Newb here- help me ID this turbo
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Hey, guys. Noob here.
Decided to get into the turbo game. This is for my daily driver, and I need it to be perfectly reliable, so my friend who owns a GT500 Mustang told me I should keep the power under 500 HP. So that's my goal. I'm an expert at things, and have a Ph.D. in car stuff, so I've decided to DIY this.
I picked up this turbo at a yard sale last week:
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Don't know much about it, but the guy said it should be adequate for my power goals, and I only paid $30 for it, so even if it's not the most optimum choice, I'm gonna go ahead and base the whole build around it.
Do I need to upgrade anything else on the car? Probably the fuel pump and the struts, I'm sure, but the stock injectors should be ok so long as I block off the return line.
Decided to get into the turbo game. This is for my daily driver, and I need it to be perfectly reliable, so my friend who owns a GT500 Mustang told me I should keep the power under 500 HP. So that's my goal. I'm an expert at things, and have a Ph.D. in car stuff, so I've decided to DIY this.
I picked up this turbo at a yard sale last week:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/meet-greet-40/166191-newb-here-help-me-id-turbo-80-blob_faa8e562be36102b61cb8bcedd4b1057755f51ea.png?dateline=1458674994)
Don't know much about it, but the guy said it should be adequate for my power goals, and I only paid $30 for it, so even if it's not the most optimum choice, I'm gonna go ahead and base the whole build around it.
Do I need to upgrade anything else on the car? Probably the fuel pump and the struts, I'm sure, but the stock injectors should be ok so long as I block off the return line.
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Believe me, if the disco potato was not such an oddly sized turbo to use on a miata I would have one. Way back when I was trying to pick out a turbo for my Absurdflow setup I kept going back and forth between my 2871 and the 2860. At the end of the day the 2871 spools just as well and had a better top end so I went with it.
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You know, the funny thing is that I'd forgotten about the disco potato when I made this post. The potato was supposed to represent, well, just a potato. As in, every worn-out, beat to ****, mismatched, or otherwise utterly useless random turbo out there, like the one from a Dodge somethingorother whose turbine housing is part of the exhaust manifold.
It wasn't meant to actually be relevant to something useful.
It wasn't meant to actually be relevant to something useful.
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Sandy was a jogger the way some people are Catholics. He trotted up Cardiac Hill and told the police of his discovery. Here was a way to avoid a phone trace—the next time the hacker appeared, we'd just duck over to the library and grab the bastard. We didn't even need a court order.
Sandy returned from the police station, still sweating. He caught me practicing a yo-yo trick.
"Cut the clowning, Cliff. The police are all set to run over to the campus and arrest whoever's using those terminals."
Being more accustomed to parking tickets and medical emergencies, the LBL police don't understand computers and are pretty wary of telephone traces. But they had no problem with busting someone breaking into a computer.
"Hadn't we better make sure that it's the hacker, first?" I had visions of some undercover cops staking out a terminal and dragging a librarian into the paddy wagon for checking the Dow Jones industrials.
"It's easy. Call me the next time the hacker shows up. I'll drive down to the library with the police, and we'll see what's on the screen. If it's data from LBL, then we'll leave it to the police."
"Are they gonna stake out the terminal? You know, like in 'Dragnet'? With one-way mirrors and binoculars?"
"Huh? Be serious, Cliff." Sandy jogged away. I guess scientists are graded in seriousness. It reminded me of when I'd filed a student health report, listing under complaints, "Potato Famine." The doctor called me aside and lectured me, "Son, we take health seriously around here."
Sandy returned from the police station, still sweating. He caught me practicing a yo-yo trick.
"Cut the clowning, Cliff. The police are all set to run over to the campus and arrest whoever's using those terminals."
Being more accustomed to parking tickets and medical emergencies, the LBL police don't understand computers and are pretty wary of telephone traces. But they had no problem with busting someone breaking into a computer.
"Hadn't we better make sure that it's the hacker, first?" I had visions of some undercover cops staking out a terminal and dragging a librarian into the paddy wagon for checking the Dow Jones industrials.
"It's easy. Call me the next time the hacker shows up. I'll drive down to the library with the police, and we'll see what's on the screen. If it's data from LBL, then we'll leave it to the police."
"Are they gonna stake out the terminal? You know, like in 'Dragnet'? With one-way mirrors and binoculars?"
"Huh? Be serious, Cliff." Sandy jogged away. I guess scientists are graded in seriousness. It reminded me of when I'd filed a student health report, listing under complaints, "Potato Famine." The doctor called me aside and lectured me, "Son, we take health seriously around here."
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This combination worked ok for a buddy of mine:
2 lbs of potatoes, peeled and diced
7 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 cup of mayonnaise – (I’m a girl myself)
1 tsp yellow mustard
4 TBSP of Salt and pepper to taste
2 lbs of potatoes, peeled and diced
7 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 cup of mayonnaise – (I’m a girl myself)
1 tsp yellow mustard
4 TBSP of Salt and pepper to taste