Distributor turned up from Avonbar racing in the Uk today.
One more piece of the puzzle

Hi, what features do Avonbar offer with their distributor , and what total timing do they suggest ? Any boost retard ? Cheers Lindsay

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Basically they asked what boost I’ll be running and set it to suit. So mines optimised for 8-10 psi

From their site: Turbo Electronic Distributor.Special advance curve for modified engines running higher boost than standard.Fully modified advance curve to suit Hi-boost applications. As used by us on all our modified Turbo engines. We now produce 3 different distributors 6-8 Psi - 8-10 Psi _ 10-14 Psi

Please state boost when ordering.

NOTE: Above 14 Psi we recommend Polestar or similar management systems.

Head gasket, turbo oil hose new studs arrived today, time to get busy.

So all parts are present and accounted for.
Will begin the task

Painted head and mounted turbo to manifold finally.
Also got the bolts for mounting the plenum to my carb.... forgot to snap a pic of that though

Pulled my engine out today, bolted a head on and dummy fit the turbo setup.




Tight fit

But it does all fit, no fowling.
Need to do oil feed and return lines now.

Set the timing yesterday,
Torqued down the head today, no time for much else

It’s a really neat manifold setup isn’t it? Looking forward to seeing your progress

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Looking good. I'm doing a much longer-term, much reduced cost version I'll be interested to see how it comes along, with timing options etc.

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Keen to see your oil feed and return set up. Looking really good. Well done!!

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Here's some of my heat mitigation...





For my turbo build I'll also be adding turbo blanket too - I think that's a good call.

Edit: also, I don't have a pic handy, but I use this stuff as heat shield, cut and bent as needed.

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Dropped the motor in to check fitment, no fowling so that’s a positive.
Need to clock the turbo a touch more.



Done a mock up for the intercooler piping while I was at it.

How’s this going Chris? Any progress from the mock up?

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