1971 Turbo Dart - Project "Deceiver"

[-Freak-]

We rigged up a temporary pump relay to prime the fuel system and adjust the fuel pressure regulator.
Found a bad AN fitting that caused a very slow leak. Will be ordering a new one today.

The pump is definitely audibly noticeable, but holy crap does it move fuel!

Finished a few other small items.

Its a good thing we made a list. It actually feels like something is being accomplished when you can cross items off.

[wedged]

Originally Posted by -Freak-

The pump is definitely audibly noticeable, but holy crap does it move fuel!

start planning now for the fuel pump to fail : fuel pump problem

[-Freak-]

Originally Posted by wedged

start planning now for the fuel pump to fail : fuel pump problem

I've read a couple posts of A1000's issues, but a lot more with people saying they run them and haven't reported any issues.
Who knows what the actual failure rate on them is. If it was high enough to be a concern I don't think they would be as widely used.

Time will tell, If it goes out I will probably switch to the Magnafuel I was originally looking at.

[-Freak-]

ITS ALIVE!!

lots of things had to happen in the past week to get it going by today since my buddy goes under the knife tomorrow to fix a torn ligament in his arm.


We need to get the timing figured out and the carb rejetted.
Right now we have vent tube extensions in and are running 68/76 jets.

Have to ease into the throttle or it loads up. The 318 isn't so happy with the 750 cfm carb until it gets up in the rpm's.

Here is my buddy taking it for a drive.


Its pretty freakin cool when the boost builds and it starts to haul ass.


The work continues.
At least I can now say that I probably have the only turbo'd Dodge Dart in Minnesota.

[6D9]

Congrats man! Sweet build...

[SickSpeedMonte]

Congrats!! Good luck sorting it out.

[XcYZ]

Awesome. What's the next step? Getting the tune dialed in? When does it start building boost?

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by wedged

start planning now for the fuel pump to fail : fuel pump problem

I've run countless A1000's and 1200's, and had one failure. Otherwise they've been flawless.

Jody

[wedged]

Originally Posted by camcojb

I've run countless A1000's and 1200's, and had one failure. Otherwise they've been flawless.

Jody

just remember, there's a LOT of "gasoline" that has alcohol in it, and one may not have a choice to buy real 100% alcohol free gas.

[-Freak-]

We locked the timing at 26 then took it out to have some fun.
It runs good for what it is.
Unhooked the line to the waste gate that was helping it blow off at 5psi and took it for a spin.
Just running on the smallest spring that came with the X02 waste gate and we got 12lbs of boost.
Going to have to drill out the power valve more and play with the timing before it will run at 12lbs.
It was a fun test at least.




She is a pooch until the boost builds then it takes off and there is no holding it back.







Should have videos up today sometime.