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    1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mk. III

    Heya guys! I went home to Texas over the Christmas break and one of my Christmas presents was a GoPro camera from my girlfriend (ya, she's awesome). So I took some video of my father's 1967 Austin Healey and put this video together. Check it out and let me know what you guys think...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Alrighty! Being MIA sucks, but mass amount of overtime that caused it all will be worth it when the money shows up, haha. Thanks will930! Some people may be looking for a factory fresh Super Turbo when it comes time to sell, so I try to make sure every mod I make is easily reversible...
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    My (long and biased :P) March ST Review

    This is just something I did to practice writing. I work as a copy editor so I try to keep my English skills up. However, since I hate studying, I write. Most of the stuff I write just lives on my hard drive, but I figured some of you guys might enjoy this. Just be forewarned that it's...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Alright alright. Firstly, thanks everyone for the comments! Second, no more bickering, haha! Baz has been extremely helpful and I've learned a lot by reading his old posts. I'm also sure that Baz is fully aware that he isn't the smartest person on this board (doesn't mater who or where you...
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    Intercooler sprayer.... idea.

    Alrighty! Finally got it all sorted. I was having trouble with the draw from the washer motor being enough to pull voltage away from the controller board (since the 12 volts for the pump was being pulled from the 12 volts for the control board) causing the 555 timer to go haywire. So, I...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Got some more work done on the intercooler sprayer today. I was having trouble with the draw from the washer motor being enough to pull voltage away from the controller board (since the 12 volts for the pump was being pulled from the 12 volts for the control board) causing the 555 timer to go...
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    My girlfriends new March!

    So my girlfriend gets the awesome of the year award. She bought a K11 March cause she wanted something fun to drive. But she didn't pansy out and go for an automatic 5 door, no, she went for a 1.3 litre, 2 door Nismo kitted version! Here it is just after it arrived, next to mine. She...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Alrighty, I'm finally getting time to do an update! My co-worker quit his job and all of his responsibilities got stacked onto my desk. Needless to say, overtime and I have become best friends, haha. At any rate, I've slowly been working on an intercooler and radiator water sprayer. My goal...
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    Intercooler sprayer.... idea.

    Thanks guys for the comments! Sorry for the massive MIA, work has been out of control lately! Anyways, I decided to go to the electronics district and buy some parts. It is, how you say, on like Donkey Kong! After inhaling a lot of solder smoke, I ended up with this. Things to note, I...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Thanks a lot Baz! After having seen the work you've put into your March, hearing you say some of my ideas are brilliant is quite flattering, haha. I haven't tried the oven trick yet, as I'm not entirely too sure what temperature to bake it at. Also, a little nervous about tossing a 20 year...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Haha, I should have prefaced my last post with "I was procrastinating at work and...". I'm definitely not discarding my UFO, the car drives great aside from the oscillations. I was just merely tossing out an idea that I had at work while I was actively trying to ignore work, haha. On the...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Thanks everyone for the comments! I've been really thinking about this UFO thing, and I might have come up with a workable solution. Let's see if I can get the spaghetti of thoughts in my head onto paper! Starts with the repair manual. In Japanese, which is fine, but not overly...
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    Intercooler sprayer.... idea.

    Popping over to a front mount is definitely the best way to ensure cooler temps, but my ultimate goal is to keep the car as close to factory as possible. I want to be able to pop the hood and have it look 100% original under there. I'm thinking if I hide everything well enough, no one will...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Thank you guys so much for the comments! I'm utterly in love with this little car, the more I drive it, the better it gets, haha. On the UFO topic, this seems to be a pretty widespread issue. I've been mulling over how to fix this and I think with a little ghetto engineering (and copious...
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    Intercooler sprayer.... idea.

    Alright, so let me see if I can explain my thought process. It first started when I was procrastinating at work. I was thinking about how I was flogging my little super turbo on the super hot day yesterday. It was all first, second and third gear flogging too, so there wasn't a whole lot of...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Thanks everyone for the replies! Oh, and thanks for the info baz (although, to be honest, I figured that out by reading a bunch of your archived posts a few days ago, haha). I talked to Nissan about the UFO, but they said it's been out of production for over 2 years, so practically...
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    Twin Charging/Compound Charging Mathness (or rambling, whichever)

    Haha, I knew I was missing something! Thanks for the replies! Now bear with me for just a second while I spew some more verbal diarrhea your way (my brain is a little more stubborn than I would like it to be, haha). The idea of compound charging and building insane levels of boost is an idea...
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    Twin Charging/Compound Charging Mathness (or rambling, whichever)

    Alright, so here’s my thinking. Let’s say that in my perfect little theoretical world there’s so much fuel and intercooling for the engine to never hit a boost/fuel cut or detonate (man my theoretical world is awesome). Let’s also assume that my bypass valve on my Super Turbo fails and is...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Alright, so I live pretty close to a book store here called Takahara Shouten. They have tons of great books hidden away in that place. My car had the original Owner's Manual and Service Record book in it already, so after a quick run up to Takahara, I managed to get my hands on all the Super...
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    My new Super Turbo!

    Hello all! I have had this diagram of the Super Turbo operation (pictured below) floating around on my hard drive since I was like 15 back in the States. I then moved to Japan about 3 years ago and finally spotted a Super Turbo at a used car dealer. I took the car for a test drive but...
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