My turbo setup (Bottom mount t25)
 

I guess Ill go ahead and start my turbo build thread. Im planning on running a gt2554r to start off with and upgrade to a gt2560 later. My car is a 1.6 with everything upgraded but boost. Torsen, 6puck, coilovers, cage....

I decided to go with a bottom mount manifold for my setup. Having no ac or ps makes things easier :giggle: Everything was made by ARTech formally called Sprayed on the forum. Thanks again for the great work!
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Heres some pics of my downpipe back exhaust.
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Umm nice build but you still have an AC compressor hanging on your motor... If your AC doesnt work. Dump that Junk, Time to go light weight...

{unless those pictures are not from your car}

Anyhow , it all looks well fabbed and nice and low for that strait shot exit.

Goodluck

im liking that downpipe and exhaust for sure

that not my car, just the car it was fabbed on.

want to say thats nice work and seen it in person

sick downpipe

next up will be redoing the lower radiator line. Ill be using a modified lower water outlet. Remember the ac and ps junk wont be on finished setup.
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very nice. Its about time isnt it lol?

I have no idea why I haven't flipped my welded mixing manifold and ran a flex pipe to the radiator. I'd be able to ditch that heavy connecting pipe, and the two bolts it's held on with! Anybody know the part number or make/model/year for a hose that'll fit from a flipped MM to the radiator? If you'd like to get rid of that steel pipe, I pulled it out with vise grips, and drilled and tapped the hole for 1/8" NPT. You can put a plug in it, than a hose barb for turbo water return in the future.

Edit: NM, you already have a water cooled turbo. Could still drill and tap for an AN fitting opposed to the standard slip-joint-with-hose-clamp method.

Looks good bro..
I like the DP and the Wg dump :)

Sprayed is such a good fabricator don't you agree? I absolutly love my manifold by him!!!! holding up strong still!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet! Give me a holla if you need help/when you get it running.

is he local? sweet

More towards cincy iirc.

I probably will. After I get everything setup, Id like to see if you could come give me a hand to get it running on mspnp

Very nice! Sprayed is a better welder than me. Looks pretty. How much did he charge you for the manifold?

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Tim, I wouldn't say that. Your work is very nice, too.

I'm in North Dallas.

The manifold and downpipe were each $250. He got a great deal on the down pipe, because I had extra piping laying around. The next SSDP won't be as cheap. There's a lot of time and materials that go into one.

I'm not sure how yours is angled, but that's one of the stock hoses in the pic. From there it looks like you need a small 90 degree hose and a pipe to join them. The other stock hose is 90 degrees, I bet it could be trimmed to complete the loop.

Ha! I choose my pics wisely. You'll see Hustler's in person. ;)

WWWWhaaaaattt? Damn, 100%ss mani for $250! That's right where my raw material would be for that type of mani, according to my fancy top secret spreadsheet price list. You're gonna put me out of my hobbybusiness bitch hehe. :fawk:

Your solution to the lower radiator hose fix is very slick. I may copy that, good job again.

Do you have a rad hose that fits the new water inlet neck? I'll need the hose so I can drive my car home from your shop/house.

Suddenly turbo miata fab quality is exploding on the scene. We're about to take-over the racetracks around america.

so do you like sleeping with Al Pacino?


Jk...damn nice setup....with a good and easy upgrade path.

I'm going to start saving for a badass custom SS mani right now.

Let me know when you figure it out. Or I will let you know once the water outlet arrives at my house. I plan on just going to the autoparts store to buy some hose or find a piece of pipe to join 2 sections together.

I'd rather get a hardpipe made with 2 silicone or rubber couplers on it. Well, that or go ahead with my desire to replace every clamp fitting with braided nylon hose and aircraft fittings.

SS runners with mild flanges :fawk: keeps the warping (and price) to a minumum.

Credit for the waterneck goes to Hustler. He gave me the idea.

Hustler, we'll reuse your stock hoses. You still have them, right? A section to connect the two can be made from the stock pipe as well.

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yes, hustler is the shit and gets tons of bitches.

Yes, I have the hoses...and a box of Mr. Potato Head hoses. I'm really excited about all this v-band glory.

