5/11/2021: As you look through this stuff, remember that I wrote it 21 years ago. Some of the prose and pics are scrambled or lost entirely. The red highlighted stuff when clicked, will usually not work, but much of it is represented in the gallery pics at the bottom of each chapter. I do apologize for my sloppy workmanship and welds. You must accept that this was a “proof in concept” effort done by a self taught fabricator, and that my abilities have improved since then! Subsequently, a similar engine resulted in 3 land speed records in a heavier car. It was a more elegant effort which still is running in the Tribaker .
Summary of what each chapter contains……
1) Why this engine, Where it lives, To improve on things, The block, My Goal
2) The turbo I used, Why this turbo?, Blow-Thru, The blow-off valve.
4) The radiator, The oiling system, The wheels, The clutch, The starter, The overdrive.
6) Diary: 5/11/00 thru 6/21/00
8) 12/2/00 to 12/17/00 Revision in a major way: AFB, manifold changes,adding waste-gate stuff, boost control valve
9) 12/28/00 to 1/14/01Funky Hobbs switch, regulator mount, blow-off valve#2,testing pneumatics, fuel pressure gauge
10) 1/16/01 to 2/22/01 Some updates and conjecture on calculations of HP, ET, MPH, piston speed. Some rumination on manifold design, and my attempt at a variable plenum/runner manifold.
11) 2/22/01 The Mk II version of the carb spacer plate with H2O injection and air injection to seal the carb. Buttoning the whole thing back together. The Vortex tube discussion.
12) 3/5/01 A remarkable discovery and musings over my advance curve. Modifying a vacuum control for boost retard.
13) 4/15/01 and beyond Plumbing in the air filter on the “cool side” of town. Preparing for takeoff….again.
14) 5/26/01 Takeoff….again. Dialing in to make it practical.
15) 6/20/01 Finding the culprit, and the suspense of getting to Back to the 50’s a second time!
16) 7/30/01 Red Wing and into the fall.
17) 9/7/01 Piston slap, more dialing
18) 11/1/01 A hood for the hood….. a new air hat
20) 12/19/01 Drilling holes in carbs and more advance monkeybusiness
21) 2/19/02 Diddling with the timing and catastrophe!
23) 6/10/02 Back on the road again, ready for trouble
24) 7/1/02 Back to the 50’s and beyond
25) 10/02 Building a belt drive turbo
27) 1/03 to 10/03 Further escapades
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