-------------- Original message from John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>: --------------


> After a lot of delay from out-of-town work, patio rebuilding and "cut &
> paste" stainless steel work on the heat shield, I can finally report
> that the new turbo T04 installation flies. The one issue I had on the
> 0.9 local flight was an erroneous EGT reading. I installed a new sensor
> and it's reading very low - 300F.
>
> Boost still has a tendency to run away above 44 MAP. I've been gradually
> tweaking the boost controller toward minus on each ground run, but the
> wastegate doesn't seem to be doing anything. So far I have about 1.5
> hours ground running on the turbo. I held her at 40 MAP for take off
> which was more than enough to get me 80kts less than half way down the
> 3000' funway.
> < BR>> Take off acceleration seems to be a little less than with the stock
> turbo. There's no sign of oil or soot on the prop and the oil (recently
> changed) is staying "oil color". With all the stock turbos the oil went
> black within an hour of running.
>
> Perhaps now, finally, the fun begins.....
> Regards,
> John Slade
>
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