^hmm...vacuum leak maybe?

can you get a vacuum reading?

get back to us after 3-4 drive cycles if it still does it ....

Update!
I spent some time on installing my 2nd greddy turbo kit today, just to give you a brief update after blowing my engine a few days before the so cal annual dyno day i had to remove my turbo kit for a reman engine sent from mazda (once my engine was being replaced my turbo kit was sitting around at home and stolen! so i came across a decent deal on a used greddy turbo kit that had seen better days...nothing bryan from bnr cant fix! hope you like the bnr turbo upgrade pictures....now for the pictures:
reman engine ready to be dropped in
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my photographer for the day (the gf)
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the gf hard at work with mulit-tasking **starbucks fanatic**
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jet hot coating from a local header shop (rewarder header*their shop appears on the tv show rides*)
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the new wheels i will be slapping once the turbo kit is finished!
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turbo finally in!
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More detailed pics to come when i have more time

Awesome man!! Youre car is at the exact same step as mine so all these pics look like my own right now!!

awesome! glad to see things are finally come along again greg!

^^thanks im glad im soo close to being boosted again especially after the obstacles i went through

Man, the turbo and manifold are very nicely done great touch!

What are your plans with existing wheels???????????????!!!!!!!!

i put them up for sale but i might still keep them well see...

Greg, great to see you getting the car back up and running.
keep us posted!

Don't worry, we'll be doing another big Dyno Day at the beginning of the year :)

^^glad to hear that..this time i will take it easy and keep an eye out for my afr's

sweet man .

Any thoughts on why the last motor blew ?

^^once we pulled the motor and spun the crank pulley you could see parts of my apex seal floating around...the night my engine went i did hear marbles in a can and 20 min down the road while still in 6th gear i may have put too much load on the engine to lean it out?? i didnt have my access port hooked up so i wasnt sure where my afr's were

What were you doing when you heard the marbles ? High rpm low rpm WOT ?

You really should try analyse what went wrong before you boost on the new engine ...

when i heard the marbles in a can i was "WOT" i actually took it up to about 120 (stupid me) once the engine is up and running im going to take it easy and hopefully get a tune really soon (when my engine blew i also just corrected a boost leak i had and was spiking to 10 psi and settling down to 8-9psi, previously was at 5 psi at wot)

good to see this thing back in ackshun... cant wait for more pics

if you went from 5 psi to 10 at wot I would suspect your wastegate was sticking somehow . If your tune was any good it would not have mattered .

Nice man - I am working with J Cab right now on his BNR.... I am excited to see how those things perform.

when boost changed was after i corrected the boost leak i had, so when i had a boost leak coming from my bov flange, i had it welded (originally had some weired o-ring on the flange) thats when my boost raised consistantly

Glad to see ya get that car together! Hope it makes it to the magazine shoot here in the next few weeks.

You shouldn't have any problems with the turbo at all. It is balanced to .5 gram in2 and has the best thrust bearing you can put in it. If you have clearance issues with that lower coolant barb, just remove one of the steps in the barb. I didn't think you needed to if you went up with the 2 rubber lines and tied them off somehow.

Beside the emanage, I really favor the greddy kit after the turbo upgrade. That is really nice quality parts and the oil pan is also a very nice piece. After several years the technology got better with the accessport and give better control over tuning which is the most important thing with a rotary.

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thanks for the info bryan! the coolant lines that i will run will be rubber fuel hose (i have heard it last the longest of the rubber hoses) do you think i will need clamps on the barb fittings? seems like they fit pretty snug on the fittings

hmm, this BNR upgrade sounds like something i should get done before i put my turbo on.

Yes; you should.

I would put hose clamps on coolant lines. If the car gets hot the coolant line might bow off the fitting. That would not be good. Hose clamps = cheap insurance.

If it were me I would too, but every hose I have ever put on those type of fittings you have to cut off :D.

If you want to do the job once, I would. The greddy units are very nice quality. They just have to be messaged a bit thats all.

