[urq] First of many urq questions (food for thought..)

[Justin]

Oh, there is a spot on the WR which treads perfectly for the KS.  I tested
it with a MC harness that I have...I will send you a pic tommorow...
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Allan" <allan at physics.umn.edu>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] First of many urq questions (food for thought..)


> On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 06:29:23PM -0800, Justin wrote:
> > Many consider the WR/WX as the less advanced engine of the 5 cyl
turbo's;
> > and yes, it's management system is, compared to MC. But the potential
for
> > high boost racing application is quite good since of it's low
> > compression....(consider, most high end racing and drag racing turbo
engines
> > have compression ratio's of no higher than 8:1...)
> >
> > A possible compromise would by an WR/WX with an MC or MC1 engine
management
> > system (with boost control and knock sensors...), once the programmed
boost
> > map differences between the two engines could be hammered
out...(possibly by
> > an bleed valve to trick the MC into "thinking" it's running lower
boost...)
>
> Does sound interesting, and you might well be right that you could
> run higher boost on the WX.
>
> Problem remains where one could mount the KS? I've also seen references
> to people installing KS on the WR engine, though I'm not familiar with
> that (I'm guessing very similar to WX?).
>
> The only real candidate I can see on the WX is, there's a boss area
> near cyl #3, where the control pressure regulator is mounted. The upper
> hole could possibly be drilled and tapped to a larger size (in theory -
> not sure if it's something I'd want to try...).
>
> G.
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