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Originally Posted by Orion ZyGarian (Post 380943)

What a great idea :rolleyes:

Water injection works, but it should be used as a supplemental system at most. I really like it myself, but no way would I NOT use an intercooler when turboing something.

Can it be done? Of course! If you're on a budget and not going for much power, you can definitely skip the BOV and IC. You'll want more power eventually though, so you'll have to replace the piping with an intercooler. After, you could try a WI setup, but have to understand how risky it is.

dude why the hell do you bash all the WI standalone shit is it that daunting to just fuckin design and maintain to you or have you nvr used it?

No, but I dont need to destroy an engine from running out of water in boost or inject too much water (again) accidentally to know it happens.

Like I said, I'm a fan of water injection, but instead of an intercooler? Thats pretty shady. Again, WI is a supplemental setup, not a passive setup.

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Originally Posted by Orion ZyGarian (Post 381379)

So my prior success has been a fluke? If a dumb boy in KY can do it what can't anyone else serius man just cause ur to scared to try shit u shouldnt stear others away. If we all did that then no one would have gotten past the kits offered on these cars. I do believe to run a WI setup it takes half a brain and to maintain it is simpler than slap a IC in the front overheat ur motor cause ur rad is to small and u have to run ur AC then spin bearings cause u use regular rotella oil that broke down almost completle about 50 miles after u stuck it in the car. "Oh no oil lasts atleast 3k miles" WI is fine as a standalone complex dude u just have to pay attention.
But hell a damn 200+whp miata will put u in the ER rather easily if you dont pay attention to it either so hmm seems to me they call to the same type person.

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Originally Posted by karmasutra (Post 380767)

Hi:
Im have a miata 1.6 1993 I want to put some turbo on it. nothing great and not to much psi. Just add a little push power to the engine.
Can I do it without intercooler?

thanx

Angel:eek5:

Thats what i said when i first turboed! everyone will start at low and ...BAM! your wallet is empty..cause your addicted to high boost!!!and high boost cost a lot of money...:giggle:

you and me both man its crazy how shit can just stack up and then bam ur shit is way badder than u thought it could be.

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Originally Posted by magnamx-5 (Post 381610)

All I'm saying is that WI is not a good system to use by itself. WI should NOT be used instead of an intercooler.

It also helps to be able to understand someone with proper grammar ;). I can barely tell what you're saying.

You are right Orion u dont understand. Put ur turbo where ur mouth is and do something until then u dont know shit. And have no room to talk about what anyone has done or what is capable.

i reckon if he put his turbo where his mouth is, he'd run about 10psi.

18 actually, but not on a Miata. Also intercooled.

I'm done in this thread.