Its Here!

[flectron]

12a turbs
can\'t wait to see it in the metal..

gord

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

Heres a couple of engine pic\'s, it aint the most immaculate engine bay but it serves a purpose and I think you can guess what that purpose is;)

Anyway hope you like :wave

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and the other

[travellinbob]

Mate I is loving that! It is such a nice car. I have seen some of those plenum chambers have their inlets cut off and re-welded onto the other side so that you dont have to route the pipework right across the engine bay. Of course of you are going for the front mount route then it is perfect.
 Once again, top car. I might even be able to get to Edinburgh in July(I thimk ) to see you and it.
  cheers, michael.

[mullins]

That\'s weird - the pipe usually comes out the bottom and goes straight to the turbo! It looks like a modified factory plenum? Does it say "turbo" on the top? I don\'t know why you\'d want to send it round in a circle like that - espescially with that 90deg elbow.:confused:

Is there much lag? I\'m sure you could get more performance in the future by changing to a more direct path like the factory setup!

[travellinbob]

Hey aotearotor, I have just spent the last hour trying to find a decent pick of an orange top hat and now that I have seen one(thanks by the way) I reckon it is different. I wonder if it is a slightly rarer factory 12a turbo out of something??:confused:
  Would love to know.
 By the way, what ya been up to, havnt seen you on here for a while?

[mullins]

Hi Bob,

Yeah I think you may be right there. It doesn\'t look much different to factory, but that valve thingie is in a different place too! I\'m stumped!!

Beautiful RX-2 anyway

Haven\'t been up to much lately. Been on the nz forums a bit. Will probably start hanging round here some more - just a shame this site is so slow with my rubbish 56k modem :o

[MikeLMR]

is it of 12a turbo from a cosmo ? thats the original application I think and it was \'borrowed\' for the 1st gen turbo

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

Originally posted by aotearotor
That\'s weird - the pipe usually comes out the bottom and goes straight to the turbo! It looks like a modified factory plenum? Does it say "turbo" on the top? I don\'t know why you\'d want to send it round in a circle like that - espescially with that 90deg elbow.:confused:

Is there much lag? I\'m sure you could get more performance in the future by changing to a more direct path like the factory setup! :

When I get it all sorted road wise I\'m going to visit carl:D , but from what I have noticed after having a short drive their wasnt any lag, it does have turbo written on the top

As soon as I know more I\'ll let you know
:cool

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Spoke to the previous owner today regarding the turbo setup, he got it off his cousin, apparently its a rare setup that was put on a couple of RX\'2 that ran at bathurst, I\'m waiting for more info

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[travellinbob]

So hows it all going with the new beast? mot yet?
  hope all is well.
  cheers, michael.

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

Originally posted by travellinbob
So hows it all going with the new beast? mot yet?
  hope all is well.
  cheers, michael.

Hi Mick,
              Well unfortunately it isnt mot\'d yet, I was told by the bloke from the garage that it would be ready today, so I phoned at lunch time to be told that the rear drums are binding:confused: , so I jumped in the car (wifes) and drove down to speak to him he now say\'s tomorrow.

I am now starting to get a little f**ked off with this bloke he has had the car for a week now. I gave him all the parts as per his request for the mot etc and I\'m not happy at all with his heal dragging.

As mentioned above he\'s saying tomorrow but I\'m not holding my breath:reallymad .  I\'ve been nice and polite but if I get the run around tomorrow this little black duck will be a bit upset to say the least.

[travellinbob]

well I hope the bloke pulls his finger out for you and it all goes smoothly.
  good luck, michael.