Bryan@BNR

well today no updates.. had a long day at work and i have to work on the infiniti (replacing axles) i wont get a chance to work on the car until saturday or sunday

I was going to ask about the hose fittings too on the water lines but I finally got them on. The bottom line is a mother f'r to get the clamp on. I just used the t/b lines and the one was super long and the other one just barely gets in there. Im hoping it wont leak from the amount of times I took it on and off. Need to try and tie the one line to something cause it hangs really close to the turbo.

might stop by and check it out if thats okay with you greg! ill be in oxnard all weekend long, let me know if you need another hand or a couple arizonas haha =P

you guys give me some suggestions about the water lines. If they need to be shortened I would like to make the corrections so that other customers will have it easier!

Bryan@BNR

whats the turnaround time for one of those? i might be able to do it in 2.5 weeks. its around $1K too right?

bryan this weekend ill be finishing mine up so ill give some details and even try to get some better shots of the tight area since theres soo much interest in that area..btw: jess give me a call ill be here working on it sat and sunday!

saturday i was able to spend a couple of hours on putting the car back together, got the coolant lines hooked up to the turbo..the way bryan supplied the coolant lines i was able to hook up the hoses without clearance issues or kinks...one concern is the lower line is lightly resting against the wastegate shaft, think it will be ok?
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the lower coolant line to the throttle body is very short, i used a 3/8 barb fitting from home depot to enxtend the hose
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the upper coolant line to the throttle body has plenty of line to reach the turbo
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this is the best shot i could get of the turbo actually mounted
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All that is left is to hook up my intercooler piping add oil and im ready for startup!
hope these pictures help!

it will be ok till it wears through the hose . After that ................. not so much .

im going to see if i can zip tie the lines together tomorrow, see if that makes a difference then...

Greg I was thinking that lower coolant line can be wrapped with Kapton tape used for high temp electronics in my world. I'll ask if I can have a small bit, a little goes a long way. Another option would be installing a sleeve over that area, it shouldn't be heat that's a concern but like Konig mentioned it would probably wear over a long long long period of time. several layers of rubber and fibers. how long, depends on vibration.

I miss my turbo KA setup:bowdown:

^^thanks, i was also thinking of using some heat wrap i have here as well .

You did the smart thing of putting the actuator on before you mounted the turbo. Im having a hell of a time getting the top bolt in, between the coolant lines. I need someone with small hands! I dont even know how Im going to tighten in up.....

That's a fantastic idea! Damn me for not thinking of that :) Well you have to remove the coolant line tho?

I figure next time I turbo I'll just use a turbo timer and say eff the coolant lines.

Just zip tie the 2 water lines together where they come off the fittings. That should keep the lower rubber line from resting on the actuator arm. Looks like a good fit to me! Also looks pretty easy to get to on the car as well.

I may put a 45 degree barb fitting there just to make it easily bolt up.

Bryan@BNR

^^i was actually not looking foward to installing those lines but if you mount them when the turbo is loose in the motor mount location its very easy...the design is pretty close to perfect!

Do you have any advice of getting the compression pipe on the top?? No one wants to answer my post in another thread. Pipe is kicking my ass!!

Hey man, best of luck with the turbo install.

I wanted to know is that Maz-Sport intake still available for purchase, if so where did you pick it up.

Thanks

its not too bad to get to if you have a stubby open end wrench..i also lay underneath the car and reach my hand up there and tighen most of it by hand...hope this helps...if not pm me so i can help you out

i dont think so...but the aem cai seems to be the easiest solution...i would also pm fluid motorsports and see if he has any, apparently he has quite a bit of maz-sport parts left over

this morning i switched out my hks hi-power exhaust with a greddy evo tt exhaust..progress has been slow being that last week i cut my foot and had stitches hopefully tomorrow ill finish installing my intercooler piping and startup
im suprised the greddy evo tt feels just as light as the hks high power if anything lighter than the hks hi-power

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greddy evo tt with mazsport midpipe
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oh I'm jealous...I want that exhaust bad
I would have the same exhaust setup you have if I did. Post up some sound clips when it's installed.

i cant wait till its running, ill be sure to make some videos

exhaust i want :Drooling_

I would have drove down to socal to pick that exhaust up!