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12-07-2015, 05:33 PM
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Who knows. Maybe the bearings are shot, maybe there is a crack internally. Unless you stripped the turbo down to the bearings you can't be sure.
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12-07-2015, 08:38 PM
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Please stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge in.
I repeat: stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge installed.
Then wire the wastegate flapper shut as Aidan suggested. Don't go WOT and hold it at that point, just see if it makes more boost than it did before. IF IT GOES TO ALLOFIT BOOST AT THIS POINT, GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE BEFORE YOU BLOW **** UP.
Please don't do anything else til you get the AFR gauge installed.
I repeat: stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge installed.
Then wire the wastegate flapper shut as Aidan suggested. Don't go WOT and hold it at that point, just see if it makes more boost than it did before. IF IT GOES TO ALLOFIT BOOST AT THIS POINT, GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE BEFORE YOU BLOW **** UP.
Please don't do anything else til you get the AFR gauge installed.
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12-07-2015, 08:41 PM
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Please stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge in.
I repeat: stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge installed.
Then wire the wastegate flapper shut as Aidan suggested. Don't go WOT and hold it at that point, just see if it makes more boost than it did before. IF IT GOES TO ALLOFIT BOOST AT THIS POINT, GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE BEFORE YOU BLOW **** UP.
Please don't do anything else til you get the AFR gauge installed.
I repeat: stop searching for boost until you get the AFR gauge installed.
Then wire the wastegate flapper shut as Aidan suggested. Don't go WOT and hold it at that point, just see if it makes more boost than it did before. IF IT GOES TO ALLOFIT BOOST AT THIS POINT, GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE BEFORE YOU BLOW **** UP.
Please don't do anything else til you get the AFR gauge installed.
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12-07-2015, 10:53 PM
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Indeed.
Also, I realize that the AFR gauge is not what's physically stopping the car from building boost. But you need it before you build boost.
Wiring the wastegate flapper shut is the next step, AFTER a proper AFR gauge is installed and working.
Also, I realize that the AFR gauge is not what's physically stopping the car from building boost. But you need it before you build boost.
Wiring the wastegate flapper shut is the next step, AFTER a proper AFR gauge is installed and working.
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12-08-2015, 08:29 AM
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+2 for welding shut. You paid for boost. You should have all the boost all the time. Why compromise?
I'm guessing you have a shitty ebay bov leak to match the shitty ebay exhaust leak. If not that then your IAC is VTA or something.
I'm guessing you have a shitty ebay bov leak to match the shitty ebay exhaust leak. If not that then your IAC is VTA or something.
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12-08-2015, 08:50 AM
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If you don't place a physical barrier between the throttle cable and those exhaust parts it will melt because it is plastic. If it melts and the throttle sticks open, which does happen, you might die in a fire, which is generally considered an unfavorable outcome.
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12-08-2015, 10:07 AM
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yea, I think its good for me. Its a really good learning process that will help me further my miata knowledge as well as automotive. As well as appreciate a well functioning turbo system. Plus by the end of this we will have a really good thread on what to do if you are experiencing a no boost condition.... I told you I would contribute to the community 
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