[Spridgets] turbo bugeye engine breakin

[Jim Johnson]

Glen,

Better yet, why not pull the Sprite air from the tires and put it into
the tires of a Ferrari Testarossa.  That would be the coolest Sprite
ever...    ;-)

Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City

On 9/4/07, Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> The new rebuild is now nicely broken in.  The motor performed well up in the
> Sierra, handling the 6000 ft altitude as it always does.  When I got home I
> ran out the rest of the tank driving to work, so there was a mix of freeway
> and city miles, but on refilling this weekend, I found I had gotten exactly
> 30MPG.  On a turbocharged 1275!  Not bad.
>
> With everything pretty well squared away for now, I'm getting bored and have
> decided to start building a Megasquirt fuel injection controller for Bugsy.
> An Arctic Cat 46mm throttle body and a whole lot of fabrication should give me
> a fun project for the upcoming winter.  Fuel-injected, turbocharged,
> electronic ignition, Datsun 5 sp., disc brakes.......   ain't originality
> great!!  Once you've gone over to the dark side, there are so many temptations
> to indulge in.  With the Megasquirt II I can dial in timing retard linked to
> boost levels and have total control of the fuel mixture slaved to boost
> levels.  Could be a great cold-morning start, high MPG, piston saving addition
> to the car.  Not to mention a ton of fun soldering, wiring, cutting, grinding,
> welding and cussing.
>
> Once all the mods are done, maybe I can fit a few Miyata body panels to spruce
> it up eh??