99 MK turbo gamma test
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99 MK turbo gamma test
Hi y'all. I got my turbo goods from Lars the other day (exciting).
I've had megasquirt running in the car since June sometime & installed a flyin miata clutch sometime in november.
Dirty and faceless.
Jam that guy up in there.
throw some pipes on there.
This BOV will hopefully not leak. (Fingers crossed)
more U's!
It is maybe not the best weather for this.
Looking handsome.
So -- mostly everything is in now (The MK turbo kit is very nice & easy to install alone).
I'll be drilling/tapping the oil pan tomorrow sometime and the last couple of intercooler couplers will show up eventually.
While I wait for my 2 remaining silicone elbows I'll wire up my EBC solenoid.
I can't actually get the miata over the snow in the driveway so it'll be stuck here until a big thaw.
I've had megasquirt running in the car since June sometime & installed a flyin miata clutch sometime in november.
Dirty and faceless.
Jam that guy up in there.
throw some pipes on there.
This BOV will hopefully not leak. (Fingers crossed)
more U's!
It is maybe not the best weather for this.
Looking handsome.
So -- mostly everything is in now (The MK turbo kit is very nice & easy to install alone).
I'll be drilling/tapping the oil pan tomorrow sometime and the last couple of intercooler couplers will show up eventually.
While I wait for my 2 remaining silicone elbows I'll wire up my EBC solenoid.
I can't actually get the miata over the snow in the driveway so it'll be stuck here until a big thaw.
#11
Trepanning complete -- managed to catch basically all the shavings with goo.
Fitting in place.
Oil drain line seemed a bit long.
Drain line is connected now with a bit of a jog towards the nose.
EBC solenoid wired up and mounted.
Waiting on some couplers to finish the hot-side charge piping.
Fitting in place.
Oil drain line seemed a bit long.
Drain line is connected now with a bit of a jog towards the nose.
EBC solenoid wired up and mounted.
Waiting on some couplers to finish the hot-side charge piping.
#12
Finished the intercooler piping a week or so ago - need to do a boost leak test soon though.
I had issues originally when I first started it up after turbo installation with lots of oil smoke and oil in the compressor housing, found to be an issue with the drain line kinking/not draining properly. I have on it right now some worm-drive-clamped silicone hose (boo) while I wait for a AN fitting to fix the braided line - proper length drain line fixed the drainage problem, no more oil smoke!
135 degree coupler - charge piping still all 2.5"
Final piece - a BIG U
I also managed to get the car out of my snowy driveway and do some driving around!
Compressor surge was definitely happening, which means I need to make the BOV work (or buy a better one).
The roads were shitty and I was on crappy tires so I couldn't get much into boost without losing traction, but the drive went well.
It worked! As the weather gets better I will find some better roads to fully test (& tune) this thing.
Thanks again to Lars for all the help and for offering this great kit
I had issues originally when I first started it up after turbo installation with lots of oil smoke and oil in the compressor housing, found to be an issue with the drain line kinking/not draining properly. I have on it right now some worm-drive-clamped silicone hose (boo) while I wait for a AN fitting to fix the braided line - proper length drain line fixed the drainage problem, no more oil smoke!
135 degree coupler - charge piping still all 2.5"
Final piece - a BIG U
I also managed to get the car out of my snowy driveway and do some driving around!
Compressor surge was definitely happening, which means I need to make the BOV work (or buy a better one).
The roads were shitty and I was on crappy tires so I couldn't get much into boost without losing traction, but the drive went well.
It worked! As the weather gets better I will find some better roads to fully test (& tune) this thing.
Thanks again to Lars for all the help and for offering this great kit