On Wednesday 21 January 2004 05:16 pm, Lester Ewing wrote:
I can't help you on the Rivergate, but I would like to upgrade to the Datsun
trany very soon.
With regard to the Judson, I don't think I would pay $1200 unless it was an
NOS complete kit and I was putting together a concours level car on which to
install it.
If you are intrigued by the performance aspect of supercharging, then you
should look for a servicable used unit at a lower price.
The reason I say this is that it takes a bit of tweaking to get these to work
reliably anyway.
In my case this was a trial and error endevour over many years and entailed
converting to an SU carburator and (most recently) installing Torlon vanes.
I was in no hurry and I enjoyed the tinkering and the learning. If at times
things were not working properly I mearly bolted the original twin SU setup
back on.
I am happy to say that I now have the unit running reliably and I am looking
forward to taking some longer excursions with the car. I really want to see
how the car performs at high altitude (like in the Rockies).
Of course, I don't want to do a cross county until I install a 5 speed.
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