Exploded MX-5
#4
Car blew up because you put as much thought and effort into your car as you did into your first post.
Welcome to the site, do us a favor and post your "for sale" thread before you tear the car up any more. We don't expect you to be able to ever fully repair the car, rather the expectation is that you'll buy a bunch of new parts, tear the car apart, and never put it back together again.
Don't.
Just sell it.
And buy a 240.
Welcome to the site, do us a favor and post your "for sale" thread before you tear the car up any more. We don't expect you to be able to ever fully repair the car, rather the expectation is that you'll buy a bunch of new parts, tear the car apart, and never put it back together again.
Don't.
Just sell it.
And buy a 240.
#9
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your 98 RON is our 93 R+M/2
I'm going to estimate that your 160 kW on a dynapack is ~250 whp on a dynojet (converted and fudged up 15%). I'd say it was pretty clear that you were running on the hairy edge of an NB motor.
Consider your car another statistical data point under the big bell curve of "my NB blew up at 250 rwhp"
I'm going to estimate that your 160 kW on a dynapack is ~250 whp on a dynojet (converted and fudged up 15%). I'd say it was pretty clear that you were running on the hairy edge of an NB motor.
Consider your car another statistical data point under the big bell curve of "my NB blew up at 250 rwhp"
#11
This video shows dynapack displaying lower power levels:
I’ve seen it the other way on dyno charts and also the same.
My car was likely between 190 hp and 240 hp I think.
Set up is a T25 or T25G from the HKS turbo kit sold in Japan. It was exported to NZ on an f-con and then switched to a greedy blue e manage piggyback with oxygen clamp and wide band. I’m now switching to a link G4 amongst other changes. I don’t think it was the fudgey piggy back set up that blew the ring land though.
In any case ill post on any interesting discoveries, my new set up and the VVT build im working on.
My car was likely between 190 hp and 240 hp I think.
Set up is a T25 or T25G from the HKS turbo kit sold in Japan. It was exported to NZ on an f-con and then switched to a greedy blue e manage piggyback with oxygen clamp and wide band. I’m now switching to a link G4 amongst other changes. I don’t think it was the fudgey piggy back set up that blew the ring land though.
In any case ill post on any interesting discoveries, my new set up and the VVT build im working on.
Last edited by David Buckleton; 02-19-2014 at 06:49 AM.
#15
Dude, no, stop.
Megasquirt.
Megasquirt.
Im thinking it was either bad tuning or a dirty injector.
I suspect fuelling though.
Do you have a wideband?
Its the blue hoses. They only support 10psi.
#18
I want to do something a bit cool, a bit different. So I’m going to focus on head work, cams and VVT. Its a pretty asthmatic engine so it will be interesting to see the results. I have a feeling it will livin it up and give the engine a responsive feel.
I have the standard 99 1.8 in my car.
I have another a day over due to be delivered with a spare 6 speed and the VVT arriving tomorrow. Fingers crossed its got its loom :-(
I ideally wanted a BP-D from the Familiar GTR or GT-AE but can’t find one. The crank set up is nice in those. Im pretty worried about my crank, also the 6 speeds in general.
The VVT crank set up is slightly nicer than my 99 and VVT is fascinating.
Ill drop the standard 99 in for now, tune at 8ish psi on a G4. Tear down my blown 99 and build the VVT.
The G4 should run VVT. I think its just a solenoid that’s on or off. I did look in to MS units but the 3 tuners i spoke to hated them and wont work with them. The only MS tuner i could find was in a nearish city but works from a garage dyno and doesn’t have the same rep as the guys in my home city. I want to work with a guy who tunes race cars and i found one who does V8 super cars and use to work on Mazda 323’s so he knows the BP’s well. He wont work with me if i go MS and i wouldn't know what to do on my own.
The valve cover sure is shiney, the engine bay is full of shiney **** so i don’t understand why it shouldn't be good for as much as 18 psi. Just one of those things i guess.
I have the standard 99 1.8 in my car.
I have another a day over due to be delivered with a spare 6 speed and the VVT arriving tomorrow. Fingers crossed its got its loom :-(
I ideally wanted a BP-D from the Familiar GTR or GT-AE but can’t find one. The crank set up is nice in those. Im pretty worried about my crank, also the 6 speeds in general.
The VVT crank set up is slightly nicer than my 99 and VVT is fascinating.
Ill drop the standard 99 in for now, tune at 8ish psi on a G4. Tear down my blown 99 and build the VVT.
The G4 should run VVT. I think its just a solenoid that’s on or off. I did look in to MS units but the 3 tuners i spoke to hated them and wont work with them. The only MS tuner i could find was in a nearish city but works from a garage dyno and doesn’t have the same rep as the guys in my home city. I want to work with a guy who tunes race cars and i found one who does V8 super cars and use to work on Mazda 323’s so he knows the BP’s well. He wont work with me if i go MS and i wouldn't know what to do on my own.
The valve cover sure is shiney, the engine bay is full of shiney **** so i don’t understand why it shouldn't be good for as much as 18 psi. Just one of those things i guess.
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I'm not even going to read anymore of your jibber jabber.
Doing things "cool and different" is a quick way to end in utter failure a good majority of the time.
Make a build thread.
Post pictures of cats.
Maybe a few of the car.
Let us know how it turns out.
Said no successful person ever.
Doing things "cool and different" is a quick way to end in utter failure a good majority of the time.
Make a build thread.
Post pictures of cats.
Maybe a few of the car.
Let us know how it turns out.
and i wouldn't know what to do on my own.
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