Springfield Flyer.

[Tman]

Looks good Mike

[Finallygotit]

Mike, if you think things are getting tight now, just wait.  Looking good as always. 

BTW, you do know what mirror image turbo's are available, right?

[Glen]

Thanks Paul.
Just checked again.
It may be too short.
How much is needed for a very optimistic 300?

El Mirage is a mile and3/10 plus about 2 miles to stop.Bonneville is 5 miles and about 2 to 3 miles to stop, some times a little longer depending on the salt and where they put the starting line

[tauruck]

Thank you Dan, Yes I know. NRE always brags about the mirror image stuff but Holset manufacture truck turbos (in my case).
The worst part is not having someone around to bench race with. The decisions are always personal but I suppose I won't have anyone else to blame when I get things wrong.

Glen, as soon as we can get someone to look after the dogs we're going to take a drive out to the "salt" and have a look see.
I tried contacting the local government in the area to find out if the pan still exists but This Is Africa.

I'd really love to know how the Bloodhound guys managed to get the deal going at Hakskeen Pan.
Maybe they flew over the municipal offices and dropped money.

[tauruck]

Those mirror image turbo not only look good but must make installation less difficult.

I got the left unit in place and it's the best compromise I could come up with.
I hate the way everything sits, it throws of the symmetry and the "wise one" who came into the shop to ask
what I wanted for breakfast said I shouldn't be such a whiner and get over it.

No plastic to fund this puppy and it took three months working on building the Mazda 3 front end to earn the turbos so I shut up after I was informed that no one's perfect
and my one ear sticks out more than the other.

[tauruck]

I've tried to keep the turbos as far away from the gearbox as possible.

I'm hoping to have an air shift unit in the future but not having it adds to the dilemma.

It looks like the plumbing will have clearance?.

I found a Carbon duct in my stockpile behind the shop that I think could be part of an air intake.

[tauruck]

The duct system interlocks as far as I remember but I only have one part.

I estimate 3 sections per side will do the trick to get it to the airbox.

[SPARKY]

you will be busy dealing with these heat and "package" issues

[salt27]

Mike, The disadvantage to mirror image turbos is that you need twice as many spares.

Rejoice, Don

[Finallygotit]

Mike, The disadvantage to mirror image turbos is that you need twice as many spares.

Rejoice, Don

True that.

Mike, knowing you, you will be able to package all of that equipment in there.......and make it look good.  BTW, if you want to bench race, just post it! 

[wobblywalrus]

The Speedweek SA event is held on Haskeenpan.  They might be running this week.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, they run on the 20th through the 27th of this month.  That's next week.  Take the dogs with you.

[tauruck]

Thanks guys. No more whining from me I promise.

I'm having the time of my life and this deal is supposed to be tough.

Dan, I need your email address?.

Bo, the people from Navworld (Garmin) were here last week and Kate is involved with the Hakskeen event.

I bet everyone there will know about my backyard project by the end of the month.

I should look into a visit.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, if you do, please investigate the surface.  Is it salt or baked mud, etc?  What gasolines are available?  Ask the normal questions any racer has.  There are not a lot of details on the website.

[tauruck]

Bo, It's Elmo in Africa. Straight up!.

Here's what happened. My engineer on reboring etc is a drag racer and turbo guy too.
He put me in touch with a guy called Nasen who is the go to guy on ECU over here.
Nasen asked what my application was and I went through this long explanation.
His answer was that he knew what salt fever was and had been to SW in 08 and El Mirage in 2011.

Nasen has also been to Hakskeen and according to him the two tracks are identical but ours is a little less dusty.

Fuel wise the best I know of is 104 racing fuel.
I'll check with the local fuel suppliers on what other options there are. I do know that one of the regular pump fuels has a way higher lead content than what you're used to.
The Ethanol content is also less percentage wise.

The local guys that run at Hakskeen aren't racers like you guys.
They drive their cars to the venue and their race tuning consists of taking out the spare wheel and putting duct tape over the hood where it meets the fenders.

The bikers are a little more serious and I could be mistaken but someone went 200 on a Kawasaki.
The event is a big barbeque, camping, social get together.

I do know that the "safety crew" make you blow a breathalyzer before you run.

The highlight last year was the two brothers, one in a Lamborghini and the other in a P51D "racing" down the track.

The only cool thing I got out of seeing that stunt was the prop wash creating vortices around the car in a manner of speaking.

 https://www.google.com/search?q=Kalahari+speed+week+2013&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=y7oXVOGTOOyg7AbexoCoAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1920&bih=955