Thanks Mike......my screens needed to be cleaned anyway........

 

Actually, the 240Z had more leg room than any car I've ever owned. With the seat full back, I could have legs straight out!

Most civilian aircraft are the same (legs straight out). It's the best seat in the house!

RJ

 

Well I replaced the blown exhaust manifold to secondary gasket yesterday (I didn't replace when I had the head worked on so they were already flat and didn't seal well)... I don't think I have ever had all of the leaks fixed in my twins system until now... It rocks A huge noticable imporvement in spool time and the much welcomed reduction of noise. My leak checker performed flawlessly (engine idling- E-brake on bout 25psi of backpressure makes it pretty easy to find/hear the leaks )...

E-brake noise has also greatly reduced, I like when easy changes/mods make such a huge difference in driving the vehicle.

Got to pull my boat home from Louisville today and play with my water meth a little bit. Cruising at 70-75mph my boost normally runs about 15-20psi with the boat so I set my Water/Meth to start coming on about 22psi for this load and to be approx 70% at 35psi. So pretty much every hill or incline the engine got a shot of washer fluid...

I ran with the TST off (even only on 1 with the COMP TST stays on so saving fuel type deal). Was really pleased on how well the water/meth kept things very cool. On some of the better inclines with boost reaching around 35-40psi in order to maintain over 70mph EGTs never went above 1050*... Was pretty shocking to me. To do a coupe of tests on what I thought were comparable hills I ran with and without the water/meth and found while trying to keep the load on the engine about constant, boost at 40psi, I found the water/meth to pretty much be consistantly cooler by 200* and sometimes around 275* cooler with the added bonus of a feeling of a little more power. Felt as though I had left the TST on 1 with only a 20-25% methonal mix.

Used just over a gallon for the 100mile trip, so wasn't injecting heavily, but enough for towing.... What I bought the dang thing for!!

Sorry so long, but overall impression

 

Sounds good Brian - I forget if your system has one or two jets?

I was wondering today at the shop what pressure I should bring the H2O/CH3OH in at...

Anything happen to your boost when it comes on, or does it ramp too slowly to notice?

 

Mike have you had a chance to try that Smarty out yet??

Whoo Hoo.....some much needed rain!!! Can do without the wind and hail storms, but we need that rain so bad!!

C'mon flooding rain.....fill up Lavon!

 

They're all the same in the back seat too ( )... as the youngest male - that's where I spent the majority of my time flying!

 

Robert, I've never even taken it out of the box (but I did eat the candy bar!)

I'm really enjoying the Quad Race on PL1...

I sure like 44psi - but I'm not sure the turbo does.

 

Got the clock spring fixed. Disassembled the old one. Very interesting to see the internal workings of it. Definately saw how it got messed up and where it broke. Neat piece of work. Also changed out the factory engine belt. Figured it was time. It had 130k on it. Also put new wiper blades on. Good thing to cause we've got some nasty weather coming our way. Kerrville has a tornado in it right now and that same band is gonna hit us in the next couple of hours.

 

Two jets...

One very cool feature of the coolingmist controller being inside the cab is being able to easily adjust for different conditions... If I was playing more or drag racing, dynoing, etc... I would have the juice come on earlier and harder. say 15psi and full at 30 with an aggressive injection curve. For towing I would have emptied that 2.5gal in 10 minutes that way, and it is not needed IMO.

I did have it set to be 70% on starting at 15psi and full at 20psi just to see if I could feel a difference in power.... I definitely felt something, not a shot of nitrous or anything, but definitely introducing another fuel for the beast to fed off of!! Boost rose faster, truck went faster, etc...

 

Snow's kit is same. If you set 'full on' at same boost as 'start' setting, you can feel it hit.
The idea of cylinder pressures, jumping up suddenly, always bothered me so I don't do it. But I don't really know if this concern is valid? It's just one of those things that I think might show a 'wear & tear' difference at 250,000 to 300,000 miles.
Anyone have an opinion??

RJ

 

Bryan, Excellent report! How heavy was the load in tow?

H2O/meth is fun for racing but always figured towing was where it truly shined.

RJ

 

Load was fairly light only around 4500lbs... wind resistance plays a pretty good factor with the boat though, lots of urface poking out around the sides of the truck and the tower stands over 12ft tall.... Will post pics prolly tomorrow or monday if the weather is good enough for me to get on the lake. Just went to home depot and got 6 gal (was on sale, only 0* but cheap 75 cents a gal). Any ideas where to get the -20 or -50*??? Prolly not avail around here especially in April...

I still need to run my low fluid and pump indication lights.... haven't decided where they are going yet!


Weather killed my 30k grass pickup this weekend so no heavier testing til things dry out some...

 

We only get the 30% Meth washer fluid up here in Nov & Dec. It's like the southern stores only get one shippment of it a yr. I never really noticed a difference anyway.
Note: If you haven't noticed.... some newer summer washer fluids don't have meth. They are adding some kind of bug cleaner instead. I bgt some at Walmart by mistake. I suggest checking labels for "contains methanol".

RJ

 

Ya I always check the bottle! Last time I was at walmart and checked none of theirs had methanol I look for the poison tag, and I'm usually set!

 

All right! Someone in N.Tx is finally awake...and on line. Was feeling mightly lonely for a while. Charlie wasn't even lurking.

Brian, did you put a boost gauge on your bottom turbo? Very curious to compare!

I found out there is a 7 psi difference between reading primary boost at turbo outlet and measuring at secondary turbo inlet!! Was shocked. Temp difference must be pretty big also?? Actually, temp drop (cooling effect) could be the reason for it?

RJ