Hey Jan.... it was the Turbo Alpine that inspired me to turbocharge the engine I'm preparing for the custom fastback. I even bought a CA18ET (Nissan Sylvia) turbo engine. Then about a year ago I came across the site you posted and ditched the Nissan engine idea.
I decided it would be cool to keep the car as original as possible. I've been buying up parts from different cars on ebay to cobble a system together. Mostly RS Ford and Rover Tomcat stuff so far. Be interesting to see how much power the transmission can take.
I really need to get my build thread updated.
Building the '2nd series' fastback Rapier ('Arrocuda').
I played around with an electric supercharger when I still had the 36DCD weber on. It did add a few horses, only operates at full throttle with a switch on the throttle. Not worth it though .Some guys who race put two of them in series . The one David showed us looks much better quality. Wonder how many horses it adds.
wow looks very expensive - bloody sweet though. I asked the garage that did my engine up if i could fit a turbo and they said NO, not without causing more problems than its worth, so im impressed that its been pulled off here.
Guys , I stumbled upon this website when I was browsing to see whether there are any turbo'd Sunbeams around. Check it out. What do you guys think ? http://www.myturboalpine.com/
HOT Sunbeam engine
Posted - 13 Nov 2010 : 20:53:56
