MKTurbo Sale Thread
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I did find someone wanting to trade a mini truck for a miata on CL. I seriously thought about it, but decided to pass. Mostly because I am not sure what I would use a mini truck for besides the lolz.
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For everyone getting their kits and doing their porting, I've been asked a few times how I did mine. I looked back and it looks like I was inconsiderate and didn't take pictures of the completed port job. However, the picture below shows everything you need to know about my port job. I put chalk on the flapper and closed it a few times to leave a chalk outline of the flapper. I outlined that with sharpie, then set to work.
Sharpie line is where the outline of the flapper. Red line is approximately where I cut out.
The only thing I did was enlarge the hole, leaving about a 2mm rim all the way around to make a good seal with the flapper. I took measurements before and after, and this added about 30% to the area. Airflow is proportional to the area of the hole, so this allows 30% more airflow. The whole thing took 1 hour including taking apart the turbo, measuring, cutting, cleaning, and putting it back together.
The result is that when the wastegate is wired open, I get no positive boost (less vacuum than full vacuum, but less than 100kpa) all the way to redline. With the wastegate in action, no boost creep.
Also, for the record, I did no channeling, which IMHO is for people who don't understand physics.
Sharpie line is where the outline of the flapper. Red line is approximately where I cut out.
The only thing I did was enlarge the hole, leaving about a 2mm rim all the way around to make a good seal with the flapper. I took measurements before and after, and this added about 30% to the area. Airflow is proportional to the area of the hole, so this allows 30% more airflow. The whole thing took 1 hour including taking apart the turbo, measuring, cutting, cleaning, and putting it back together.
The result is that when the wastegate is wired open, I get no positive boost (less vacuum than full vacuum, but less than 100kpa) all the way to redline. With the wastegate in action, no boost creep.
Also, for the record, I did no channeling, which IMHO is for people who don't understand physics.
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1.5 more setups should go out today. That then leaves 6 more the GB list that need to get theirs. 3 of those should be hand delivered in 2 weeks. The other 3 should go out after that.
I just spend more money on getting more mid pipes made. Should be picking them up at the end of the month. I just need turbo's to get back in stock so I can start taking new orders.
I just spend more money on getting more mid pipes made. Should be picking them up at the end of the month. I just need turbo's to get back in stock so I can start taking new orders.
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1.5 more setups should go out today. That then leaves 6 more the GB list that need to get theirs. 3 of those should be hand delivered in 2 weeks. The other 3 should go out after that.
I just spend more money on getting more mid pipes made. Should be picking them up at the end of the month. I just need turbo's to get back in stock so I can start taking new orders.
I just spend more money on getting more mid pipes made. Should be picking them up at the end of the month. I just need turbo's to get back in stock so I can start taking new orders.