Hi guys!
I'm at the very start of my 1UZFE journey at the moment (looking for a donor car to supply engine and 'box), but I like to research things heavily before I start as it leads to less mistakes later on. FYI the engine will be keeping the stock auto box, will not need catalytic converters and will be going in a late sixties/early seventies Reliant Scimitar SE5. So, questions:
1) I've heard the stock engine management can cope with a small amount of boost. How much can I push it on stock CR with intercooled turbo/turbos?
2) How much can I push it on stock management with bigger injectors, and how big can I go and still maintain a reasonable idle?
3) How much can I push it if I lower the CR via thicker head gaskets (most likely MLS)?
4) When using turbos, do you use blow through or draw through for the air mass meter? To me, and for the car it's going to go in, this might mean the difference between single or twin turbos, as space will be very tight.
5) This is going to be done over a long time on a shoestring budget (wife is NOT a petrolhead
), hence going for turbos rather than a blower. I can fabricate steel no problem, but don't have the facilities to weld or machine alloy, so can't fab a blower manifold or afford an off the shelf one.
Megasquirt may be a possibility a few years down the line but is definitely not happening yet so can be discounted for now. Besides, the back axle (salisbury 4HA) on a Scimitar is only good for about 400bhp, so I'm told. I've yet to find out if that's at the crank or wheels but have heard of one here in the UK running 10s so I'm guessing that's at the wheels
Sorry for all the questions, but I thought if I asked fairly precise ones then I might get fairly precise answers!![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
I'm at the very start of my 1UZFE journey at the moment (looking for a donor car to supply engine and 'box), but I like to research things heavily before I start as it leads to less mistakes later on. FYI the engine will be keeping the stock auto box, will not need catalytic converters and will be going in a late sixties/early seventies Reliant Scimitar SE5. So, questions:
1) I've heard the stock engine management can cope with a small amount of boost. How much can I push it on stock CR with intercooled turbo/turbos?
2) How much can I push it on stock management with bigger injectors, and how big can I go and still maintain a reasonable idle?
3) How much can I push it if I lower the CR via thicker head gaskets (most likely MLS)?
4) When using turbos, do you use blow through or draw through for the air mass meter? To me, and for the car it's going to go in, this might mean the difference between single or twin turbos, as space will be very tight.
5) This is going to be done over a long time on a shoestring budget (wife is NOT a petrolhead
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
Megasquirt may be a possibility a few years down the line but is definitely not happening yet so can be discounted for now. Besides, the back axle (salisbury 4HA) on a Scimitar is only good for about 400bhp, so I'm told. I've yet to find out if that's at the crank or wheels but have heard of one here in the UK running 10s so I'm guessing that's at the wheels
Sorry for all the questions, but I thought if I asked fairly precise ones then I might get fairly precise answers!
![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)