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Full details tomoz...got another project...turbo time.

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Few more piccys. Clean up tomoz. Plethora of parts...me221. Gizfab log manifold. Downpipe. Unknown coilovers. Cobalt exhaust. Aem afr r spec boost gauge, ls coils, bofi intercooler, japspeed ally rad. Fpr walbro 255. Cobalt rear brace. Nankang ns2rs on rota wheels. Hardtop. Jazz hardtop mounts, uprated engine mounts. Coolant reroute, .
The t28 turbo was chinese and the impellor nut came off and took out turbo...owner fell out of love.
Needs new turbo and uprated clutch and being a 1.6 prop shafts and torsen from 1.8.
Got a style bar mazda speed so b4 track decent cage hardtop compatiable, wilwood front brakes. Splitter diet mapping etc
149km cambelt n wp 2k ago.
Not bad for £1300 abit tatty but mot til dec...1 sill scabby. Oh and s special too looking at vin plate.

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[Ianlea73]

Looks like you got a lot of car for the money.
New to mx5's & Nutz so love reading up in all the build threads.
Got any engine bay pics?

[toge]

Aye that looks like a good buy for the money! Hopefully it is just down to the turbo needing replacement...

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Yeah...i ran it with turbo off for about 5 secs...started up made a racket. At worst its a massive parts haul.
I didnt realise an s special til home and looked at vin plate.
New to turbo mx5s but had plenty of turbod car over the years.
Owner said it had an ebay t28 onit...which seemed to me a big turbo...my 200sx had a t25 if memory serves me right flanges are the same...
He is dropping some bits off like the old turbo soft top bits and bobs in a week or 2 so prob have to wait til then to spec a turbo.
Mtech is literally 5 mins from my house so handy for mapping the me221.
Ive been bofi site this morning..ker ching!!

Today is tidy up and clean..where its been sat water in boot and passenger footwell. B4 purchase removed plate pulled carpet up and not got to ecu or loom...close mind!!
Ive retired my rx7fd from tracj duties and sold my Rx8 powered westfield as to valuable in £ and what that car means to me....
Ive got to finish an ep3 ive been prepping for track then onto mx5.


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[toge]

Yeah it seems so, looking forward to actually having some room and I'll probably look to buy projects people have lost interest in to get parts and whatnot, seems the best way to get good value for money! 

[Ianlea73]

Your right about the turbo
S13 had T25
S14 had T28
S15 had T28 roller bearing.

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Ill photo bomb....
Quick clean up moved ecu up mop up puddle. Battery off..

Turbo...t25? Choose a garrett off bofi site...any other recomendations? Would like 250bhp or max standard internals can take.
Recommend me a clutch...as light as poss though...ive got metal work in left ankle.
Looks like original turbo only oil feed no coolant lines...ideally id like to cool the turbo...
Anyways piccies.
Lots of jobs todo big n small.



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Any thing shite dont hold back...its all a learning curve....i know the roll bar is junk.

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Turbo area

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Im thinking i need a garrett GT2860RS .....

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Break in rain so took roof off.
Unknown tps, ev14 injectors blow off valve, tial wastegate.

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[Ianlea73]

Unsure but the turbo could be a T28 roller bearing as they weren't water cooled. I ran my old s13 at stage 3 nistune 305bhp with no turbo issues at all.

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Got a piccy when turbo was on...t28 or t25??? Who knows?

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Made a start...stripped out external wastegate as going internal...
Ghetto sill repair as track car...copius amounts of rust treatment.
Picking up a torsen 4.1 lsd prop n shaft friday as long as were not locked down.
Stripped mazda speed bar out...now hard top fits flush.
Hoovered...stripped battery out...general tinkering...
Coilovers are ebay gash.
Should be getting old turbo tomoz. Few piccys.
Made a shopping list.
Turbo
Clutch and 1.8 flywheel.
Lsd
Bigger front brakes.
Coilovers
Front n rear stiffer arbs
Rollcage
Buckets n harness. Hoping rx7 1s fit.
Mac soleniod
Mapping.
Good chat with a guy at bofi today.

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And braided brake lines and 8j wheels.


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More rust proofing....wings are off..rear lights out .
Rang skuzzle left message last week no call back.
Rang mtech no answer.
Rang caged laser..asked about fabricating msa cage hardtop compatiable..no callback.
Old turbo from seller supposed to be dropped off today nothing yet...lol. nobody want my dosh.

Car came with some frp wings....they are shite absolutely no chance of fitting so cut them down and just messing about see if i can use....

Few crappy pics.

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Few more. All rust treated and then satin blacked.

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[Harvey_Tim]

FYI - re. Skuzzle, he is currently shut and has made it very clear on is Facebook page that he won’t be reopening until the Coronavirus situation is over.

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Cheers mate. Not on FB.

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