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[dvallis]

Ah, I see what you mean. Will have to get under the hood and check where those structural ribs are.

BUT I CAN'T .... since Austin is under quarantine and the car is at Rob's shop. Sigh .........

[dvallis]

I have a fiberglass hood. My vents go where I want them to :-)

[dvallis]

Wow. I totally don't remember talking about that. Gotta love the R3V community though. Think about hood vents and you get a CFD analysis the next day. :-) Thanks!

Back to the nuts & bolts...

[dvallis]

New turbine installed. Just need the down pipe touched up and we're back in business.

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Pandemic Mechanic

Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

There's a lot of heat building up under the hood around the turbo and down pipe, so we're giving it a place to...

[dvallis]

What to do in quarantine?

Play DCS World of course!

View from the Radar Intercept Officer cockpit of an F14B, dropping 1000 lb laser guided bombs.


Bad Hair...

[dvallis]

Hey Varg, that's a good way to look at it. We've got a nice study of HP for M20 turbo stroker builds.

[dvallis]

It's really well behaved, drivable and fun. I'm getting 5-10 psi boost at partial throttle, so maybe 200-250 HP. At WOT 19 psi the boost comes on like Mike Tyson punching you in the face. Make sure you're...

[dvallis]

Was just reading this thread and almost blew coffee out my nose when I got to post 7

"Plot twist: Turns out I didn't retard the engine, but myself."

Too freaking f...

[dvallis]

The Beast is too loud for normal conversation when tooling around. Well, even for shouted conversation. Picked up a pair of aircraft grade headsets and a voice activated intercom box,

At...

Hey Dub

What exact clutch and flywheel did you use in that 765 clutch setup? I almost went that way but could not find the known good recipe for M20 + G260. Stack height varies and I didn't...

[dvallis]

Woah Dub. So much information in one post. :-)

I'm on pump gas 93. It's just simpler logistics rather than hauling around race fuel. Will pull the rpm psi data next time I'm at the shop....

[dvallis]

Das Beast 2.8L turbo stroker M20

See Build Thread page 1 for specs

BLACK : 6 psi
RED : 10 psi
BLUE: 16 psi
GREEN: 19 psi

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[dvallis]

More Lower ...

... is what my Karate teacher used to yell before whacking us with a bamboo shinai. Das Beast needs more lower.

I dialed the suspension back down from F150 height...

[dvallis]

For the five minutes it takes to warm up, my foot can be the Idle Control Valve. :-)

200 miles on the clutch. Tried a couple of 10 psi 4th gear pulls and didn't slip. Will put another 100...