BARK's Turbo Roadster

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BARK's Turbo Roadster

Postby bark » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:27 pm

Ok I've had this car about 2 years now I think, it's an 89 NA6 JDM Eunos Roadster.

When purchased it was pretty much standard but had 95k km's, 14x6\" aftermarket wheels, cat back exhaust and a replacement HKS air filter.

Here it is below as purchased...

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Mod's carried out thus far
- Tein Flex Suspension
- Upgraded to NB brakes
- 17\" Osaka rims
- Megasquirt PNP
- Greddy gear knob
- Greddy TD05-16g turbo
- Greddy SUS manifold
- Greddy external wastegate
- Greddy plumb back BOV
- Intercooler
- B6T rods and pistons
- ARP head studs
- K&N pod filter
- D1 Spec oil catch can
- Rebuilt engine
- Xtreme heavy duty organic clutch
- IL clear indicators and reflectors

Here's how it looks today pretty much...

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Engine bay...

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Emissions (RG240) test result from Bell's Automotive

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Soon I'll be able to post my Regency emissions test result!

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SuperMazdaKart
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Postby SuperMazdaKart » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:28 pm

eh? you got the Mia Tia twins dressed up in Dinoco blue??

looks good, hopefully you'll succeed in your Adelaide legal turbo conversion. your pioneering will give the rest of us some hope :lol:
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Postby Lucky_Luke » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:13 pm

Looks tops bark! Nice to finally see it!

Let us all know how you go with the regency men.. fingers Xed!

L.

bark
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Postby bark » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:48 pm

Thanks guys.

Well I took the car down to Regency this morning and it failed... The cause of the failure is being investigated now and it looks like I may have an intermittent fault somewhere - I'm suspecting maybe a fuel pump. All went well bar the last 60 seconds where a fair load is placed on the car which highlighted a mis of some sort.

The project continues! Will keep you posted.

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Postby silvermx5 » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:21 am

awesume a pioneer. i want to do this but after talking with jason at MRE aka miatasport he explained to me that no after market computer will pass regancy .i had thought about leaving the standard computer running a turbo on 0 to 1 pound to meet emishons they also explained that a fresh motor with 10.000 ks on it with out the turbo will also have a hard time meeting the standard adelaide is represive ! sounds like ya real close tho :) yer i know i carnt spell

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Postby bark » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:39 pm

silvermx5, do not be put off by one's opinions, education and perseverance is the key. Whether a vehicle passes emissions or not largely comes down to the tuner and some respect the ECU. The ECU needs to have the programmability for the tuner to meet the emissions standards. The tuner needs to have an appreciation of combustion and the gases that make up combustion in order to be able to tune for emission standards.

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Postby Disco » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:56 pm

Sorry to take this on a bit of a tangent, but I have been told pretty much the same as silvermx5 just mentioned and something occured to me. Is it not the case that being 1989 you may be able to get away with it (pre 89 regs and 26 ADRs) but anything later (such as mine :( ) has to meet 1996 emissions regs (good luck :roll: ) and 36 ADRs? I do of course like the philosophy that it can be done.

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Postby bark » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:01 pm

Disco, as my vehicle is an 89 model I must meet the original emission requirements that were placed on this engine (i.e. non turbo). I'm not sure if the emissions requirements change from 89 to 96 as you elude to...

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Re: BARK's Turbo Roadster

Postby bark » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:40 pm

Have just received my bigger injectors (550cc's), just need to get my bigger exhaust, then off for a retune with a bit more boost. My stock exhaust is struggling to cope from about 5,400rpm - it's just too small.

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Re: BARK's Turbo Roadster

Postby bark » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:07 pm

Been a while since I have updated...

Improvements now added and to add are:
6UL 15x9 with 225/50/15
3 bar map sensor
550cc injectors
dual feed fuel rail
949 racing engine mounts


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