^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.