"Honey Badger" Miata: Turbo Track Build (new brakes installed)

[CleanNeon98]

Fuel rail and intake manifold installed
Coolant reroute done
Radiator mounted and secured
Fan brackets almost done
AN-4 oil feed being made
AN-10 drain being made
Banjos on the turbo for water cooling
U-Joints in driveshaft replaced
Differential installed

moving along...

still left
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Wire in new COP setup
Finish, route, and secure turbo lines
Compression and leakdown tests pre-start
Radiator ducting???
Install new belts
theres more..

[mcperson2k]

so much work

Originally Posted by Roto

Kiev, for over a year now. Gotz myself a Mk1 Golf.

What are you doing there? I heart Ukraine.

[CleanNeon98]

Nothing quite fit right as it should have. And delays. Engine was yanked and taken apart on 7-13-13

Manifold took 4 weeks to coat
Main bearings took 3+ months to get from ACL in the size I needed
Various gaskets had to be ordered along the way
The manifold didn't clear the PS bracket (cut it) and some studs needed to be cut to fit the runners
The Intercooler interfered with the crash bar which had to be cut to fit
The Radiator interfered with the AC condenser which had to be moved. So did the PS hard-lines
While doing the diff we discovered the bad u-joints
Moving and ordering valve shims for proper clearance

Disadvantages of going with a non pre-made kit from FlyinMiata. The advantages will hopefully outweigh.

Roto is leading the revolution. Hooligan.

Once the turbo feed lines are made, wiring done, and the brakes are finished, we will be ready to fire it up!

[Bdub215]

Can't wait to see this when it's done. The motor looks great in person.


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[CleanNeon98]

When did you see it?

[CleanNeon98]

Looking around at tuning options. Already contacted PsiProformance and KPtuning. Anyone else I should know about?? Any experience with megasquirt, more preferably with miatas?

[CleanNeon98]

Fan mounted.



Also here's a comprehensive mod list. Might have left some stuff out

Engine
BP4W Mazdaspeed .020 over
BP4W ported head
Eagle H-Beam Rods
Wiseco 83.5mm 8.5:1 Pistons
Boundary Engineering Street/Strip oil pump
SuperMiata harmonic damper
ARP head/main studs
ACL Race bearings
Supertech Valve Spring kit
VICS delete

Cooling
TrackSpeedEngineering crossflow radiator
FlyinMiata coolant re-route
FlyinMiata Oil cooler kit
Fab9Tuning 550HP Intercooler
SPAL 14” curved fan
DeRale PS cooler
GarageStar radiator cowl

Turbo
ARTech custom top-mount manifold
Swaintech White Lightning manifold coating
ARTech 3” v-band downpipe catless
BorgWarner EFR6258 turbo
CorkSport 80mm Catback
Copper locking hardware
Nissan T25 locking tabs
AN-4 feed
AN-10 drain

Drivetrain
Competition 13lb flywheel
FlyinMiata Stage2 clutch kit
PuddyMod Stage2 differential (cryo treated option)
Mazda “Aussie” 3.63 ring and pinion
Energy Differential mounts
SuperMiata SS Clutch line
MiataRoadster SS kit
Mazdaspeed competiton motor mounts

Electronics
Megasquirt 2xtra
Fab9Tuning COP kit
EFR6258 Boost controller
AEM UEGO WBo2
Autometer Boost gauge
FuelInjectorClinic 775cc ev14 injectors
Walbro 255lph pump
MiataRoadster Oil pressure sender

Suspension
Tein FLEX 7kg/6kg Coilovers
RacingBeat 1.125” front sway bar
RacingBeat sway reinforcement kit
RacingBeat adjustable sway links
Hawk HPS pads
SuperMiata SS Brake lines
HardDog Hardcore Double Diagonal Rollbar

Wheels and Tires
949Racing 6UL gen3 15x9 Nicke
225/45/R15 Hankook Ventus RS3 tires
Forged lugs

[Bdub215]

Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

When did you see it?

I'm up at Jeremy's place A LOT.

[CleanNeon98]

Made hot side piping



And cold side



Oil feed and drain





TB inlet


All welds will be ground and polished.

[CleanNeon98]

Changed the pipe coming out of the turbo.



Also moved back the PS fluid tank to allow room for air filter.

[CleanNeon98]

Down pipe on



Need more heatsleeving

[CleanNeon98]

Removed the strut bar and bases entirely. Also all the EGR crap is gone, as is the secondary fuel pulsation damper.



I also painted the reservoir and left a little window

[08SubieWrx]

Wow this is some amazing stuff!!! Artech is where it's at! Started from the beginning and had to skip to the end temporarily... So many pages lol. Bookmarked so I will be back to read more of the middle!

[CleanNeon98]

Originally Posted by 08SubieWrx

Wow this is some amazing stuff!!! Artech is where it's at! Started from the beginning and had to skip to the end temporarily... So many pages lol. Bookmarked so I will be back to read more of the middle!

Nothing good in the middle. Lots of low suspension stuff, etc. The last 10 pages or so are where the bulk of the build is.

[Vr-4-Life]

Nice dude... ETA? Spring?

[CleanNeon98]

Originally Posted by Vr-4-Life

Nice dude... ETA? Spring?

I set up an appt with the tuner for end of March. Hope by then it will be broken in and ready to tune.

First start, warm-up, check fluids, quick drive up and down 413 to seat rings. Check for leaks, drain oil, then 500 miles and another oil change.I need to do 500 miles to get my diff worked in anyway.

[CleanNeon98]

Heat sleeve on water return.

[CleanNeon98]

She lives again

http://youtu.be/G7ZWldb9MY8

[Got Insulin?]

Sounds gnarly, looking forward to seeing it in the street again.

[CleanNeon98]

It sounds even quieter without the wastegate flapping and the injector leak tapping away. I'm really surprised how quiet it is. I have forged pistons and was under the impression that they're supposed to rattle when engine is cold. Well the rattle I heard before that I thought was the pistons was probably the rod bearing all along. And all probably due to running the Amsoil break-in oil for 500 miles like the bottle said, which was way too long for a first oil change in my opinion. We started the car this time, ran it till the fan cycled twice, gave it some revs, and drained it. Came out super clean.

We used Lithium grease on the metal contact surfaces to cushion everything for first start. Some vaseline too haha.

Also got my new catch-can today. It's an ADD W1 CNC machined silver can. Has a breather and closed circuit option (going with breather and PCV delete) and a dipstick to check the level. It also has a spot to put some material to catch the oil on it's way in.