Low rent turbo MX5... ouch

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:34 am

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)"
:shock:

"It needs: ... an ECU capable of mapping boost levels"

Postby **NitroDann** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:59 pm

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

red devil · Postby **red devil** » Tue May 17, 2011 9:25 pm

It's got an LSD :wink:

bootz · Postby **bootz** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:00 am

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.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Fri May 20, 2011 12:17 pm

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...

Tedsmx5 · Postby **Tedsmx5** » Sat May 21, 2011 4:51 am

It's mostly red that's a plus

Ted

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Thu May 26, 2011 9:37 am

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.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Thu May 26, 2011 2:20 pm

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 ;)