TD04/TD05 fitted in place of T25/T28
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Thank you Luke, I am glad you like it ![Giggle](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/gay.gif)
I learned to make meaningless diagrams during 6 sigma training in the 90's and thankfully the skill has stuck.
(Or was that fish bone and not fish bowl?)
Recent stuff... a setup for a 1.6na based around a Volvo td04
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101814-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050331_zpse10e4125.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
with divided merge and male turbo flange
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and a 1.8 set up for a Focus rs t25 turbo. (I started making braided oil feed lines.)
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Flow should be decent
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and a couple of my favorite 1.6na td04-13t setups
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I learned to make meaningless diagrams during 6 sigma training in the 90's and thankfully the skill has stuck.
(Or was that fish bone and not fish bowl?)
Recent stuff... a setup for a 1.6na based around a Volvo td04
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101814-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050331_zpse10e4125.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
with divided merge and male turbo flange
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101815-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050343_zps363da1e0.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
and a 1.8 set up for a Focus rs t25 turbo. (I started making braided oil feed lines.)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101816-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050367_zpsa2940371.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
Flow should be decent
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101817-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050371_zps9d96eb63.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
and a couple of my favorite 1.6na td04-13t setups
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/101818-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050303_zps2d25674e.jpg?dateline=1391380796)
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I worked with a 6 Sigma "black belt" who couldn't find his own *** with both hands awhile back. He was great at painting lines of various colors on the parts department floor for no apparent reason. That guy was so useless.
But I love the fish bowl diagram.
But I love the fish bowl diagram.
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Grasshopper awaits your wisdom. Leafy, teach me lean.
When making the Volvo turbo manifold I came across this, a duratec manifold supposedly made from cast steel. It looks well made.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/102224-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-_57_zps2cfda96a.jpg?dateline=1391639551)
This should also fit the NC I guess. The downpipe would be tight but it looks like it could work as the Volvo turbo housing is shorter than most.
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Meanwhile I made a Californian compliant 80mm downpipe
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(I think 100 mm pipe can fit when using a kink in the middle, must try!)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/103236-td04-td05-fitted-place-t25-t28-p1050440_zps5d42a8d7.jpg?dateline=1392495926)
A t25 set up for a 1.6 na
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and a replacement 1.8 NA downpipe
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I came across some 1.6mm 309 electrodes that work well for exhaust pipes. 35 electrode positive amps and a steady hand give good results.
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Decent penetration, no sugaring or splatter with self cleaning flux. Neat, strong 1 pass welds have never been this easy.
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but looking at how close your strut is to the engine probably this type would not fit either.
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Since then I have made some other serious purchases and recently bought some flat files and a few drill bits.
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The next hurdle in my quest to understand "what is miata?" is truly scary as it involves something I can neither see nor touch..... FIRMWARE
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