Noswizard wrote:
Some pics of the solenoids would help but in general a Minimax 'should' be able to drive the majority of 'average' size US solenoids, although whether that's a good idea or not is another matter altogether, for the reasons Perry mentioned.
BTW Perry, how many uses would you say your Pulsoids have had and how many times have you had to service them???
Trev!
I got my original pulsoids second hand back in 2004 I think. I used those on track up to 2008 with no problems. Then I added two more second hand pulsoids so I could run 300hp of nitrous. As these were unknown I spent about £70 on parts to service all four pulsoids so I had all new internals. These were in use for another 2 years until I fitted the Blower. Two of the pulsoids went onto my Sons car and I kept one pair on the MGB. All 4 pulsoids have been running trouble free since then, so another 6 years ish??
The old NOS solenoids were costing about £30 per 20 runs on the 1/4 mile for service parts. And with my heavy track use it was costing me about £100 per year in solenoid rebuilt kits for the NOS solenoids. Thats why I changed to Pulsoids
To be honest, the cost was not the main issue. It was the potential risk of me damaging my engine when those solenoids started letting by. When the first backfire happened on the NOS solenoids I was lucky enough to have only had a big flame out of the scoop which broke one of my power valve diaphragms in the carb. I could have had the inlet manifold explode if the engine had actually started, or worse ???
If I was still using NOS solenoids today the service costs could have mounted up to about £700 since 2008 if I was only using 1 pair.
PS
I'm out this weekend for a go at my 9.5 second attempt on the pulsoids which have been in use since 2008