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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
went ahead and ordered 6 an fitting I found a really good price on. once they come from the PRC it will be plumbed. i'll have to wait before buying the tune though.
Skyactiv Remote Turbo Build
- Thread starter Chris_Top_Her
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
What I do while I wait for parts to finish this..
Chris, you are building yours from scratch, how hard would it be to retro fit that BRZ system to the CX-5? it looks very similar to what you are trying to achieve
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
It wouldn't fit the dimensions and bends are all the wrong angles/lengths. Not to mention that's like $4000 or more
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Make it sound like this and I'm sold. Ha!
http://youtu.be/I9CYc3M0DVk
This one reminds me of my VR4 in tight quarters, just more insane.
http://youtu.be/CXcWrgTm-qo
http://youtu.be/I9CYc3M0DVk
This one reminds me of my VR4 in tight quarters, just more insane.
http://youtu.be/CXcWrgTm-qo
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
That would be tight lol
that sounds like fun!
So.. is that oil-less turbo considered a "comp" turbo because it fails after one or two "competitions" due to the lack of oil?
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
It uses a special grease vs instead of plumbed oil. When it needs to be serviced, you replace the grease. It still uses water for cooling.
your turbo is just cooled by the oil right?
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
cavalier hotrod lol rear mount turbo v6 swap
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
The fitting are in the us now.. only a few more days..
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Tested the pump and hoses.. no leaks and it pulled from the bucket snd was shooting with the hose vertical. It's quiet too.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
nah, you don't need that. It already sounds good
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Oil dumping that's what I need to address. It could be a couple of issues, I'm leaning towards drainage but I don't have time to spend hours wrenching to trouble shoot like that so i removed everything for break down. Going to make some changes to the oil drainage. I had the turboh clocked so the drain was 45* from vertical, into a 45* drain fitting for max ground clearance. But that could be hinderimg drainage even with the pump. Plus I'll need to double check hoses for any air leaks reducing pum effectiveness.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
That's what I have. I just need to work on placement of thenpump/drain placement and orientation. Ive ordered some new fittings in the meantime.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Ordered a new waste gate that cracks at 1 PSI, opens full by 5-6 psi. It was too short though (and the new arm loop is too small for the flapper) so I cut the threaded portion from the old waste gate, bought two "t screws" (the screw with fangs on it you stick in wood and stuff, then you put a bolt into it), overlapped the thread and jammed them, then welded it.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Didn't see one at home depot lol. I paid like 72c for those 2 nuts. It should ever come apart (even if I hadn't welded it)
