That's cool!
I cant say I know what those look like either dude! sorry!

I would go for 13 inch stansa rims with some stock hubcaps and white wall tyres!
Seriously!
My 1000 is going to have 15inch rims with polished Cadilac hubcaps ( with the badge removed) with 2inch whitewalls!

Sounds pretty weird!
Nothing else got stuffed?

An easy way to check the fuse is take it out and check for continuity with a multimeter or if you don't have one of these and you do got a test light check the fuse on your cars 12V battery with the test light!

But to me sounds like the fuse is good otherwise you wouln't hear anything from the playstation when you plug it in!

The reasoning for me agreeing with Dattodude and I am pretty sure his reasoning for sugestting this setup is for ease of fitment as no modifications are required!
Not sure of any other benifits this setup gives but I am sure Dattodude will be able to set things clear in this area if there is any!

Cheers, Steve

You disapoint me if you are going to build a coupe just because they look better!
How many wagons can you say are in Australia let alone the rest of the world have a CA18DET!

Hey Lobster if you have trouble wiring it from the way I described let me know and I will draw a diagram for you to follow!
You will just need to get the right wire and plugs that way!

Your Pic of the alternator is the one I described as an RE60 regulator!

Cheers! let me know!
Steve!

Much respect to ddgonzal you sound like a wise person!
But where the hell were you before! lol!

Thank you for summerising this long subject!

Cheers Steve!

Harry there is no hard feelings from me mate!
The only thing I find to be offensive is if someone tells me I am wrong and their way is better! especially if they have never experienced their way or even mine!
( None of which you have done or meant!)
But others yes!
I respect people doing different things as then they have stuff to share to make others understand of different possibilities!

There is no problem which can't be over come with any setup! It just takes knowledge, Thinking and finally money!

As for the draw through disadvantage you mentioned ( Re backfire!)
All you need to do is look at the big supercharged engines and copy their burst plate design into your manifold!
I know of an A14 inlet manifold setup like this! ( This one has the plate underneath the manifold ( don't know what this was originally for?) Spring loaded so in the event of a backfire it will blow open! ( Springs are rated to compress around 20 psi of pressure)

As for EFI this is what I am fiddleing with now on my Turbo A15 1000!

Cheers Steve!

Much respect for what you say!

No Doubt each setup has its advantages and disadvantages!

You say " No contest"
I say " to each their own! "

I don't understand these limitations you mention of either?

And as for no contest! OK if you are not after maximum performance but if any of use were after this we wouldn't be messing with carbies!
We would go EFI!

Mate there is no agro here just saying my point of view!

As for this suprise you say of!
I have had to do this as intercooler hoses have burst on me a few times and the noise is very annoying if you have to drive for an hour before you are somewhere to fix it!
Also the car will run like a dog with such a big exhaust no doubt! but if the exhaust has to go through the wastegate first this is causing a bit of back pressure whick would be better than just going straight to a big exhaust!
Also only the carbies secondaries are larger! yes this will cause the car to run rich but only when the secondaries are open! so you just have to take off slower so the car doesn't bog down! then once you are going you won't be bothered as much ( yes I agree it would still run like ####! )
But even changing one jet ( 5 mins ) isn't to much to ask!
Your webber would still have the same dramas!

As for fuel pooling in the turbo! this is one of my points exactly!

One thing I should point out is I never said the car would be the best to drive!
I did say why would you bother doing this!
And you gave your reasons and I acept them!
( Just don't agree with doing it all just so on a Saturday you can have a turbo car!

Not Agro just saying the facts!
Steve