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Post by tonybennett9 » Mon May 12, 2014 10:30 pm

intercooler piping from the turbo sorted. refitted front mount :)

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Post by tonybennett9 » Tue May 13, 2014 11:39 am

REDBEN wrote:Bolt on the left is water return one the the right is oil feed
the bolt on the block is water feed not return.

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Post by WideOpenThrottle » Tue May 13, 2014 4:53 pm

Is it an illusion or does you IC pipe go up a bit in size with that 90' bend?...if so you may get some unwanted extra lag!
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Post by tonybennett9 » Tue May 13, 2014 5:00 pm

WideOpenThrottle wrote:Is it an illusion or does you IC pipe go up a bit in size with that 90' bend?...if so you may get some unwanted extra lag!
its a very small step up, the shot from above makes it seem larger than it is due to lens distortion 95%+ of the pipping is 2.5". its such a marginal volume change i have no worries with lag

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Post by REDBEN » Tue May 13, 2014 8:39 pm

I just noticed the size of your oil return fitting, the Internal Diameter (ID) of the fitting looks rather small (could be the photo angle), Just make sure the ID of the Fitting in the sump is the same dimension or bigger than the oil outlet of the turbocharger or the oil returning to the sump can bottle-neck eventually causing oil to pour out the exhaust housing. Which as you can imagine is not good.

So you will no longer have an MX5 but a rather large smoke machine.

Not a Dig but more trying to prevent you from having a headache :D

As I have been in this situation and trust me its not fun rather like food-poisoning, you think you've thrown it all up and bam there it goes again....
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Post by tonybennett9 » Tue May 13, 2014 8:57 pm

ha thanks man, but yea it is a good size.

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Post by babapogi » Wed May 14, 2014 3:34 pm

Liam_Irl_NA wrote:
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babapogi wrote:im subscribed!

i'm also planning to turb up my mx5. and currently looking for a familia engine to swap it with.

i've got an auto one at the moment so deciding whether to convert it to manual for now or swap the whole thing for turb engine.
whats the point in changing to a familia engine? the stock mx 5 engine is perfectly capable wwith good tuning. mines been running 200WHP for nine years and i havent touched a thing inside it.
Higher engine capacity - stroker kit - at the moment I am running a safe-ish 220 when everything is going sweet but with power goals north of 400BHP I think it is the easiesy way to achieve this.
haven't really decided on what to do. but whichever is cheaper is the way to go. i'm not really aiming for 400hp but something i could use for daily driving and an odd track day here and there.

i've currently got my eyes on a manual mx5 that i can tinker with. but i've read simialr good things with a gtx and na8 engine so either will do!

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Post by tonybennett9 » Wed May 21, 2014 7:24 am

Oil and water lines on the way. Going ro have to make them myself.

Bov fitted , boost guage on way. Not long till is on the road.

Possibly by the weekend :D pics soon

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Post by CordedBowl » Wed May 21, 2014 5:49 pm

I welcome DIY turbo mx's! But that IC piping is weird yo~

You'll need a better radiator and a cooling panel too.

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Post by tonybennett9 » Thu May 22, 2014 8:44 pm

CordedBowl wrote:I welcome DIY turbo mx's! But that IC piping is weird yo~

You'll need a better radiator and a cooling panel too.

ic piping was made for the super charger. i didnt make it, i have done the best with what i have. I welcome cool story's, thanks for the input.

yea new radiator is on the list. may remove a/c n re route piping at a later date .


so i spent a long time organizing a list of -4 and -6 fittings for block and turbo. they turned up . two wrong fittings..... the most important two, the ones for the block 10mm 1.5 pitch to -4 for oil and 12mm 1.25pitch to -6 for water, instead they sent me two 10mm fittings both wrong thread pitch.. RETARDS!!! also missing one hose coupling for -6 water line. would have had it running tonight. cheers turbo shop Dunedin or the people they got to supply the bits

