mx5 turbo

[rhysmate]

In Cork full time man, driving this daily too so its around all the time

[rhysmate]

long over due update!

NCT'd once again. all i needed was a caliper on the back



NCT SPEC!!


Then i got bigger tyres for the front, rubs on full lock but its grand! ill get over that.



Then i noticed an issue with my AFRs. on ful boost they were all over the place and on warmup. well pretty much everywhere,

has a look and saw i was missing some bolts on the turbo



on closer inspection



two sheared studs.

Then Nicolas came to the rescue with a spare flange



the bolts here are M10 for extra stregth. just had to redrill the turbo and fit a new gasket.



Job done



after i remapped it again its running sweet. i also fitted an EBC and just making adjustment so so i can run 1 Bar.

nothing else to report!

[rhysmate]

New Toy





The wastegate port is pathetic so a die grinder will be needed!

[lady89]

ha just saw your thread on here now must show Denis...
btw, still looking into the wheels, didnt forget

[rhysmate]

ha just saw your thread on here now must show Denis...
btw, still looking into the wheels, didnt forget

Thanks Conny!

Men.

Turbo is on. Its goes like this

2000rpm .... No boost


3000rpm... No boost



4000rpm... Whats that slight whooshing sound?



5000rpm.... Brraaaaaaaaa

Holy f**king shit where did that telegraph pole come from!!

Needs tuning though. I got some det up high closer to 190kpa so i loaded some fuel on that shiz till i can get on my mates dyno.

Think i kinda prefer the t25. This will do for now but i might rebuild the t25 and put it back on. I might gain some rpm off the threshold my pulling timing from the cells around where it start to spool initially and add some fuel. Might also try taking away some fuel. Theres arguments for both

Thlughts?

[Dave]

Any updates on this?

[rhysmate]

update!! It's been a while

So i had a few problems with the car a while back.. the return line for the turbo shat itself, and the engine then in turn...shat itself..

This little beast had me going for a while but the lack of power and open diff hurt...i even got checked for aids after i drove it the first time...



so i pulled the engine out of another car (not the aforementioned car)




who said you cant tow with them?

[rhysmate]

i cleaned up the engine





Then the car sat idle for a while.. i bought a lovely van and lifestyled pretty much all the time in that for a while...

said van



Then one day i got upset and got some insurance to cheer me up

behold





the only major update really was the injectors





make no mistake, this car is not clean, and i do not take care of it.. the bodywork is really shit, but the mechanics are fairly solid... thats all i want from it

also





Thanks for reading see you in 2 more years...