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Old 01-14-2013, 12:21 AM
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so im trolling ebay and i come across this ad, at first i though it had a huge throttle body, then i realized the blade is missing? how would you run this set up? full throttle 24/7???
Mazda Miata 1 6L Cylinder Head Intake Cams Gears HKS Speed Density Turbo | eBay
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Supercharger?
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Converted to diesel!
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Supercharger?
Honestly, that's the ONLY thing I can come up with... T body on the back of a roots unit.
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Appears to be. I'd be more concerned with the 2 year old who looks to of taken a grinder to the flange. ***** gotta seal your coolant system. I wouldn't trust it to do that.
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Appears to be. I'd be more concerned with the 2 year old who looks to of taken a grinder to the flange. ***** gotta seal your coolant system. I wouldn't trust it to do that.
People think you can run a wire wheel on a machined aluminum surface without ******* it up.
Ive seen people do it to the surface of cylinder heads to get composite headgasket remains of...
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Trust me OP.

You weren't trolling ebay

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Dude thats for use with the double vanos conversion head.
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