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My turbo na ran for the first time!

Old Feb 19, 2022 | 09:17 PM
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Default My turbo na ran for the first time!

Put the engine back in today and it did really well. Started quickly and idles nicely. AFRs and oil pressure look great.
Problems- It leaks oil from the turbo lines. Will be a pain to fix but I'll get it done. It has a small coolant leak, not a problem. It has horrible lifter tick now. Maybe that's just from sitting for a long time? The manifold started smoking. I'm hoping that's just grime and fingerprints and oil and crap burning off... I hope.
Anyways I think it went pretty well, let me know what you think of it.

Video of the car-

Thanks everyone who's helped me along the way so far and answered my dumb questions
Old Feb 20, 2022 | 01:18 PM
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Congrats, I like the color on it. What setup do you have on it? Flyin miata?
Old Feb 20, 2022 | 04:55 PM
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Congrats, I like the color on it. What setup do you have on it? Flyin miata?
FM custom spec kit and MSPNP2
Old Feb 20, 2022 | 10:01 PM
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Bravo!!!
Good old lifter tick! If it's a brand new manifold I'd expect it to smoke a bit, just oils and contaminants burning off as it gets hot. Same goes for a used manifold I guess.
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