little update - I've taken a turn in my build.
wheel bearing actually went out going down the road unexpectedly. I heard a rather loud pop, then a whiney-whirrrrrrr and while slowing down to pull over and check it out - boom! On the rotor I was and the wheel was rolling down the shoulder.
No real damage to the car - some paint taken off the control arm, thank god the oil pan wasn't low enough to contact the road either.
Spent the past 2 days putting wheel bearings in the car and getting it back up and running. All done.
With IFO only 3 weeks out and my club trying to get everyone's cars ready - I've now officially gone Megasquirt (MS3 v3.57) - and holy crap this thing came to life! Next is just a few finishing touches on the boost kit (need a better WG, better BOV, a few gaskets, and a oil drain line to go back to the pan). Seems my team/club is pushing me to get it all done - so I'm going to try to have it on at least 8psi by the time IFO rolls around. I may not have much time to re-learn how to launch it though, with hardly any time to get the build done and the tuning finished.
8psi on a stock bottom end 2.5L V6 (which had 179 HP to start with) should put me in the 260-270 range on VP C-16 fuel, on a mild tune. Then - we'll turn the boost up to 12psi and watch the magic happen! Hopefully I can hook...and get some timeslips to record the carnage. Gonna be a fkn blast!
