Brian'
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Oeeeffff. The project has officially started! Goodluck with it :wink: - Really looking foward the the progress. Looks good so far, How bad was the underbody rust, were there holes or no problems at all?
PumaNoob said:and anything more then 50% throttle in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and it just spins the wheels
Wild E. Coyote said:PumaNoob said:and anything more then 50% throttle in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and it just spins the wheels
Maybe that is a tell that your tyres could be better ?
Nah, I just think your engine is simply to good to be true
PumaNoob said:Looks like good progress mate, it's exciting seeing the pistons fitted and engine back in one piece, its well under way now!!
I think you've made a good choice on the turbo, as long as you can do progressive boost with gear change, but I think Ryan's suggestion of a GT3071r would have been the perfect compromise between power and response . When I had the GT3076 on a 2.0, it retracted from the response and the fun. And mine is custom, with a custom T25 turbine housing machined to take a full size T3 wheel, so spool up in theory should be quicker then a standard GT3076.
Because the Zetec is fairly restrictive unless the head is modified HEAVILY, having a turbo that makes all it's power high up is counter productive because where the Zetec is ready to make power, the turbo isn't, & then when the turbo is ready to make power, the engine has run out of flow. But me and Aaron (Bentleya) went for a drive in my car the other day, and anything more then 50% throttle in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and it just spins the wheels, & that's with a head that flows very well, and a laggier turbo (ok it is a slightly bigger engine too), but yours will be more responsive so having a smaller turbo without progressive control might be tricky.
You may be able to sacrifice some of the low down torque for high end power and make things more progressive with some slightly bigger cams, and retarding them a little.
zinc2000 said:Love the pictures.....now dribbling on keyboard :!: :!:
Mind you that could just be my age :-(
Looking good :thumbs:
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