Woo Hoo, the old Kick has her Kick back, and
it's a mixed batch of goods, good news and
bad news, good news is she's running as well
as ever, bad news is I popped the 9 PSI wastegate
while I was testing it's opperation on the new turbo,
so I had to use the Subaru wastegate, and it's only
about 7 PSI    So now I have to go find a 9 PSI
unit to get back where I was.

I went out to the 1/4 mile patch of road and ran
88 MPH thru the lines, about 2 MPH faster than
before, and I still have the bigger injectors to put
in, should be fun, the Poor Man's Dyno says 139
HP now, hmm  I'll do some more tuning and see
what I get up to  

Wild

Sounds like you're having fun... Good Work!

We defenitely need a "Thumbs-Up" Smiley.

Great to hear you got her goin again ( I bet Hawk is glad too ) That was cool fir them to hook you up like that Let us know how the 9psi works.
Zig

Great to hear you got her goin again ( I bet Hawk is glad too ) That was cool fir them to hook you up like that Let us know how the 9psi works.
Zig

Hook me up  You must have someone else in mind.
Or do you mean Sky ?  Ya he saved me by lending me his
header off the Sammy he was driving  

Thanks again Sky

Wild

are those stock internals?

are those stock internals?

All but Stainless Steel Exhaust valves,
and a re-profiled Cam Shaft.

Wild

Glad to hear the turbo truckster is back in business!

We defenitely need a "Thumbs-Up" Smiley.

Doesn't a Turbo reduce engine life in the long run?  

Any time you increase power, you are going to get
more wear, to a point. How hard does your engine
have to work to move your Trucklet at say 65 MPH ?

How much do you gear down for hills ? with the
increase in power, I still get about 20 MPG so either
the turbo isn't "on" that much, or the increase in power
is offsetting the fuel consumption, I think the turbo is
on a little most the time but not all the way up at 7 or 9
PSI, mostly around 1-5 PSI and helping propel the Trucklet
without a deep foot into the throttle.

Either way I know one thing for sure, I've driven with, and without
and I like the with a whole lot more than the without.

Wild

That's cool man, maybe if you perfect this you can start your own company:

WILD ZUKI SPORT

WZS

That's awesome, man... What turbo are you using now? And how fast did you do the quarter mile strip of pavement in?

I finished the strip at about 89-90 MPH
This turbo is from a Subaru Turbo Wagon
The problem is I'm estimating the MPH
from 5.83 R&P on 30" tires, the speedo
needle is past the 90 MPH mark way down
where it says MPH  close to the H, so I don't
know for sure, I just take 10 MPH off and
figure from there

Wild

Hook me up  You must have someone else in mind.
Or do you mean Sky ?  Ya he saved me by lending me his
header off the Sammy he was driving  

Thanks again Sky

Wild

Yea, that's what I meant. For some reason I thought Hawk let you borrow it
Zig
BTW, what did Sky use on their Sami? Or were they done riding?

I'm estimating the MPH
from 5.83 R&P on 30" tires,
Wild

I had a friend pace me in a stock Honda last weekend.
Calmini 5.83's w/ 33's produce 70 mph when the speedo is at 65 mph. So on your set up you should be running close to shown speed on the speedo Holy poop   You were flying in the 1/4 .
Zig

"I finished the strip at about 89-90 MPH"

It's time to race the TT.