well alrighty then,..I'll get one of those big assed cans w/ a longer hose, and a built-in gauge and have at it. I don't know how much if anything is left in the car currently, I think the compressor cut off has kicked in, so it's probably really low. I don't know for sure about the compressor,..I'll have to start it and turn on the AC and look at it..
It's probably a loose fitting. Between the evap, the bulkhead fittings, the dryer, and the condenser there are a bagillion places (all literally inaccessible) that it could be.
* segway into nonsensical rambling....
On my way home from work last night, I was thinking that it would sure be nice to be able to eliminate some of the NVH from the engine as a result of my custom mounted solid engine mounts...Not a lot of room left there for a rubber cushion style mount,..do you guys know of any mfg that I can send those mounts to, and have them custom build a sandwiched style performance mount?
In other news, the car is back together, and one more "car" saturday night is gonna have to slip by due to bad weather...This was one of the big ones,...An entire small city center dedicated to keeping it's entertainment/dining/shopping venues open with a bunch of custom cars as the attraction/draw. Now, just looking out the window this morning, it's so freakin grey and wet,..there's no way any of that's gonna happen. I tell ya,..this has been the wettest year I've ever been through down here,....and it all manages to fall in and around the end of the week. Last year we were so dry here that our water source for the city dried up. You could literally walk across the dry lake bed that they drained dry...they had to pump water from a river as an emergency source. They imposed a water restriction on the residents, and didn't lift that until winter...Now this year, that lake filled to capacity by April, and has been enjoying some of the highest water levels ever....(The sky knows that there is a Monster in a garage down there somewhere, and is doing it's damnedest to keep him in there)
When I can ever get this thing back out again,..I'm gonna re-focus on the 10 p.s.i. goal....(That means that you and I will be talking real soon Steve)
I'm wanting to get that tune perfecto, so that I can take him up the street to the dyno and see what kind of Monster power he's making...
At 7 p.s.i. I can tell that the engine is making a bunch of torque because it has grunt,..but when it comes to pulling you in 3rd gear, it's lackluster at best....probably about 200 to 250 hp now would be my guess....But the torque,..
I really think that the engine will make 400 or more ft lbs at 10 p.s.i.
So I gotta make that work,......safely.