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mostly back together

i did remount the oxygen sensor closer to the turbo, for faster warm up and to lessen the delay of the info to the megasquirt.

added some prefab louvers, help vent heat on shutdown

almost forgot , made some 1/4 inch windwings, seems good to 75 mph now , so an improvement of 15 mph

then maybe a little over kill, upgraded rear heim joints from 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch, with hardware.
i dont feel any flex now.
and i case your wondering, those are NOT adjusted to all the same length. i adjusted till there was no bind in the suspension travel, yes and keeping in mind axle alignment.
think my builders ruler only goes to 1/8 inch. haha

few warm days i was out testing new improvements, only was useing breakin oil, so no high rpms yet. mobil1 soon.
5lb of boost by 2200 rpm,, 11 lb by 3900 rpm , enuff for now.
next week more warm weather, more fun an tests.
oh one more thing,, added a heater core and some ductwork under neath the left front fender, air move from high pressure inside the engine compartment to low pressure , air at 40 mph is reading 175f 6 inchs downstream from the air outlet, so it might be working.
will see when it 95 f outside. those times a had to limet my power out bit a little

wow, there's alot going on in that engine bay

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

hi
well its been a couple of years since i updated.
probably have 30 or 40 thousand miles on my car now.
still useing the ebay turbo , the biggest one of 3 i have had on it.
setup to 18 lb boost psi at 6800 rpm and 18% advance. still alittle conservative on the timing maybe. about max on boost with stock valve springs.
i hate running out of gas so i used a new gas gauge .

hi
that is a ebay capacitance fuel gauge sender, come in various lengths or can be cut.
need 12v power and ground , output is 0 to 5 volts , works great on my megasquirt.

hi
have been playing with boost psi , ignition timing , valve timing, water injection for max power.
18 psi of boost , 18 degrees of ignition advance.
calculated hp by 0 to 60 time is 450 to 480 hp.
i am useing my third and largest ebay turbo, no problem with them.
look on the graph below you can see 0 to 60 mph in 3.29 seconds.

hi
green = throttle position
white = rpm
yellow = rear wheel speed
red = front wheel speed

notice full throttle shifting, never miss a shift that way, just drops right in. easy on the drive train

hi
sorry i meant to say i have put 15000 or 20000 miles on the car so far.