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finally finished my turbo 1641 + nos
oneup - February 16th, 2013 at 02:30 PM

hey guys and girls thought i would put some pics up of my project thats finally finished its a 1641 with 044 heads and a gt17 and nos running thru twin carbs runs like a dream so far dont know about power figs just yet but ready for saturday

humpty - February 16th, 2013 at 03:01 PM

Cool.... Can we get some pics of the engine? :D

Would really like to see the setup.

essex - February 16th, 2013 at 04:19 PM

Good stuff, well done.

Doug Sweetman - February 16th, 2013 at 05:23 PM

Nice - great to see something different. What type of carb and were they hard to seal up under pressure ?

newghia - February 16th, 2013 at 06:21 PM

Cool, I hear there's another 1641 dual carb with boost entered as well :starhit:

oneup - February 16th, 2013 at 07:13 PM

hey doug i had a mate have a fiddle with the carbs and it has a rising rate reg so the pressure isnt at a constant 6-8 pound so fingers crossed i have had the same set up but single carb and that was fun as on 5 pound but so far so good lol

oneup - February 16th, 2013 at 07:14 PM

hey humpty ill upload some better pics tomorrow and i luv your car mate its awesome!

SuperOwen - February 16th, 2013 at 07:35 PM

Looks neat, is that an intercooler or just a plenum?

Stanley - February 16th, 2013 at 08:26 PM

Cool....nice to see another boosted 1641.

IWL_86 - February 16th, 2013 at 08:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by oneup
hey doug i had a mate have a fiddle with the carbs and it has a rising rate reg so the pressure isnt at a constant 6-8 pound so fingers crossed i have had the same set up but single carb and that was fun as on 5 pound but so far so good lol


Hahaha. Does this sound familiar??

oneup - February 17th, 2013 at 12:04 PM

hi superowen its an intercooler due to it being a daily driver plus i luv a flutter hahahaha

IWL_86 - February 17th, 2013 at 02:58 PM

Nice intercooler setup BTW. Is there a blow off valve fitted?

Turbo flutter isn't considered a healthy thing for the turbo impeller.

I'd consider a BOV for any turbo carb application.

Having said all that I can't wait to see you run next weekend :cool:

humpty - February 17th, 2013 at 05:24 PM

That's a neat little intercooler.... Shop sourced or home grown?... Are those Kadrons on there?... I know of a few peeps blowing through the stock solex with minor mods... The Kadron is basically the same sort go carb, so the principles should be similar.... Looking for to having a closer look.

oneup - February 17th, 2013 at 05:30 PM

all the fab work was done at home intercooler core was brought and than sheet end takes where folded and everything is welded together the only place where silicon pipe is used is on the carb to pipe onnection to minimise boost leak issues!
and IWL_86 im my last turbo bug i tried running a bov but i found it due to the short 1st gear it affected my launch due to loosing pressure so off it came.

IWL_86 - February 17th, 2013 at 07:24 PM

That shouldn't be an issue if the bov is installed correctly.