RE k24 = fun! was Re: 5ktqw Low End Power

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

John,
    THanks for the report.  I am sorry I didn't go for a ride with you
but maybe next time.  Id went out with Pat for quite a while though and
Alex for a few laps.  Even went out with Scott Mockery too.  THats a
smooth car.  Great Daily Driver.
    Anyhow, thanks for the report.  ANd as a side note.  Assuming the
straight is about the same length as Bremerton. (Pat was hitting 105+ at
the end of both PIR and Bremerton) then your difference in usable power
is about as big as the difference between Pats TUrbo 4kq and my NA 4kq.
I pull 95 - 100 at Bremerton.  Pat pulled 104-106 there.  If you gained
5mph just from the Turbo Swap then that is VERY impressive for the k24.
l8R
Todd

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"I SHOULD HAVE DONE THE K24 TURBO SWAP 2 YEARS AGO!"

The only reason I had 2 years ago NOT to do it was, in hind sight,
because
I hadn't upgraded the brakes to the G60's yet!  Always get better
braking
before making any performance gains!

Like any urq, it still takes forever (it seems anyway) to go from 85 mph
to
115 mph.  Is it the poor aerodynamics of the car?  In the past (with the

air cooled k26), I'd hit 80 mph at the GoodYear bridge (for those
unfamiliar with Portland International raceway, that is at the beginning
of
the front straight away).  With the current setup, I was hitting 85+ by
the
bridge.  Then, as before, a whole lifetime passes to get to 115 mph (110
at
best in the past with the k26) then brake hard to set up for turn one.

AND this is a great alternative even before doing the other stuff
outlined
on RDH's web site (thanks again Robert!).  I still need to get the
adjustable cam gear installed and use RDH's EPROM code.  I'd expect a
more
subtle improvement with those measures, but some benefit none the less.