Well, I haven't had time to do any serious road tests, yet. However, it revs with no problem and have no CEL or pending codes.

The only side-effect of the install is anxiety because I had to run out of town almsot the instant I finished and haven't had the chance to drive it yet!

I'm sure you are right. I didn't concern myself with the details of the ports themselves because I decided to allow Mazda's decision to size the ports on the manifold as they did to be my guide.

 

BRAVO! I applaud your efforts.

 

I wonder if Nikki (Is that her name? it's what I remember it being...) is enjoying the boosted car? :D I bet she sneaks it out when you are gone, Jeff.


:D

 

forgive me if its a dumb Q as I know nothing about Turbos but did you put blow off valves?

 

You only THINK it hasn't seen full boost!
jds

 

He's only using 'one' blow-off valve. It's pictured there...just right of center of the pic

 

Well, I finally got to drive the thing hard today.
I spent about three hours playing with the injector duty cycles for the secondary and primary 2 fuel injectors and logging the MAF output under boost and other goodies.
The ECU never gets above 40% duty cycle for the secondaries, so that means I am limited to 80% of maximum since the E-Manage can only add up to 100% of the original pulse duration. That means I will be leaving some power on the table and holding the boost to 6 or 6.5 PSI max on the stock FI system.

However, 3.5 PSI will blow your mind.
At 3.5 PSI, it is an entirely different car.

There really isn't a better way for me to describe it - the car is just really snappy and packs much more punch down low. Lots 'O fun.:p

 

Man Jeff you really are a MANIAC. The install looks damn nice and everything is sounding sooooooo good. I applaud your efforts and completion of your project. Thanks a million for all of the info and experience you are posting up for us.

 

I believe Jeff mentioned in an earlier post that he is at full boost by 3500rpm

 

AWESOME. That is what I wanted to hear.

 

Yeah, I see all 5.5 PSI by 3500 RPM. The only other aftermarket "speed" item I have is the BB midpipe (still no CEL - my OEM ECU appears to be very forgiving).

I haven't really pounded the thing yet - I just do some smooth run-ups in various gears and watch the A/F. I won't be able to really nail it until I am satisfied that the E-Manage is properly dialed in.

 

:D

 

I'm starting the install of my kit today.. hehe.. I'm always up for a road trip

 

Yes, I did see the offer of help. But you are in Detroit and I am a bit anxious to get it completed as you could imagine. I'll let everyone know once I am finished with the install. Meeting up with my mechanic at 1030 EST to start

 

wow, can't wait to see the numbers etc. when you get it all dialed, remarkable job, it almost looks like you could even run the engine cover if you wanted.

 

A write-up would be fine, though I think you are a bit too far away for a side-by-side.

Now that is a road trip I can handle. :D What is the possibility of me dropping by tomorrow (Tuesday) during the install?
I'd really love to see the parts and jack your E-Manage programming while I'm at it!

I do run the engine cover. I just took it off for the pics. In fact, I am fabricating an enclosure for the air filter - I want the whole thing to look practically stock.
Numbers will be forthcoming.

 

Awesome news- nice work Jeff...

 

Awesome setup. I hope everything turns out great for you

 

There is a picture that Philodox took from his turbo install. It confirms my belief about the manifold opening/gasket port size vs the actual engine exhaust runners size. The engine runners are WAY smaller. Now I need to figure out what the actual size is so I can build the prototype header. Damn it Mazda!!!

 

All you had to do was ask and I could have measured the exhaust ports for you

 

Damn it!!! I'm going to get brillo's car up on the lift within the next couple of weeks to start mocking up my header idea anyways.

 

I guess shipping RG him your old manifold won't help any will it?

 

I would, but my mechanic already called dibbs on it.. he's going to use it when he starts building a custom turbo for the RX-8 for his car.

 

Dang dude, you're the frickin' man! Wish I'd known someone like you in my mini-truckin' days, we could have probably built the first 8 second door dragger :D

 

After looking at Jon's Greddy system, I wired my injectors differently and now I have the tuning under better (finer) control.

I am really at a loss for words to describe how the car feels now. I guess mind-blowing is apropos.

Though I am only running about 5.5 to 6 PSI, I don't think I will have much use for any more in the near future - the car is already too fast to control properly.
On my way to see Jon, I came off the NJ Turnpike in fourth gear and got into it a bit too enthusiastically and got sideways. In fourth.
The road was a bit damp, but I think that is a pretty good indicator of the kind of power that I have on-tap.