Reloacated AFM - pics
05-04-2007, 08:32 AM
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I did exactly the same - makes it a whole lot nicer IMO.
Never gets warm, the restriction is now zero - even at full load and the engine seems to like it too! Must be the cardboard box it's sat in that helps I think though!
Here's what mine looks like now (sans AFM)...
I've never had any problems not running the crank case breather either - been running it VTA for years now and never seen any problems at all!
Never gets warm, the restriction is now zero - even at full load and the engine seems to like it too! Must be the cardboard box it's sat in that helps I think though!
Here's what mine looks like now (sans AFM)...
I've never had any problems not running the crank case breather either - been running it VTA for years now and never seen any problems at all!
hey looks like mine
mmmmmm. direct airflow.
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05-04-2007, 04:32 PM
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All is not as good as first thought with the new relocation.
Ever since owning the car the temp guage has never gone over the half way mark.
Today it did sitting in traffic. Not all the way over to the red but a fair bit over. Coolant was not boiling though.
I think it is down to the air filter being directly above the fan which is extracting hot air from the radiator straight in to the air filter?
Any other explanations?
Ever since owning the car the temp guage has never gone over the half way mark.
Today it did sitting in traffic. Not all the way over to the red but a fair bit over. Coolant was not boiling though.
I think it is down to the air filter being directly above the fan which is extracting hot air from the radiator straight in to the air filter?
Any other explanations?
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05-04-2007, 04:45 PM
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I've got essensially the same setup as you tabs, although at 7psi. going from N/A to turbo (with afm right off turbo) I saw a small spike in normal coolant temps. sans turbo, the needle was a needle's thickness away from the bulb in the termometer icon. now its just barely touching (it moved about a needles thickness hotter)
aka, no problems overheating.
aka, no problems overheating.
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05-06-2007, 12:51 PM
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Creep around on my SC mirror site for some AFM relocations. On John Evan's page you can see a few things that he did (including moving the AFM to the cold side of the engine):
http://www.lightweightmiata.com/sebr...vans/index.htm
http://www.lightweightmiata.com/sebr...vans/index.htm
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06-22-2007, 06:14 PM
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here is mine, changed a bit since the photo, will post a newer one up when I get a chance.
engine2.jpg
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06-23-2007, 06:48 AM
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All is not as good as first thought with the new relocation.
Ever since owning the car the temp guage has never gone over the half way mark.
Today it did sitting in traffic. Not all the way over to the red but a fair bit over. Coolant was not boiling though.
I think it is down to the air filter being directly above the fan which is extracting hot air from the radiator straight in to the air filter?
Any other explanations?
Ever since owning the car the temp guage has never gone over the half way mark.
Today it did sitting in traffic. Not all the way over to the red but a fair bit over. Coolant was not boiling though.
I think it is down to the air filter being directly above the fan which is extracting hot air from the radiator straight in to the air filter?
Any other explanations?
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