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Originally Posted by Selva
ok 1 more...
I gotta Defend myself here, well about as much as i can...
I did stop to wait for the gold AR, he neva came... so i took off looking for the beach, turns out i was right the first time... was heading up the road, saw Goldy popped a u-turn when it was clear... and lost him again  ... after that, was my own stupidity.... |
Sorry about that! I missed the Waitpinga road turnoff then lost the group. After going into the wrong beach I tried to call PSI but there was no signal. When we went back onto the main road we saw you and thought you were sent back by the group to find us so we kept on cruising. I was almost gonna pull over but it was 50m to the proper beach turnoff so I just kept going. Next time i'll pull over.
As for the FE3 idea its all about money. As TX5Turbo said they are reasnobly cheap to import at $1850 but then its fiddly stuff. The good news is that you have EFI already, so no surge tank and fuel lines like I had to. However you will need to weld up an alternator bracket, different front piece of exhaust, fit different airbox, wiring, possibly remote battery...... Its not hugely difficult stuff but its just costly in the fact of time and buying lots and lots of little cheap things that add up to a fair total.
Turboing the FE3 is quite difficult. Nobody makes turbo manifolds so you would have to pay an engineer to make one for you. Then depending on how much boost you run there is lower compression, O-ring head gaskets, new engine management etc etc etc..... Thats why ive left mine N/A for the time. For an N/A 4-cylinder its got some good power. There is no question that this would then make 300-350HP if done with a good turbo and good engine management, however the extra cost compared to an F2t is significant.
I dont know how you would go about fitting an F2t into the AS chassis. They use a different top engine mount so you would need to get that welded onto the chassis near the washer overflow tank. Or maybe the FET uses this mount already? I dont recall seeing it when I looked at your engine.
The best part of the F2t is that its already turbo, ready to go. Cheap easy power, and there is heaps of them in the country. The trick to wiring is to grab everything off a wreck and label where it came from and just "put it in" your car. Saves a lot of headache.
Man that was a long post.....