New listing for the Janspeed Turbo SD1

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 02/18/2015 at 06:38 • Filed to: None

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Look how pretty it is :)

Jobjoris > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 07:04

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Wow... Not sure if it's even near that reserve yet!

davedave1111 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 08:29

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Ah, the SD1. A car where even on the really, really good examples, the panels still don't line up:

505Turbeaux > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 08:41

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you know I would drive the hell out of that...buuuuut man is that an ugly intake piping setup

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > 505Turbeaux 02/18/2015 at 08:51

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I thought that the second I saw the under-bonnet view. If I bought it I'd definitely replace it with standard black smooth boost pipes, or maybe chrome piping would be nice.

Looks a mess though...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > davedave1111 02/18/2015 at 08:52

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Hey, if the panels never fit properly in the first place you don't need to worry about lining them up again once you repair them :)

It's thoughtful ;)

MultiplaOrgasms > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 08:55

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I'd prefer a Turbo P6, but there yu go.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 09:04

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Same applies to a Series. If the panels line up, it's been done frame-up. By a madman.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 09:06

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Despite the horror of being an English car from its period, and with that setup, it's still probably more reliable than the Olds Turbo Jetfire 215...

davedave1111 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 09:06

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Hey, if the panels never fit properly in the first place you don't need to worry about lining them up over and over again once each time you repair them :)

It's thoughtful ;)

FTFY :)

twochevrons > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 09:07

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HOLY MOTHER OF WANT. For the sake of my own sanity (and bank balance), it's a very good think that I don't live in the UK right now.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > twochevrons 02/18/2015 at 10:16

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I really really want it. 5-speed manual car as well...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/18/2015 at 10:31

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Jeez. I've got to look up this turbo jetfire. I've heard the name but never done any research.

To out-unreliable a late BL car that must be impressive...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > MultiplaOrgasms 02/18/2015 at 10:33

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I sway back and forth between wanting an SD1 or a P6. To be honest, I think if the option was there in front of me I'd have to flip a coin...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 10:42

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The car in general, only issues with early 60s GM build quality - not perfect, but hardly insurmountable. The trouble comes from having an earlier relative version of the Buick/Rover 215 aluminum V8 with this nonsense attached:

Due to the turbo being so primitive, it had to constantly inject water/methanol mix with a dash of oil (IIRC). The aluminum V8, + some liner/etc. issues and cracked blocks, with head gasket fragility, combined with a temperamental turbo that had to be kept topped up, and was prone to cracking its fluid reservoir, combined with a left/right temperature imbalance and metallurgy issues with coolant...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/18/2015 at 11:45

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Ouch, that does sound like a nightmare. Not an easily fixable one either like most of the BL problems :S

Bloody ambitious though, I'll give them that...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 12:09

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Turbocharged low/mid displacement aluminum V8 in 1961 - impressive, really, if it had worked. It was bad enough that I think GM offered an engine swap to all customers, so between that and the comic attrition, there are almost none left.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 12:22

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Oh yes, and I neglected one of the possibilities of failure: pressurized injection fluid going down the intake and hydro-locking the engine. Exciting!

-Possibly related note, the missing library copy of the Des Hammill book finally showed up. Only 5+ months too late to return - screw it. I paid the lost fees then, it's mine now.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/18/2015 at 13:33

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Aha! Where was it in the end?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 13:38

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Had some other unrelated items put on top, then traveled with them to another semi-storage sort of location in the house that was one of the few I didn't comb through item by item, because there was no sane reason it should've gone there, and it was in disguise. Which, delay in processing those items later... Serious screwing-over by family member being "tidy", in short - just as I'd suspected but in slightly different form. Would you like one? :3

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/18/2015 at 14:00

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Ooh yeah that'd be cool :) I'm stony-broke at the moment, but how much would you want for it?

Oh, I've still got those rocker covers and cortina tail-lights here. I could offset the price of shipping them if that works...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/18/2015 at 14:13

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I'm still thinking about a jaunt to Blighty in May or so. Putting me up (or putting up with me) for a day or two would probably be offset enough. I'll keep you up to date.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/18/2015 at 14:24

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Yeah that'd be sweet :) let me know

ranwhenparked > davedave1111 02/18/2015 at 15:40

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How many cars made outside West Germany had perfectly aligned panels in the '70s?

davedave1111 > ranwhenparked 02/18/2015 at 16:39

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Well, talking of wide gaps, there's a wide gap between 'perfectly aligned panels' and 70s Rover standards.