led-panzer's 1984 300D 4-speed
led-panzer's 1984 300D 4-speed
It works! It works!!
I did the "oil can" method to bleed the clutch, it only took 3 tries
First impressions:
The clutch pedal is most definitely stiffer. Not like my left leg will be bigger than my right stiffer, but its there. The clutch is very firm throughout its whole range of motion, so I'm confident I got all the air out of it.
It engages pretty much right off the floor, not horrible but I had to get used to it. Stalled it 4 times
As expected, the puck clutch disc engages "right now" you have to be ready for it. You really can't slip it.
So test drive - Well F.R.A.S was right, no slippage whatsoever. It just grabs and holds. From second on it just feels like it grips powerfully, just as easy as the stock clutch was rowing through the gears.
This was the first time out that I actually got to feel the power, and I was not disappointed. Up to 3000rpm its peppy and "quick", I had 10lbs of boost by then. From 3000-5500 hold on! Boost topped out at 28lbs and holy shit does she move I was hitting 80-90mph before I knew it.
Now I have some tuning to do, at 28psi, 5000rpm, my EGT's were 1400. So I need to back off the fuel a bit as far as the max setting. At least until I get a better turbo, I can't imagine this ebay knockoff is very efficient. I have an IAT gauge I'm going to wire up and see how much of that 1400 is intake temp.
I really really need to get a proper exhaust on this thing too. Its uncomfortably loud at anything other than idle. The turbo really screams too, but thats good noise
So let me break it in a bit and get used to it, and get the exhaust finished out the back and I'll post some 0-60 and acceleration videos. Maybe even a burnout
Here's a current engine bay shot. I know its dirty