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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:18 pm 
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would be interesting to put it on a flow bench and find its max power potential

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:26 pm 
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:37 pm 
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yeah we want to know if this is the ultimate LPG solution

get your a** on the job!! :)

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:52 pm 
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I must go visit the wreckers soon and hunt one out.

i know I have seen them before.

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:57 pm 
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I wonder if all mixer rings (std) are of the same inner diameter or do they vary?

im sure there would be some improvement to be had at the loss of some economy/ driveability by going to a larger opening

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:12 pm 
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Mmm... I want one of those!!!!
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:26 pm 
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:22 am 
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One question. can it be used on ANY venturi style gas setup?
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:18 pm 
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As far as I know it can as long as it can be fitted in the intake. It's a straight replacement for a fixed venturi (mixer ring) so it can be used with any complex converter (ie converters with adjustment screws on them). It can't be used with simple Impco or GRA mixers.

Sorry I haven't got back with results yet. I've been trying different intake configurations since I found an EL intake going cheap. Everything I've tried has had balance line problems. I'm pretty much back to how I installed the Airod first up, and ATM it's running way rich in the midrange and seems to have a balance line stutter just as vacuum turns to boost. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the bodgy way I've re-used the PCV barb on the intake for the balance line. I'm thinking about getting a length of custom pipe made up.

Also waiting on a parcel from England that might help. I won't say too much just yet, anyone curious can find out what I mean by looking for WTV-UK.

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:15 am 
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There is a Polish guy selling Variable mixers on eBay. About AU$230 landed here.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0288357858

I am trying to think will this only work with a simple converter/complex mixer setup like Impco-America or is it better suited to the European complex mixer/simple mixer setups such as OMVL or Landi?

My 1st thoughts are this is more like a complex mixer so would suit Impco better but I am likely wrong!

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- Oops, I just saw the other thread on this unit. It does not answer my question as to what this is designed for.

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:26 pm 
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My last post (5.34am yesterday) in that other thread actually does answer that question.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:15 am 
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So has anyone got one of these on there car up and going? Whats it like? is there as much power loss on petrol as with the sprint gas mixer?
very interested in getting for on my ute.
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:00 am 
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I've had one on & off my car again trying to isolate the cause of flat spots & rough running. It's looking like the knock sensor might be the underlying cause, it's started throwing a DTC and I'm getting pinking rolling onto the throttle at cruise (on petrol)... just like the time I had to have the knock sensor replaced under warranty. Hope to replace it tomorrow. If it's all good on petrol the mixer goes back on. Meantime my WB02 has arrived so I can finesse the settings on the converter and get a feel for whether the converter is shagged.

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:46 pm 
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my housemate has one of these on his EA and i thought it was just a s**t unmetered system and was a bit dodge lol
might have to see if i can source one from a wreckers though as the impco gear isnt upto the job!

 

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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:57 pm 
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