90 1.6L Turbo in NC
#1
90 1.6L Turbo in NC
Hi guys,
New to miatas and turbo-tech (normally lurk over in the e30 forums) and would love some help identifying brands and models of parts on this car. It is currently parked at a friends house so I can't give any more information other than these pictures for now. If you guys know any information on anything you see and have any links to useful posts I am all ears. It is only running on two cylinders right now according to the PO, which doesn't surprise me based on how long it has sat. Might be as simple as old fuel...but thanks for any suggestions!
Since this is my first turbo car I will be doing a lot of general turbo-related research just so i can understand what I've got!
-Evan
P.S. it has a FM link ecu, that much I do know.
New to miatas and turbo-tech (normally lurk over in the e30 forums) and would love some help identifying brands and models of parts on this car. It is currently parked at a friends house so I can't give any more information other than these pictures for now. If you guys know any information on anything you see and have any links to useful posts I am all ears. It is only running on two cylinders right now according to the PO, which doesn't surprise me based on how long it has sat. Might be as simple as old fuel...but thanks for any suggestions!
Since this is my first turbo car I will be doing a lot of general turbo-related research just so i can understand what I've got!
-Evan
P.S. it has a FM link ecu, that much I do know.
Last edited by ecc3189; 06-28-2013 at 03:05 PM. Reason: Fixing picture links
#8
The PO set up everything on this car so i don't know what the original intention was but I traced the lines to coming from the back of the head, splitting with one loop going through the turbo and a parallel loop bypassing it. Then they join again at the front of the engine as you see in the pictures.
Seems like a strange set up to me so I'm curious to hear your opinion.
Seems like a strange set up to me so I'm curious to hear your opinion.
#12
Since it has been so long since I started this thread, I guess I should reintroduce myself! I fnally have a garage to work on the miata and I am really excited to get this beast running
Here are some actual pictures of the car:
There are a lot of electrical and mechanical gremlins to work through since the car has been sitting for a while, but it has lots of potential!! Do you guys think I need a new main relay??
I've been lurking around here a lot lately and I've already learned a ton. One thing I have to investigate is why my ISCV is buzzing like a utility transformer when it is plugged in. Probably need to replace it with the main relay. One plus side is that the gas tank looks like new inside I was expecting sludge...
Here are some actual pictures of the car:
There are a lot of electrical and mechanical gremlins to work through since the car has been sitting for a while, but it has lots of potential!! Do you guys think I need a new main relay??
I've been lurking around here a lot lately and I've already learned a ton. One thing I have to investigate is why my ISCV is buzzing like a utility transformer when it is plugged in. Probably need to replace it with the main relay. One plus side is that the gas tank looks like new inside I was expecting sludge...
#18
Yeah, I missed that at first glance. The comp side looks a little big for a stock DSM T25. I just figured the PO had trimmed off the cast elbow so it would point down instead of forward.
Either way, that mani is most likely short-lived. There's no quality mass produced DSM footprint manifold for the Miata market. You'll have to go custom once that thing cracks in half if you want to keep that turbo.
Either way, that mani is most likely short-lived. There's no quality mass produced DSM footprint manifold for the Miata market. You'll have to go custom once that thing cracks in half if you want to keep that turbo.
#19
There are a bunch of things on this car that probably won't last too much longer and are only on there to get the car back to running. My plans are to change out the turbo to something that will give me 300 reliably with a fast spool-up. I haven't gotten into doing the research yet on what that will take but I'm hoping it is reasonable with a 1.6 with 9:1 compression pistons.
#20
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What a colossal mess.
Your water lines are improperly routed, your ecu is ancient and possibly dangerous, your zip ties are fornicating, your hose clamps are trying to keep up with the zip ties, your cam gears are jaundice, and the potential leak points are too numerous to count.
Time to get to work.
Your water lines are improperly routed, your ecu is ancient and possibly dangerous, your zip ties are fornicating, your hose clamps are trying to keep up with the zip ties, your cam gears are jaundice, and the potential leak points are too numerous to count.
Time to get to work.