Wagon turbo project by reddfoxx by reddfoxx

By diyauto
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1-18-2009


Yes, it's alive! Haven't wrung it out, obviously, but it drives fine.  Exhaust is very quiet overall, and there's just a slight whine/whistle from the turbo.
Thanks, Jonathan, for the parts, time, hard work. Hopefully you can slow down a bit soon. But thanks for making it possible for me to go faster...
Some charge tubes:




fuel lines in place (on the temporary fuel distributor


Bicycle brake cable, now throttle cable, on JP's custom bracket:




1-25-2009

As Jonathan said, a bit of tuning yesterday and more things to come. I've had it out a bit more, around town and on the highway, and it is fine- and fun! I've never driven a turbo before so don't really have a reference point aside from rides, but there is very little lag and a lot of power on tap. I'll need to be careful- saw 3 patrol cars on the way home, so couldn't test it then.
The other end of the throttle cable:



The 5-cylinder fuel distributor and lines:





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