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I've never had the pump out of this one. I'll let you know if i ever find out!

Cant remember if i mentioned it but i did finally experience what i think was the same thing launching my 2.4 van with ~5gal gas in it.

Yeah, it seems .004 is a limit for sealing a composite gasket on a stock (i.e. probably non turbo and definitely not 3x stock boost if turbo) application. Flatter is always better and in your case...

Talk about a smoking gun. Those pics are clear as day! What's ironic is that i just put an engine back together (not a TM) after checking the decks and finding they were within the spec.. of .004.

Even with 23" tires and 3.02 gears you still have tons of MPH headroom. I don't think there's any good reason to go to bigger slicks (which eat more power) given that you know you can do 1.7 60' with...

I am definitely going to use this new part # when i buy shocks for my van. :)

I did not have too much trouble adapting an earlier style pump into the ~1994 pump module when i was fixing that 3.8L van. I think the fact that that pump assembly will drop into an earlier tank...

The newer pump assembly would probably work. The big plastic can acts as the baffle. The return line keeps the plastic can full of fuel even if the 'outside' fuel level is much lower. There are...

Well, you did go to Cecil. It seems to be some sort of nexus for ending up on the internet.

Saw the vid when he posted it. Good ----! This has been a pretty good year for turbo vans... and one month yet to go. ;)

The reason i asked is because you can more or less fill the system based on low side pressures instead of going off of weight once the weight specs are rendered wrong by modifying something.

If...

Are you actually using gauges? What is your low side pressure? The compressor will never cycle if the low side pressure never drops, such as if you are OVER charged.....

Totally realistic, that's actually exactly what boost creep is!

I dont think worries about the puck being forced open are relevant in this situation. You can just fix that with spring tension. It...

Well, if exhaust pressure is forcing the wastegate puck open it would make your boost lower, and this is the opposite problem. I really doubt that will be a problem with this setup, though.

If i were doing it i would port what you have because it's not prohibitively expensive/tedious to do it all over again if needed. If i couldnt do it myself for whatever combination of reasons i'd...

I dont think there is a safe way to keep the turbo from overspinning with no charge hoses on it. I think you should just do what you've been doing incrementally letting it go higher and fine tuning...

Nice!! I'd say it's just 1-2 more psi away from 12s, but really if you had a setup that didn't creep you could actually raise boost at lower rpms without raising your peak boost and probably get it...

Well, you only know it looks good at the rpm you've actually been to, which on that one log wasnt over 5400 iirc?

Personally, i wouldnt touch your boost controller. I would just let it rev higher...

It's creeping up to 20 at ~4800. I think you NEED to keep shifting low (way too low for the setup, really) just so that you can safely tune for that.

But, with your crazy low shift points it's...

Ok, interesting. Seems like you could be able to make power higher up and move your rev limiter and shift points up with the right cam timing and tune. Did it feel like power was still climbing when...

Time to update your thread with drag racing info!

What rpm were you shifting at?

Tint looks nice!

185 is still in the happy range.

Well, years and street miles are not very related with these cars. If you get a gauge id be interested to hear what you find. I've never owned a trans temp gauge but I also never had a high stall...

Do you have a trans temp gauge?

Im curious as to the choice of a higher than stock stall with lower than stock gearing. I think it will create a lot of heat during normal driving.

Huh, i never thought to bolt an engine to the stand sideways like that. Good idea, Younger Alan! :p

Thanks for posting up these old pics, Gary D. I wish more stuff from the older days was still...