Absurdflow Low Mount (A/C P/S friendly)
07-11-2009, 04:42 PM
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I have a thermostat housing from some random car in the junkyard that made a pretty neat water pump inlet. Tapped it for a 1/8 pipe to 5/16 barb for the throttle body return.
I'm pretty sure you could take a standard Miata lower radiator hose, cut and splice it in the middle (like Begi does anyway) and get to the standard Miata lower radiator point from there. Total cost is about $10, not counting the hose. I have a Volvo radiator, so I had to go across the front of the engine to the pass. side.
I'm digging your manifold. Already pointed Dr. Turbo to this thread and told him to give you money.
I'm pretty sure you could take a standard Miata lower radiator hose, cut and splice it in the middle (like Begi does anyway) and get to the standard Miata lower radiator point from there. Total cost is about $10, not counting the hose. I have a Volvo radiator, so I had to go across the front of the engine to the pass. side.
I'm digging your manifold. Already pointed Dr. Turbo to this thread and told him to give you money.
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07-11-2009, 04:51 PM
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However the entire kit installed (18x12x3 core bar/plate intercooler) is costing this buyer less than a BEGI S3 kit's retail price. He's also getting the BEGI cast intake with 70mm mustang TB & one of my full 3" exhausts with metal core cat...gonna be pretty slick.
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07-12-2009, 11:21 PM
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I've had to address all these issues, too, as I'm doing a low-mount WRX turbo with A/C and PS. The WG flapper arm was too close to the steering shaft until I rocked it upward, and that is going to require short-radius elbows.
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08-01-2009, 12:13 PM
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More pics. Awaiting customer's car from Paul, hopefully picking it up tomorrow.
http://www.absurdflow.com/acpst2.html
http://www.absurdflow.com/acpst2.html
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08-02-2009, 10:52 PM
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Any chance at all for a 1.6 version?
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08-03-2009, 07:11 PM
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Sure, but you are on your own for making a downpipe. I do not have a 1.6 car to verify fitment.
There is A LOT of custom stuff that needs to be done to make this fit and clear the air conditioning and power steering.
I found out that ed's ABS car has the windshield washer tank in the inner fender (where I want to run the intercooler pipe) and the filler neck goes right where the intercooler sits on 98% of our cars.
There is A LOT of custom stuff that needs to be done to make this fit and clear the air conditioning and power steering.
I found out that ed's ABS car has the windshield washer tank in the inner fender (where I want to run the intercooler pipe) and the filler neck goes right where the intercooler sits on 98% of our cars.
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08-03-2009, 08:56 PM
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Sounds like a trip to the pick-your-part is in order. Somewhere, there's probably another car with a tank that will work perfectly.
That's why we are all here in DIY. Ed probably doesn't want to pay Tim for lifting hoods at the junkyard.
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08-03-2009, 10:08 PM
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NB washer tank is back on the passenger-side fender. Or is that where the ABS block lives?
Sounds like a trip to the pick-your-part is in order. Somewhere, there's probably another car with a tank that will work perfectly.
That's why we are all here in DIY. Ed probably doesn't want to pay Tim for lifting hoods at the junkyard.
Sounds like a trip to the pick-your-part is in order. Somewhere, there's probably another car with a tank that will work perfectly.
That's why we are all here in DIY. Ed probably doesn't want to pay Tim for lifting hoods at the junkyard.
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08-03-2009, 10:31 PM
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Sure, but you are on your own for making a downpipe. I do not have a 1.6 car to verify fitment.
There is A LOT of custom stuff that needs to be done to make this fit and clear the air conditioning and power steering.
I found out that ed's ABS car has the windshield washer tank in the inner fender (where I want to run the intercooler pipe) and the filler neck goes right where the intercooler sits on 98% of our cars.
There is A LOT of custom stuff that needs to be done to make this fit and clear the air conditioning and power steering.
I found out that ed's ABS car has the windshield washer tank in the inner fender (where I want to run the intercooler pipe) and the filler neck goes right where the intercooler sits on 98% of our cars.
I don't have p/s so that's done, whats with the a/c?
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08-03-2009, 10:42 PM
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The A/C cools the ventilation air. I think.
With the standard orientation manifold (of which Sav's v-band is based), it'd be a real bitch (impossible?) to get the airfilter-to-turbo pipe there. In order to fit it with the A/C compressor on Ed's car (this thread), I had to put the turbo back a few inches and rotate it a few degrees.
A 1.6 version of the manifold in this thread (A/C friendly) is sorta a guess...not sure where the 1.6 engine exhaust ports are in relation to the 1.8. It's pretty tight, a few degrees or half an inch off any direction and you'd be into things that don't bend easily.
With the standard orientation manifold (of which Sav's v-band is based), it'd be a real bitch (impossible?) to get the airfilter-to-turbo pipe there. In order to fit it with the A/C compressor on Ed's car (this thread), I had to put the turbo back a few inches and rotate it a few degrees.
A 1.6 version of the manifold in this thread (A/C friendly) is sorta a guess...not sure where the 1.6 engine exhaust ports are in relation to the 1.8. It's pretty tight, a few degrees or half an inch off any direction and you'd be into things that don't bend easily.
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08-24-2009, 08:42 AM
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So you are looking for someone to change out an entire turbo setup at a dyno day? Right. The best that was done was an intake manifold swap.
From the spool thread, which is the best data available:
You can also page thru here, for the same car with different setups (Paul's cars), all on same dyno.
Index of /dynoruns
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08-24-2009, 09:13 AM
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I'm not saying it's no good, I just like actual hard data, and if you did post up some hard data by dynoing your own manifold to someone else's, you can prove its worth, and that would be a great selling point for you, might make more money. I like your manifold.
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