greddymx5

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nothing russian about this.. It is a dutch mx5 with jr supercharger.
I know this guy personally. The boy in the car is his son.
It is a school project (leaking out all over the internet)

speedf50

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This is a damn good idea. There is a huge market for cheaper 1.8 turbo kits as all of the begi and fm stuff (although good) is very expensive. If you could compete with the price of say a mp45 supercharger or a greddy kit then you would probably have trouble making these fast enough!

akaryrye

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could be just valvetrain noise like what you hear when its time to change the oil. It makes a ticking which has been a good indicator for an oil change imo in the past, but it usually makes more noise at idle and cruise? ...

Savington

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If it only happens in boost, it's detonation. Without timing control at 8psi, it doesn't surprise me at all.

m2cupcar

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with15* base timing, I don't see how it couldn't be detonation

Markp

That motor may not be long for this world.

Mark

Loki047

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urbansoot any deals on a gt2560?

UrbanSoot

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loki, you have pm.

updates: intercooler is on! just need to cut some **** here and there and put bumper back on. god dammit! putting intercooler on 1.8L is such a job!!!!!

timing is at 5* now and car is slow :/
going to bum it back up to about 8-10* and hook up water injection. lets see what happens!

will get pics tomorrow most probably.

Braineack

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why didn't you flip the water lines to point towards the radiator?

UrbanSoot

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i didnt have time to play with it so i just installed it the way it came. it works and thats what is important

UrbanSoot

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UrbanSoot

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i need new hood now - accidentally cut a hole in it :/

disturbedfan121

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i have a stock red hood if ya want it....

cjernigan

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How do you accidentally cut a hole in a hood? Kit turned out good. How do you like it?

Edit: Just looked at the pics again, realized it was probably done while notching the hood for the IC pipe.

UrbanSoot

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right on my friend. and it STILL doesnt properly close! i think i need to switch to 2" pipe there because right now i have 2.5"

ps: i just covered it with boss frog sticker and it looks/works allright for now


just need to finish my megasquirt wiring and hook up water injection finally! and its done... by any chance, anyone in LA wants to give me a hand with MS wiring?

cjernigan

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I see, If I was you I would have used 2" piping with the 2-2.5" coupler at the IC. Would have worked alot better I bet.
Just make that hood into one super kickass vented one. You'll want it for track duty and whatnot anyway.

magnamx-5

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Urbam you have a nice build going on there bud

Braineack

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please remove front grill; it hurts my eyes.

Splitime

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Probably kills airflow too...

UrbanSoot

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it actually works quiet nice (grill). no airflow restriction because it has really large openings and very small mesh gauge. if i remove it, it exposes my intercooler to every cop around which is definitely not a good thing. with grill, it actually doesnt look that bad. AND, if i pop my headlights, it looks like my car is smiling

later on i am planning to start making those "bumper teeth" so once i do, i will make sure to fabricate one which will not restrict airflow and will hide my intercooler

as of cut on my hood - sticker works for now. if i decide to make it "vented" - it will be real pain in the butt because cut is about 1" from beginning of hood right next to (and a little bit over) driver-side stripe.

magna - thanks