Thejuice

Hey guys,

Just recently been boosted. Greddy kit. I know... Figured I should join the turbo forum because of the cornucopia of turbo knowledge you guys have and you guys have some great advice =D

cjernigan

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Using the stock Greddy drain line? Make sure its downhill the entire route, last guy i saw with one had it going uphill half the time.
Change your PCV valve, i'm sure yours is spent and is leaking boost into the crankcase.

Rafa

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Welcome; please post your location below your Avatar so that anyone close to you can assist you if needed.

Now, pics or ban!

devin mac

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welcome and congrats. starting to wonder how you ever even drove the car n/a? :-)

levnubhin

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Thejuice

Thanks for the welcome

Here you guys go.
Any discrepancies please let me know. Customed for the most part... I need a manifold because it cracked and was welded. And I don't want to spend 460 on an ETD right now =[

Thejuice

I have the drain line as flowing as possible and tapped right. Some shop, Milano Motorsports, let me have a nice thick greddy blue drain line. I'll check into replacing the PCV valve.

cjernigan

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That filter is huge, never seen one like that. Looks like your thermoswitch isn't hooked up anymore. Do you have the fans jumpered on or do you not use fans?

Thejuice

The filter is a K&N RX7 filter I found laying around at a miata salvage shop. The fans are on at all times. I will soon splice the AC fan (took AC off cause it was leaking) to turn on as well, as long as somebody advices me not to.

boostinboy

Nice car, great work

18psi

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congrats

rotaryjunky

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Welcome, now I know where all of the white miatas are. Represent! (not sure if that is the appropriate use of the expression but what the hell)

Buy a pcv valve from a 323 gtx at the mazda dealer or online.

Joe Perez

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Seems like a bit of a waste to me. As long as the thermostat is working it's not going to over-cool the engine, but there really should be no need for the fans to run all the time.

On my car (also a 1.6) I left the thermoswitch connected and installed a small toggle switch below the radio so that I can flip the fans on if I suspect I'm going to need them- when I'm in stop-n-go traffic on a warm day, or if I've just pulled off the road after running hard and wish to let things cool down for a bit before I shut off.

Decent looking setup, though. I/C plumbing looks well laid-out, good AFM placement (although a better place for it is on the shelf in your garage) and I dig the heatshield- looks like it gives excellent coverage.

Is that a Bell AFPR I see on the shock tower?

Welcome aboard.

Zabac

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All looks good, especially listen to Joe, everything he said is sooooo true.
You do not want those fans constantly going, it is pointless, what you need is a bigger radiator and a lower temp thermostat instead.
Look around for a used mani rather than dropping lots of money on a new one if you are looking to penny pinch...Good Luck

patsmx5

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I wouldn't recommend running the fans all the time. I did that on my 99 and made a 5 hour road trip a couple times and now my A/C fan is going out. It works but makes noise. Was fine before. I suspect running them for hours at a time is what did it.