Knee-deep in my current build
Pretty sure those are Nagisa(spelling) auto tower braces Herblenny....
Here: http://www.more-japan.com/Nagisa-Aut...7-p-16261.html
Here: http://www.more-japan.com/Nagisa-Aut...7-p-16261.html
Pretty sure those are Nagisa(spelling) auto tower braces Herblenny....
Here: http://www.more-japan.com/Nagisa-Aut...7-p-16261.html
Here: http://www.more-japan.com/Nagisa-Aut...7-p-16261.html
-J
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From: FL-->NJ/NYC again!
Time for a small update......
I was troubleshooting an odd problem for a while--- oil in charge piping, thus oil out the BOV. Not fun, made a damn mess. A recurring mess at that.
Looked into it more, and there was also oil in my turbo *inlet.* ie, remove air filter and small puddle of oil in the bottom of the inlet.
I had two lines connected there--- catch can and rotor hsg OMP oil squirters.
disconnected the catch can line and just vented the can with a breather filter.
Problem persisted, I was incredulous that it might be the OMP squirters, in my experience they seldom (if ever) fail. Plus, mine were new ones that came with the new engine.
Well, they were definitely bad. Pulled mine (thank god for being single turbo) and tested them. You're supposed to be able to blow through them but not suck..... sounds kinda gross, but that's they way the one-way valves work
Mine had the opposite mojo going on-- you could suck, but not blow.
Installed new ones that Ray at Malloy warranted, this time I used the small oem seq twin solenoid filters that slip right over the nipple. They were a snug fit, but to make sure they didn't go anywhere I used a thin sleeve of heat shrink.
I figured that venting them may be 'safer' than what I was doing before. Although previous they were set up as mazda intended from the factory, perhaps my beast of a 500R was just sucking too much damn air from them
Oh, and a bonus picture...... I would tell the story but it's more fun to let you guys guess
[this filthy car is not mine btw]
I was troubleshooting an odd problem for a while--- oil in charge piping, thus oil out the BOV. Not fun, made a damn mess. A recurring mess at that.
Looked into it more, and there was also oil in my turbo *inlet.* ie, remove air filter and small puddle of oil in the bottom of the inlet.
I had two lines connected there--- catch can and rotor hsg OMP oil squirters.
disconnected the catch can line and just vented the can with a breather filter.
Problem persisted, I was incredulous that it might be the OMP squirters, in my experience they seldom (if ever) fail. Plus, mine were new ones that came with the new engine.
Well, they were definitely bad. Pulled mine (thank god for being single turbo) and tested them. You're supposed to be able to blow through them but not suck..... sounds kinda gross, but that's they way the one-way valves work
Mine had the opposite mojo going on-- you could suck, but not blow.Installed new ones that Ray at Malloy warranted, this time I used the small oem seq twin solenoid filters that slip right over the nipple. They were a snug fit, but to make sure they didn't go anywhere I used a thin sleeve of heat shrink.
I figured that venting them may be 'safer' than what I was doing before. Although previous they were set up as mazda intended from the factory, perhaps my beast of a 500R was just sucking too much damn air from them
Oh, and a bonus picture...... I would tell the story but it's more fun to let you guys guess
[this filthy car is not mine btw]
Last edited by GoodfellaFD3S; Jun 9, 2011 at 05:33 PM.
Time for a small update......
I was troubleshooting an odd problem for a while--- oil in charge piping, thus oil out the BOV. Not fun, made a damn mess. A recurring mess at that.
Looked into it more, and there was also oil in my turbo *inlet.* ie, remove air filter and small puddle of oil in the bottom of the inlet.
I had two lines connected there--- catch can and rotor hsg OMP oil squirters.
disconnected the catch can line and just vented the can with a breather filter.
I was troubleshooting an odd problem for a while--- oil in charge piping, thus oil out the BOV. Not fun, made a damn mess. A recurring mess at that.
Looked into it more, and there was also oil in my turbo *inlet.* ie, remove air filter and small puddle of oil in the bottom of the inlet.
I had two lines connected there--- catch can and rotor hsg OMP oil squirters.
disconnected the catch can line and just vented the can with a breather filter.
Crispy
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From: FL-->NJ/NYC again!
Well boys, I am planning to make the conversion to Evans NPG+ so you may all get the opportunity to fight over the MS 1.3 bar pressure cap
In other news, my new (final?) set of Fikse wheels cleared the border from Canada and are in the USA headed to the IRP shop next week
Profil 5 in 18x9.5 +38 and 18x10 +32...... plan is to roll all four fenders and run 255/35 and 265/35 for the street, probably the Yoko AD08. Either going to swap the tires from my RP1s over, or just buy new tires and sell the RPF1 with tires mounted.
In other news, my new (final?) set of Fikse wheels cleared the border from Canada and are in the USA headed to the IRP shop next week
Profil 5 in 18x9.5 +38 and 18x10 +32...... plan is to roll all four fenders and run 255/35 and 265/35 for the street, probably the Yoko AD08. Either going to swap the tires from my RP1s over, or just buy new tires and sell the RPF1 with tires mounted.
Rich,
18x10's in the rear...don't be a wuss, use 285's
And maybe put the 265's on the front. You have the wheel...don't shortchange yourself on the rubber I ran those widths on 8" and 9" rims.
crispy
18x10's in the rear...don't be a wuss, use 285's
And maybe put the 265's on the front. You have the wheel...don't shortchange yourself on the rubber I ran those widths on 8" and 9" rims. crispy