208Dart
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Post 339. Jim shows how he accomplished it
That post is ALMOST 10 years old, that's awesome lol thank you very much! I will give that a try!
MIke @ HCA
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Post 339. Jim shows how he accomplished it
You can calibrate 0-100% anyway you want, so it doesn't have to be open 100% to call it 100%. That's kind of where I am, it's pretty close so I bought a 92mm throttle body to compensate.Here's a question for you all.... Does the throttle body blade have to be 100% flat to maximize airflow? I'm sure the megasquirt has a calibration for 0-100% throttle no matter where the valve ends up at. I'm pretty sure with a slight adjustment I can get the throttle body valve to slightly below parallel. Thinking of all the twists and turns that air has to make to actually reach the combustion chamber, I'm wondering if it's even worth making sure it opens up completely flat. All the airflow throttle body testing I've seen show that they're not really a bottle neck for power/flow...
I can get about 1.8" of travel with my stock pedal, and throttle body opens up with about 2.1" of cable travel...
Bracket won't be here till thursday and I"m gone thursday-sunday so won't be able to work on the car until next week. In the mean time I ordered a Cold Case 755K radiator/fan combination from jegs and a bulkhead fitting with 10AN and 6AN fittings to run my AC hoses through to the Cold master AC unit under the dash.
Mike
That's what I'm thinking as well! I've also got a 92mm TB... My diesel moves way more air than this engine ever will and the intake elbow and grid heater is way more restrictive than this 92mm throttle body will be at 90% open.You can calibrate 0-100% anyway you want, so it doesn't have to be open 100% to call it 100%. That's kind of where I am, it's pretty close so I bought a 92mm throttle body to compensate.
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Minor progress happening.
Got the coldmaster HEAT/AC evaporator in, still gotta route coolant lines and connect a switch 12V source but it is minor progress.
It fits pretty easily under the glove box, will have about 1” of the bottom of the evap unit exposed when fully mounted.
Got my Cold Case radiator “in” but the fan of course contacts the front pulley on the engine. And by contact I mean like .005” contact. Going to send an email to the company and see what they recommend. Can’t mount fan on the opposite side due to the condenser being mounted there. Just need to TIG the brackets to the radiator mount but everything should clear just fine there.
Really looking forward to getting past the radiator and heat/cool system so I can move on towards megasquirt wiring and exhaust fab.
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Yeah I was slightly disappointed for sure but such is my luck.Ouch. That Holley FEAD does move everything forward, didn’t think it would be that big of an issue though. Might have to look at a dual fan setup.
Glad to see you still making progress either way.