Lex

Since I'm posting a little here, I thought I'd put up a few pics of my BP(T) powered Escort:

LOLA - 92

Kinda looks like it's missing the nuts on the exhaust manifold.........

Lex

Lol, and a lot of other things in that pic, it's an install pic without the heat shields to see the VJ23 turbo.

savior

what are the specs?

Lex

Here are the specs on my car:

Engine:
Mazda GTX (BP) engine swap w/VJ23 at 15-16psi which made 270whp
Megasquirt I Extra controlling fuel and ignition
GTX clutch and flywheel
460cc RX-7 injectors
Vishnu dual feed fuel rail
4-wire TPS
21x9x3 FMIC with 2.5" inlets
Full 2.5" mandrel bent intercooler piping
3" turbo back exhaust
Highflow cat, no resonator
Apexi N1 3" muffler
MSD Blaster SS coil
Walbro 255 l/h fuel pump
B&M short shifter
Solid front and rear motor mounts
Delete A/C, Cruise, and power steering

Suspension:
Ground Control coilovers
Tokico S/R struts
Tokico strut mounts front and back
Front and Rear Corksport upper strut bars
Energy solid swaybar bushings
MX3 rear tie bar

Misc:
MX-3 recaro style front seats
Manual Boost Controller
Autometer A/F, EGT, Boost gauges
AEM wideband O2
Alpine headunit and Clarion front speakers

Lex

Here's the dyno plot. This was not on megasquirt, but on an SAFC with a stock GTX turbo ECU. The 270whp run was quite lean and the second run is what we left it at.

I have not dynoed since the MS install. I am not going to do so until I drop in my newly built motor and LSD. The turbo is a ball bearing one found on the Mazda Familia GTR overseas and is good for 25 psi on the 1.8 (somewhere between the Garrett GT28 and GT30). My goal is 320whp at 22psi.

Lex

For those that don't know, the motor in the 91-96 Escort GT and 90-94 Protege LX is essentially the same motor as the Miata 1.8 BP. Some cars came with this motor in a FWD and AWD configuration overseas were turbocharged from the factory. The most rare is the Familia GTR (looks like a 323) which was rally prepped, AWD, had this large turbo, better internals than any other BP and only 2500 were made worldwide. Stock power at 7 psi was 210hp.

The Miata was the only RWD application of the BP (and B6) motors.