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Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:34 am
by zossy1
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1990-MAZDA-M ... 761wt_1139
"It runs and drives great but can be unpredictable at times on boost. (runs lean)" 
"It needs: ... an ECU capable of mapping boost levels" 
Re: Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 6:59 pm
by NitroDann
sh*t yeah, megasquirt and 550's and you got a sweet track beast for 5 grand? oh except for brakes cooling diff 5 speed....
etc etc etc
Dann
Re: Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:25 pm
by red devil
It's got an LSD
Re: Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 2:00 am
by bootz
Oh come on, all the gear he has added should add up to nearly 4K. So basically you are getting the car for FREE!
i think a half finished turbo for this money is good (subject to vehicle inspection and engineering). 1K for tuning and you will be set.
I don't think he is selling it registered so that might cause problems.
Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 12:17 pm
by zossy1
Think eBay... This was done on the cheap. I'm not sure those bits are worth anything like $4k... He didn't even put the fans back in! My guess is his generic eBay FMIC plumbing and turbo outlet piping got in the way...
Re: Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 4:51 am
by Tedsmx5
It's mostly red that's a plus
Ted
Re: Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 9:37 am
by jerrah
Didn't sell.
It has HEAPS of room to put the fans back in from the pictures I can see. It would have taken him 5 minutes to put them in so I'm not sure why he didn't.
Possibly a rising rate fuel regulator on the firewall behind the turbo? Can't have been run long like that it has an unshielded washer bottle in the stock location.
Manifold looks like a tacotaco ebay special, but at least it's not one of those crackandfail 'stainless' jobbies.
Low rent turbo MX5... ouch
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:20 pm
by zossy1
jerrah wrote:Didn't sell.
It has HEAPS of room to put the fans back in from the pictures I can see. It would have taken him 5 minutes to put them in so I'm not sure why he didn't.
Possibly a rising rate fuel regulator on the firewall behind the turbo? Can't have been run long like that it has an unshielded washer bottle in the stock location.
Manifold looks like a tacotaco ebay special, but at least it's not one of those crackandfail 'stainless' jobbies.
Might have removed the fan switch sensor to plumb the turbo feed. Who knows - it's a backyard special ;)