That set-up looks really good, I wish I could hear it in person once you get it running. For now I have to satisfy myself with hearing mine.

looks great. is it possible to run setup/manifold that with A/C and PS?

Fuck you and your vband!! I want some of that action myself!! :vash:

I'd settle for a shitty hackjob turbo right now..

A/C may be possible, but definitely no p/s

well Im done with redoing the lower water lines. Im very happy with how it all came out.

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tone down the disrespect:
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Hustler,

What were the results of you removing the evap. canister on the passenger side of the car normally located near the headlight. Has it effected idle, or anything else for that matter. Did you loop the lines together, and just delete the canister?

I got ride of mine, just loop it.

Hmm...I never considered reusing that pipe. I assumed you'd get rid of it and route the heater hose under the intake manifold. I guess if it clears the compressor it's fine.

It wont be a big deal if I cant use it anyways. All Id have to do is get another piece of longer hose.

Did you ever get this installed, slutz? I wanna see the finished pictures!

Its coming along. Ive been held up because my local welder wasnt doing any work over the holidays. I had to weld a cast elbow on my compressor housing so thats been a hold up. The intercooler setup is pretty much all done though. Ill post some new pics tommorow prolly.

I wish you didnt run the heater return to the upper hose...good luck with warm up.

ya about the warm up... it really doesnt happen hahaha. Luckily this car doesnt get driven daily. If things are too bad, Ill figure something out

a few pictures, hks bov, flyin miata coldside intercooler pipe, and some interior shots.

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you do realize your rpm gauge is slightly tilted right?

yeah lol. I was bored.

leave him alone.....he is just trying to be diffrent! :giggle:


what did you have to do to it so it still works?

Just tilt the gauge and reset the needle at 0.

reset as in pull the needle off and put it at zero?

Correct! :giggle:

ARTech has some mad welding skills. Mad props to the homie. Wastegate dump looks sexy, it would look even sexier if it was made to route back into the downpipe. slutz4 are you concerned with the loudness of the WG dump? Its going to be a track car by the looks of it. Looks like a really nice setup all together :bigtu:

Damn I'm jealous. That turndown is sick. I made a temporary one out of a u bend. I might have a nice one made or get a full exhaust done soon. :drool:

isn't that stupid loud?

I havent started the car yet since putting on the turbo. Im sure it will be somewhat loud but not that bad. I live in an area where mustangs drive to the dragstrip with open headers. Im sure Ill be ok. Ill make sure to get some good videos once the car is running. But I expect that is still about a month away.

I have almost the exact same exhaust although it's ugly 2.5 mild steel and I have a cat. It's track only loud, but drivable on the street, you just feel like an ass.

straitpipe with a turn down isnt so bad. i have been driving like that for bout 6 months now! :bigtu: its not as loud as i thought it would be! its deff not as loud as most rice burning b-series civics running around......

Nice setup, Im looking forward to getting my ARtech mani and dump setup on my car. Would be interesting to see what numbers your car puts down..

Around here police don't really care about noise. Only once. My friend with a FC got bitched at by a enthusiast cop. He was like, "I'm embarrassed for motorsports when you drive this car on the street. Go to a real track like Sebring! If I ever see this car again I'll ticket you for everything." There are way to many loud redneck trucks, hondas, and bikes out here for them to worry. So I rock the 3" all day.

Ive know people to run around with 2 foot long open downpipes, now thats way too loud.
but if youre getting it out kinda out of the back of the car its not too bad, except for maybe a daily driver.

Build is looking REALLY good man!


No disrespect intended... however, I still say FFFFFUUUU!! (I'm only jealous because I want that manifold/trubo setup!!) :drool:

Getting alot closer to starting this thing. I got my megasquirt pnp finally, turbo is all clocked and ready, hotside pipe done, and wastegate actuator bracket figured out. It took me a long as time to figure out how to mount the wastegate then my uncle suggested an exhaust clamp lol. It should work pretty well. I also made a dual feed fuel rail because I was bored.

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Sick. Does the downpipe end there?

downpipe is about normal length, you can see where the flange is for exhaust dump on that pic.

Basically that dump bolts straight to the downpipe.

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