turbo questions

[Devilpaint]

Hi guys , not been around for a while(new bike lured me away). the time has come to FINALLY get the Kaminari up & running.
so, some questions, i bought a janspeed turbo & box of bits about a year ago, the turbo is on, with the nice shiney stainless link pipe. i need to source some sort of tubing/rubber pipe to connect it to the throttle body & turbo-any ideas ?
also do i need to fit the air flow meter? & if not what do i do with the multi pin connector that orig fitted to it?

i've just about figured the wiring for the two pressure switches & extra injectors. the ignition retard unit looks simple enough to fit, as does the fuel pressure equalizer thingy.
the pop off valve/waste gate that came with the turbo is adjustable, but looks its age.one of the young mechanics next door suggested i get rid & fit a more efficient dump valve as this will save the turbo long term-is this going to upset the apple cart?
all answers GREATFULLY recieved-& please remember i'm a painter , not a mechanic, so no tech talk, keep it simple thanks!

 

[Nigel Brook]

The Janspeed turbo engine I have had the airflow meter fitted.

 

[Mr.G]

Hello Devil paint.

Yes you would need to retain the air flow meter, the system should look something like this...

As you can see from my old Janspeed system, all you need to connect the the Jpipe to the Throttle body is a short silicone pipe.

 

[Russ]

Samco make nice hoses, they are common and available anywhere. They no doubt do one for your application.

http://www.samcosport.com/home.asp - Samco website

http://www.samcosport.com/distributors.asp - Distributor list (I think even Halfords do them).

Give them a bell with your requirements.

 

[BORN TO RUN]

I used samco hosing on mine to connect the air flow meter to a ram air filter set up (70 mm internal diameter I believe-have some left in blue if you are interested).However,to connect the air flow meter to the intake inlet I used a piece of convoluted hose from a local motor factor as the samco ones were not available in the correct shape.I did consider a fabricated s/steel pipe with small pieces of straight samco hose for the connections which would have looked better but at a cost !
I upgraded the retard unit to a micro dynamics with a dial adjuster but never bothered to change the pop off valve.
My biggest problems were with the extra injectors and pressure switches which kept sticking and flooding the motor.Replacement pressure switches are available but none that will set low enough for the first switch.As for the injectors I seem to recall that they come off a Rover V8 and are cold start injectors.
Hope this helps but it has been a while so some memories are a bit vague !

 

[Devilpaint]

Thanks guys.