Some pics of my miata. 94 with a TSE efr 6258 kit
 

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a3c42b8d2c.jpgHood vents have faded from black to a cool (IMO) bronze.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...63e7350a3b.jpgRevlimter warbird gauges
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5308f1ac85.jpgTSE efr 6258
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...169ba37160.jpgHad it up to 276 but brought it down so I don't blow up the stock block and trans.

For God's sake man get that turbo blanket off that EFR, you're going to coke up those bearings. After you do that get that air filter away from the exhaust heat and get a real dyno chart with RPM and torque.


Other than that.....it looks great and makes good power :cool:

too be fair it is a pain to mount an Intake with the TSE kit on a NA.


How many pounds of bewst?

When I got it tuned the dyno was having problems so we had to just go with speed instead of rpm. Annoying but it's running well.
Yea the blanket is no bueno?
As mentioned it's hard to find a good intake spot. My plan was to do a Randall style cowl intake eventually.

i believe it peaks around 15 pounds. Haven't datalogged it since getting this setup - so just from a visual on the boost gauge.

Everything you say scares me.

once upon a time I mounted a 3" cone filter under the popup and ran a 3" pipe from the turbo to that. **Note: the headlight is forever up**

Edit: trying to get a photo of this off of photobucket to post.

When i was learning my welding still.... 10 years ago.
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I had the car professionally tuned. It runs well with no signs of detonation. My buddy who has the data logging laptop hasn't been able to get to it but I'm comfortable that it's running well. What scares you exactly?

http://www.superstreetonline.com/how-to/engine/impp-1103-turbocharger-heat-shielding-fact-fiction/

A heatshield is good, a turbo blanket is bad. Once of them will kill your turbo long term, the other won't. Your article does not talk about why we don't like turbo blankets at all.

The first mistake he made was reading superstreet lol

The turbine housing is the single hottest thing in the entire engine bay. Logically, covering it with a turbo blanket might seem smart, but in reality, you end up getting it so hot that it can actually deform (this is called "slumping") and that damages the turbo pretty quickly. We have some prototype coatings in service right now as an upgrade, and we actually use a different coating strategy for the turbine housing so it doesn't retain quite as much heat as the manifold and downpipe do. You want to run a big heat shield around the entire system, from the rear corner of the engine all the way around to the far side of the turbo forward of the turbine housing, but you don't want to insulate the turbine housing itself like that.

TL;DR: Turbo blanket bad, downpipe wrap good, heat shield good

Thanks for the info. Blanket removed.

QUOTE=Savington;1431562]The turbine housing is the single hottest thing in the entire engine bay. Logically, covering it with a turbo blanket might seem smart, but in reality, you end up getting it so hot that it can actually deform (this is called "slumping") and that damages the turbo pretty quickly. We have some prototype coatings in service right now as an upgrade, and we actually use a different coating strategy for the turbine housing so it doesn't retain quite as much heat as the manifold and downpipe do. You want to run a big heat shield around the entire system, from the rear corner of the engine all the way around to the far side of the turbo forward of the turbine housing, but you don't want to insulate the turbine housing itself like that.

TL;DR: Turbo blanket bad, downpipe wrap good, heat shield good[/QUOTE]

I researched a good amount before buying it and most sources had positive things to say. Overall not worth the risk. Thanks for the info.