This is an interesting point... as we discovered on the bench, it is VERY 
easy to max out the vane meter... which you might be doing (especially 
since you aren't intercooling).  You should give it a shot when we've got 
one for you, as you wouldn't max out our Mass air meter with your setup.

At 08:18 PM 11/28/2004, ROBERT DONALDS wrote:
>So would the mass air flow system Jim is testing work for you to keep the 
>engine from going lean under boost
>Luftmassenmesser Umr�stsatz
>Bob
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Christensen" 
><aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:23 PM
>Subject: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
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>>Boston Bob is gonna yell at me...but to heck with him :),
>>Mind you I am not a died in the wool hot rodder with any performance
>>experience...just a retired VW mechanic with a new toy so any suggestions
>>are appreciated. Trannys I do know, Performance tweaks & engineering I
>>don't.
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>>I just put an old Subaru 1.8 Turbo on my 2.1 Syncro Westy with taller 3rd &
>>4th gears in the trans. Got big valve heads, good rods and a cam with more
>>exh lift from Bob during the rebuild and so far thats it...got ratio rockers
>>to try later. Put a few hundred miles on it to break her in before I
>>actually hooked up the turbo. I run it at 4 psi of boost and that seems
>>perfect to drive with a bit of extra power when needed and not so much that
>>I am worried about tearing it up soon. Granted there is always a longevity
>>downside to more power. No appreciable turbo lag or whine.
>>I will add an aditional injector setup (splitsec.com) to keep it from
>>running too lean over 2 psi of boost and that is in the works. Got a LED O2
>>mixture indicator from listee Ken Lewis...works slick so far as an indicator
>>and small enough to be unobtrusive.
>>Makes it more fun to drive without the downshifting normal with the 5000
>>plus Lb.vehicle (even with the tall gears).
>>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>>Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
>>1-877-377-0773 toll free
>>425-788-4070
>>aatransaxle.com
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