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Post by SLYDIT » Thu May 22, 2014 9:01 pm

i got my fittings from ATP turbo in the states. i didnt even hook up the water to my VF10.....9 years later still running fine. i used -4 for the oil line and used the stock banjo bolt. make sure you use the right banjo bolt as they often have oil restrictors in them. ( especially the ball bearing turbos which you can over oil and blow seals)
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Post by tonybennett9 » Thu May 22, 2014 9:08 pm

yea i thought about not running it, have read mixed things.
although it dose seem like the water lines are only really there for when the car is shut down.

the gt28 has been restricted at the core from factory :D , last turbo build we ended up welding the supply fitting at the turbo and re-drilling it.

i just cant believe the screwed up. i mean fuck, i did all the work coming up with the dam list lol. all they had to do was follow it.

i went to ATP but cbf waiting on shipping ( look what happened anyways lol)

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Post by tonybennett9 » Thu May 29, 2014 5:41 pm

still waiting on correct block fittings etc, should be here tomorrow.

decided to put boost gauge in drivers side vent :).

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Post by sprsta » Thu May 29, 2014 5:49 pm

i got all my Fragola fittings from Enzed in Penrose. they had everything in stock.

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Post by tonybennett9 » Thu May 29, 2014 5:58 pm

sprsta wrote:i got all my Fragola fittings from Enzed in Penrose. they had everything in stock.
cheers man, i will hit that company up if the parts are wrong again.

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Post by SLYDIT » Thu May 29, 2014 9:44 pm

If you are running a megasquirt or similar ecu you can do away with the boost gauge and simply program an output to turn on an overboost light. I swapped out my high beam lamp for a high power led which I use as an overboost over rev light
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Post by tonybennett9 » Thu May 29, 2014 9:48 pm

its not there for over boost, it is so i can see what psi I am running and at what rpm.

to be honest a over boost light is pointless, you are going to know real quick if you are over boosting and the light wont be the clue lol, cool we mod tho and a neat custom idea

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Post by SLYDIT » Fri May 30, 2014 9:46 pm

I found that data logging was the best to see what was happening with the engine. Tbh ive found the boost gauge pretty useless. The light is simply a visual of rev limit nearing or boost creeping up over setpoint.
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Post by Angreal » Fri May 30, 2014 10:37 pm

I was going to say... Shouldn't you log it? I'd rather be paying attention to revs/other things when boosting...

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Post by SLYDIT » Sat May 31, 2014 8:22 am

htis is what it looked like in prototype stage when i pulled the cluster to replace the dial faces. you just trim the blue high beam mask off from the inside and modify the lamp holder taccept the LED. then run the wiring tails down tothe ecu. If you were really tricky you could move the high beam indicator to an unused warning lamp location.
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Post by tonybennett9 » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:04 pm

got the car running Friday night, with downpipe on but not connected to rest of exhaust need to make some adjustments to line them up.

started it Saturday morning and no spark :( .

coil packs and or dizzy have failed, its been hard to start since ive owned it when its cold.

can i use any 12v coil packs ?

so got smashed drunk in Queenstown , had a English chick chuck water in my face at 5am for taking the piss out of her. and ended up getting a free car lol

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Post by GRUVBB » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:59 pm

Hope the free car was not a white holden with funny lights attached.... They are not usually free in that respect..... What did you say that upset her? Better to have that happen in the tropics when its warm not in the deep south at the onset of winter. :evil:

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Post by tonybennett9 » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:22 pm

hahah a mazda famila 5door auto had fuel in it also, free ride home :D. my mate just couldn't be fucked dealing with it needs wof n reg faild on some shit he cant be fucked dealing with and cant do it himself.

just general taking the piss she was saying alot of dumb shit and i was putting on a british accent while i payed her out. she was a bitch, had it coming. but yea really average temperature to be getting water thrown on you, worth it :lol:

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Post by GRUVBB » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:32 pm

LOL!!!.... Ypu can loose the battle but still win the war. She lost her composure so you won. Water dries quicker than nanny tears. :cry:

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Post by tonybennett9 » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:39 pm

everyone was laughing but her hahah. i was really fucking drunk and still handled it really well didn't freak out just laughed. bangn 30 gram rocks and drinking tigers blood, winning

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