Interesting turbo conversion on 300 Power

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Interesting turbo conversion on 300 Power

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This looks innnnterestingggg :D:D

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Re: Interesting turbo conversion on 300 Power

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shees - that tubro is so big you could just remove the pistons, use the engine as fire box and run it on jet power
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Re: Interesting turbo conversion on 300 Power

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Just looked at this again... and is that the standard flappy paddle air mass meter... oh noes :shock: :(
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Re: Interesting turbo conversion on 300 Power

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looks like my engine bay only i am useing after market loom and ecu
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ha! Cool

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What's wrong with the air mass metre?
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It's not stunningly accurate, the way the electronic signal is sensed from the flap is cheap and corrodes after a very short period of time making it even more inaccurate and realistically you are sticking a huge restriction in the intake tract!
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