I took the Smurf out today up in the Berkeley and Oakland Hills for a couple hours to see if I could get it to overheat, break something, or melt something cool. Fortunately (or unfortunately) nothing untoward happened and it was a blast to drive around the twisties. The power is pretty good and comes on strong at about 4200rpm. I have to put some heat shielding around the brake lines as they started to get soft after running hard for a bit. The engine temp never moved off of the center and I listened hard for any sounds of knocks in the engine, but it seemed to go pretty smoothly the whole way.
Next up is to get some monitoring on the engine. We need a boost gauge, maybe a knock sensor, maybe a few more temperature sensors, and probably more things.
3 comments:
Awesome! On the brake softness, are you sure you have a good bleed on them?
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Yeah, they were pretty tight before. We're going to install a big brake kit anyway, so it will go through a big bleed cycle. I'll post a photo of the proximity of the exhaust and the brake lines and then the need for heat shielding will be obvious :)
Good stuff, keep up the great work....
Jonathan Fleming
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