I ran the OBX UD crank pulley on my P5 when I was in AZ. From June- Sept the car would get real hot to the point where the stock fans would stay on almost all the time. In traffic with the AC on I had to shut it off because the car would not cool down. I overheated it twice and finally pulled...
If this does not go through you guys might want to wait. Brach bought all of the old MAM MSP, Thumper and Sleeper manifold jigs from another company. Steven ( MAM's old fab guy) is up here now building a few. I'm not to aware of his plan, but I am hanging out over here now and see the work going on.
I went and helped a friend install this pulleys. Quality, fit and overall look are an A+. We did the install at a shop up in Ogden. Installed all 3 pulleys (he is the test bed).
Baseline dyno:
100.3HP
Stock P5 with a catback and SLS midpipe.
It took 1.5 hours for 3 of us to swap all 3...
Check out these light weight pulleys that Brach is selling.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123684204
The light weight crank pulley is $109!! You really have to filter through the thread to get better pictures and updates.
I use to run an RR UD crank pulley and did not like it...
2002 Mazda Protg 5 $7000
I love this car, but have to sell it. Had plans to turbo it and make a 400HP street car, but lost interest and now joining the military. Many of the parts are heavily upgraded to support 400 horsepower. If you decide to or not to go that route then you have a very...
Front
http://www.slsperformance.com/slsp/ProductDetail.asp?idproduct=576&idCategory=152
Side
http://www.slsperformance.com/slsp/ProductDetail.asp?idproduct=636&idCategory=
I have both and am VERY HAPPY.
I had AWR 70 and they shook the car bad.
First thing I would do is check to see if your exhaust hangers are worn out. Then bend the midpipe hangers so you have more X-member clearance.
As for the leak, did you use new hardware?