decided to paint manifold black





timed:


EGR block off plate done


coolant bypass block off plate done

 

So your the guy blowing up all the Facebook pages. :P

 

i like attention, what cna i say

 

the progress so far.

 

Pick 3 threw me for a loop. For a sec I thought you were going to put the turbo on backwards haha.

 

we finally started her yesteday!
so awesome.

 

Video?

 

 

 

Just remember, while a "special edition" the STO is commonly referred to as Stuff Taken Off, including the Torsen rear end. Might start looking for one unless you are planning on a one tire fire machine.

Nice build, though.

 

the ****?
yes, no torsen on this one....****.

 

Yep, rumor has it that Mazda was trying to clean up leftover parts before the switch to the NB so they grouped together what they had, slapped a new color on it and called it a SE. That's why it was such a mish-mash of random parts that weren't ever put together in other packages.

 

lol, **** me.

nice.

 

SS Braided Brake lines all around.

yes, i need rotors, aSAP

 

we also got the MSPNP yesterday, so wiring up that as well...gonna be a fun day.

 

when you put the escalade hose on the water neck, did you trim that end?

 

yes, had to..because the house makes a weird turn. so we measured and cut.

here is first start up:

 

Do you know how much you cut? I think I cut mine either too much or too little, because it's pinched between the manifold and the chassis that's between the shocktower and the firewall

 

No piping but the stock air intake.

 

to tell you the truth, i dunno...i don't even know if we have the remaining somewhere, if i do, i'll snap a pic.
but it was right before the weird last turn it makes, it matched perfectly.

also, depends on which direction you installed..so make sure you take that into consideration.

lol, yea...we need to take the car in to a shop for them to do a custom FMIC as we did not want to make a DIY, million coupling interncooler kit.

the hole idea was that it started and now we can move onto the MS