttle butterfly in the inlet system after the compressor so when you shut off the throttle there was no vacume placed through the turbo thus drawing the oil out of the bearings i can now remember changing the compressor back plate for a renault 5 one with the carbon seal to prevent this thus not needing my second butterfly. Compression was lowered using a 2.5 - 3mm stainless spacer plate and 2 head gaskets its been so long now i can't remember all the figures i will have to dig out all my old paper work. It runs a mini sprint road race head bronze guides stainless valves (not sodium filled) and i never had any problems. The oil return is into the primary gear housing right on top of the gears in the breather hole so i had lovely quiet drop gears with there own oil feed as such. My i could go on forever must have a rest now before i go into overload ! latter.

You don't know till you try it !

well done! Looks like you hard work and thought payed off

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so if I understand correctly the suck trough setup is suitable for LPG as well.

Look at the ign coil and you can see the oil return pipe its in the breather hole on the housing like the 1275 engines


SORRY look at the heater valve on the head then look be low and you can see the return pipe

Edited by jimmy on 2nd May, 2006.

1293 Turbo mini