I try not to delete threads as there is almost always something valuable in it. I just trim out the BS and namecalling.

Hypocrites though..........

Check. I gave you noobs a link on Pete Law so you can learn something from the master. Hehehe.

I have it, and it's pretty darn basic.

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yes it is. i bought it many years ago. before i ever tuned a rotary on turbo. and when they talked about the turbo charged tractor pulling I see now how ahead of the times they were.

I happen to be rearranging my attic right now (posting on the internet to avoid working, lol), and I just flipped through that book and I don't see the tractor pull section. Is it hidden in one of the other sections, or were you thinking about the old Hugh MacInnes book, "Turbochargers"?

your correct. it's been a while, but it is the "turbochargers" book. I thought I was going crazy for a minute..

this was many years ago..

book.

Yes, it was written in the mid-80s. It just shows you how the guys nowadays are just reinventing the wheel. I just wish they wouldn't reinvent the terminology. :(

i won't ask you any more questions...

Who said anything about being poor? While I'm certainly not the most wealthy person on this forum I'm sure, I just dropped several thousand dollars on an engine rebuild and other projects I'm taking care of at the same time, so I assure you I have no problem dropping a couple hundred or so on engine mounts if they are needed. And I'm usually very picky about my car, but not in this case since I don't see much difference between hockey pucks and delrin or polyurethane bushings most places are selling for over $100 or $200. The real reason I was going to try hockey pucks is because I need shorter mounts and I figured two hockey pucks on each side would be shorter than the Noltecs I was using...I was incorrect, it's almost the same height exactly, so I've given up on that plan. And to expand on the first reason is...

...^this...

it's no big deal.. here to share..i will try running leading on a wasted spark mode with the msd 6al later on to make a comparison..

This is what the book looked like in 1976 when I did my first turbo Alfa.

With knowledge the ego builds.
Wouldn't it be great if we could learn wisdom also... thereby keeping our ego in check.

Barry

have u seen anyone else try a wasted spark system on leading as well ITO? i know someone tried it but no real hard data on if it helps or not. the rx7 still drives the same but not sure if it would help under boost and/or with high pressure in chambers.

This is just a reminder that this is still a TECH section.

You're welcome to talk about commies / liberals / cookies in The Lounge to your hearts content.

The recent replies that have nothing to do with tech have been deleted.


-Ted

I must have wondered into the wrong room. I heard something about hockey pucks...I like the two I picked up for a buck fiddy each.

I'm not so sure I'd jump in the same boat regarding the comment about air and water having the same exact flow characteristics especially when water's own natural surface tension is a quantitative variable to factor in. Shouldn't surface tension be factored in since it's most likely a contributing factor to water pump cavitation issues? Speaking from a post (even pre) combustion side, even the weight of spent gas is an important variable to consider when flow testing.

Anyway, I guess that might be considered splitting hairs on my part. Am I wrong in this?