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Subject:Re: turbo?
From:Wil Haslup
Date:Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:47:46 -0400

It's kind of hard to tell from your pic where things are connected.

It looks like you've reoriented the 'S' hose and piped the intake air to
the bottom left (driver's side) where you've mounted the turbo.  It is
driven by air you're piping off the exhaust somewhere from the right
(passenger) side.  I can't tell how you've piped the output of the turbo
to the intake of your fuel system though...???

Did this require any changes to your computer or some other way of
adjusting your mixture?

Daryl Christensen wrote:
> I do indeed have one on my Syncro Westy 2.1...I love its 20+ extra
> horsies...Running 5 psi boost and other than the fact it was kind of a pain
> to get the oil press and drian hooked to appropriate spots, its pretty
> neato
> keen and verging upon spiffy...Had to custom make the piping and move the
> coil fwd a bit, but its all experienced do it yourselfer friendly. I
> used an
> old subaru turbo. I do have seals in it going bad so its boling oil on
> boost, but thats fixable when I have time and my broke arm is all
> better...pics on my web site. links at bottom of 1st page are prototype
> pics..aatransaxle.com

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Wil

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