OK........... I've been awful quiet on the list lately.....
I have to give my two cents.......
I bought Brian's SR20DET roadster last summer,
have still not driven it very much,
too much work, too many other toys, too busy re-building and racing shifter
karts, etc, etc
plus it sits in the garage 6 months of the year and hibernates while I ski....
But I can tell you that the SR20DET roadster is a beast..... yahoooooooo !
NOT for the faint of heart and NOT for someone who doesn't like to continually
fix, upgrade and generally tinker with their toys.
Currently I have boost limited to 9 pounds,
no use blowing up a good motor already.
When the turbo comes on full boost, (is there REALLY any other way....
!!!!! )
everything in the car shakes, rattles and twists.
I am constantly putting parts back on the car that want to vibrate off.
What an interesting ride ! Always brings a smile to my face when I fire it up.
The SDS engine management computer made it easy to re-tune the car
for high altitude running here in Idaho, as opposed to it's original home
at sea level.
The car is in the process of getting new rear pads and rotors, new rollbar,
5 point harnesses, and hopefully a paint job before the end of summer.
One of these days I'll have to make some runs with a G Analyst and see what
it predicts
for hp
Always ...... ENJOY the RIDE
John Atchison
Idaho Falls
69 2000
67.5 SR20DET
various parts cars
At 07:39 PM 7/14/04 -0700, you wrote:
>Actually, the det is a fine motor for the Roadster. I did the swap almost two
>years ago, the first one as far as I know. Plumbing does become an issue, but
>with a little creativity it is not too much more complicated than a n/a SR.
>On mine, I routed the exhaust through the inner fender down along in outside
>of the frame rail, then between the chassis and leaf spring, finally exiting
>in the stock location. I had a T3/T4 hybrid with external wastegate on a
>custom manifold. This was probably more turbo than needed. A good T28 ball
>bearing unit would probably have been fine. Mine might have been putting out
>around 230-250hp at 8psi when I sold it. I'm not sure if anymore would be
>recommended. It was pretty scarry when she hit full boost around 4k. I
>thoroughly enjoyed drag racing it. After the first night at the local drags,
>none of the imports would run against me. I had to race Detroit V8's and
>such. Ron is right though, the stock rear end will fail on you. This is a
>given. I broke three of them. But I'll tell you, nothing is cooler than
>grenading a rear end on the drag strip. People just could not believe the
>power under the hood of the little car. My swap took somewhere around six
>months, mostly weekends. I'm sure it could be done faster. Here is a small
>write up on it: http://www.sdsefi.com/features/nov02fairlady.htm
> Brian
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