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Old 02-21-13, 10:46 AM
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IL Turbo 12a has a little life in her

Just about done at least in the engine bay. I took the carb hat off and poured a little fuel in the carb to test if my wiring was good. She started and ran so doing good. Still working the fuel system damn fuel level sender is toast.




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Old 02-21-13, 03:09 PM
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Nice engine bay I especially like that coil bracket clean, functional, and looks great, bought or fabed?
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Nice engine bay I especially like that coil bracket clean, functional, and looks great, bought or fabed?
Bought about it about 7 years ago. Don't think they make them anymore.
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looks like it's all coming together nicely. i'm going to be a little nosy because the lack of proper close-ups has piqued my interest. what can you share about what's going on over by the MSD box? i see Gen II fuses and some relays. i'm assuming it's not all ignition related. what's the skinny?
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I see four relays.
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I see four relays.
electric fan, ignition, future installation of PIAA fog lamps, and one is a spare. If one fails I can just unplug the bad one and move to the spare. I have had relays fail in the past and its just precautionary.

I have the fan relay wired with the thermal switch in the bottom of the radiator.

The wiring harness is tucked in the fender.
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Originally Posted by diabolical1
looks like it's all coming together nicely. i'm going to be a little nosy because the lack of proper close-ups has piqued my interest. what can you share about what's going on over by the MSD box? i see Gen II fuses and some relays. i'm assuming it's not all ignition related. what's the skinny?
What would you like a close up of?
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i see lots of cheese... lookin good Sean!
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Any more details on these weber turbo setups and whats involved... I have a 48ida on. 6 port 13b and. Also have a to4r spare
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Main thing you'll need is a polyurethane float. From there it's the same as the rest. Except for the cool factor!!
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Originally Posted by bo0557
Any more details on these weber turbo setups and whats involved... I have a 48ida on. 6 port 13b and. Also have a to4r spare

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So you saying that alls you need to do is replaced the copper float with the plastic one???

What sort of boost are you running in yourset up and what hp you expecting?
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So you saying that alls you need to do is replaced the copper float with the plastic one???

What sort of boost are you running in yourset up and what hp you expecting?


nope, you need to enlarge the float bowl, 3.3 needle valve, drill the fuel inlet larger..
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you got any detailed pics of these mods you can post up in your thread..

what sort of boost will it be good for?
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I'm shooting for 8psi. I don't have any pictures of it and for me to get pictures I would have to take everything apart. But unless you have the float its a mute point. Robert from RotaryShack and I went thru hell trying to make the brass float work. The float collapses with boost pressure. I heard rumors that RotaryShack had the plastic floats now but I can't confirm.
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