LOL you guys crack me up!
Been doing 12 hours shifts 6 days a week so haven't been on.
Here's the UPDATE!
Hi DJ,
We are having more fun with this thing than you can imagine. When Mercedes put the Ceasefire together some diabolical engineer took it upon himself to be certain the aftermarket would need to rise to new levels in order to make a decent performance improvement. I think we’ve figured out enough by now to know we have them beaten.
We have mocked up several options without settling on what appears to be the obvious best. I’ve even looked at a single turbo mounted up front and run by only three cylinders.
The computer took a bit of learning on our part. Stephanie has been corresponding with OBD Tuning in Hamburg, Germany and they have been great help. It looks like they will take us on as one of their USA tuners. That should give us the backup we need for higher boost pressures.
Although we’ve tinkered with the fuel pressures enough to know the rising rate regulator will do the job, we’ve not installed one yet. Clamps on the fuel lines serve as very crude regulators.
None of the efforts to put the turbo up front have panned out. Unless we find the right combo next week, we will return to the rear mount position. A satisfactory cross over tube from the opposite bank is the biggest problem with the front turbo.
We put it back in running condition for a few days to finish two bread and butter jobs. Both will be delivered by Wednesday next. I’d suggest by Wednesday we’ll begin converting the rear mock up to real parts.
No idea of finish date yet. Let me run it under boost once and we’ll know what works and what doesn’t. At that point we can offer a reasonable finish date.
With work that will stay in place rather than trial and scrap stuff, I’ll keep you better informed of the details.
Best regards,
Corky