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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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Great news everyone!



Tirerack's TR Motorsports C1 15x8 +20 clear TSE 11.75" bbk kit with ample room/clearance.

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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 06:01 PM
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that looks sexi
Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:09 PM
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Aaaaand bad news.



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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:09 PM
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double post fail.
but the shop I got my oil pan/valve cover welded should be able to take care of this. Time for a turbo crane :\
Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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Ugh, thats in a shitty spot too, not where I would have expected it to break from the turbo moving around though.
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That is weird. Its a shorty I was NOT expecting it to fail.
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it's actually in 2 spots, 1 & 4 runners. where do people attach turbo cranes to? valve cover bolts?
Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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That is how Tim made my crane. The crane attaches at 3 points, the lower center head exhaust stud and then 2 valve cover bolts.
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Originally Posted by 18psi
That is weird. Its a shorty I was NOT expecting it to fail.
Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
That is how Tim made my crane. The crane attaches at 3 points, the lower center head exhaust stud and then 2 valve cover bolts.
That'll work, maybe even a bit longer


I could attach it to the wastegate bracket
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 01:38 AM
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last fail for the night


With the T25-to-VBand adapter, the downpipe doesn't fit. Yay. I think I'll be running N/A.
Does anyone have stock 1.8 parts? Exhaust manifold, midpipe, cat, exhaust.
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i think i'll just drive the jeep
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Abe built your mani right? It has teh warranties!
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abe didn't build it
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Bryce
Abe built your mani right? It has teh warranties!
no, it was built by wittyworks
https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...-thread-59615/

he offered to fix it for free. originally i was just going to get it welded up locally + get a turbo crane, but now that i'm parking the car, might as well just mail it to California.
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 03:05 AM
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Well that is good! Besides the whole parking the car and mailing your mani to Cali thing.
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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Get out the sawsall!
Old Aug 12, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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Yep it was me who built the mani! Of course I offered to repair it for free, I feel pretty bad that this happened.

From looking at the pictures more, for it to crack in those two places, I think the two outside runners were being pushed out towards the turbo due to whatever heating/cooling movement the stainless was experiencing. Those two welds are right at the longest leverage point, and it pulled apart at the weld. Bad news bears.

If/when I fix it, I'm also going to put some gusset tabs a la turbo Tim over those two welds, and I will re flatten the flanges because I'm sure they will warp a tad. Bigass belt sander to the rescue.
Old Aug 13, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 18psi
I've been meaning to ask you this many times:

what happened between when you bought the car and now?
Did your ***** finally drop and you became a bauce?
I even made a comment WAY back in this thread about how it went from poverty build to BALLER build in a matter of months......Just curious what led to this point. You're pretty much balling out of control these days and buying top of the line parts. Which is awesome btw
Because he drove my turbo slutcar and decided "Turbo is fun"
Which quickly moved on to "Must beat the turbo slutcar"
This quickly turned into a Russian raging manic overkill!

I am so proud of him



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