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I was running this weekend for about 10 minutes until I revved to about 5K and the oil line popped off around 70psi and sent about a quart or 2 of oil spurting over my passengers side fender, into the neighbors yard. lmfao. That was kind of funny in hindsight. The fitting is defective.. I tried...

I'm in the exact same boat. SSAFC v2 and 440's but no pump yet. I was gonna throw the 440s in, but its probably better to stick with factory until I know I'm running right. This oil pump bypass has been an interesting process.. kind of focusing on that first, then when I know I'm set okay I'll...

You and Dohni are the guinea pigs.. lol

VIS makes the carbon fiber trunk and hood. http://www.visracing.com/newcatalog/Mazda/Protege/2001-2003-Protege/Trunk-1962 http://www.visracing.com/newcatalog/Mazda/Protege/2001-2003-Protege/Hood-1970

Hahha. Thats the friends and family hook up. I am almost done with the gauge pod by the way.. Pics in the next few days. Once I'm all back together and running, I'll start making you one

If you are lucky you can find them cheaper than that. I got lucky an picked them up off Zealous for $50 I think it was..

I'm chugging along.. Oil and coolant is drained, got all the timing stuff off, intake is free, I just need to pull the water block to get the egr tube to let the lower half go. (I cant get the egr tube from the lower intake, in-car.. the angle sucks) Still on the fence between the 626 intake...

Well I think I've heard enough to go for it.. I literally just cleaned inside of the bell housing of the MSP tranny and everything is freshly greased, replaced from the flywheel back and I don't wanna clean the probe tranny. lol. And as a matter of fact it'll be up for grabs if anyone wants it...

Yeah.. you are 100% right about that. I guess if I can get the head on, all the timing done, get the water block on there, and the exhaust mani / turbo brought over, that will be a good enough "head start". How much difference am I gonna see if I switch 5th gears out of this Probe tranny...

Well last night I got some work done. I dremeled down the casting marks on the block side of the inside of the water pump housing, installed the water pump, idler and tensioner pullys, and I finished porting the oil filter relocation block off plate. Ordered seals for the WRX 440's and its time...

So was the boost "blowing out" your spark?

Preferios is closer to what I'm gonna do, but he used the factory oil drain fitting on the MBSP.. I'm planning on tapping a M12/1.5 - AN-10 and then running that to the turbo drain, like Preferios... but with a 626 MBSP so I don't have to block the factory MSP drain hole. Clean and proper. Hopefully

What do you mean by that? I'm sorry, I don't follow. You had to put your WHAT halfway into WHAT? (dunno) Also, can you send me a link to that oil drain fitting? In person it doesn't have that hue to it.. it might be the camera. Its the "VHT Brushed Aluminum" It does have a little sparkle in...

This MBSP installed is from the 626. Its just keeping dirt out right now. I'm tapping a fitting into the MSP's and transferring it over. I'm also bringing over the head, all the accessories.. basically everything. Just using the bottom end of this motor. However, I think I might tap fittings...

I added some bling myself. I finished checking tolerances, installed the bypassed oil pump, degreased the block, wire brushed it, degreased it again, rinsed, dried, primed and painted. I think it came out pretty good. Now if something makes a mess in there, I will know its something new and not...

My oil pressure gauge, oil pressure regulator, block off plate and a bunch of fittings showed up. I got the motor on the stand and drained last night. I'm checking main and crankshaft bearing clearances tonight and figuring out if I wanna replace them. If I am in the .0015 ish range for...

Gotcha. I'm sure its painfully obvious I've never gone that far with this engine. lol

Just a quick update.. I'm making a little progress.. I am pulling the harmonic balancer and all the timing stuff tonight. Gonna have to get it on the engine stand without a hoist. I will be doing that with a jack, a few blocks of wood, jackstands and two palets. Gonna be primitive.. but its...

Yeah... What Zealous said. I will confirm what went wrong when I tear it out and apart, but I'm pretty sure it spun a bearing due to oil starvation. I just got home from an all day long adventure to get this motor. The engine I got was a really good deal. The valve cover has been powdercoated...

I have been doing a lot of homework on this. I'm on about day 4 or 5 of fairly hardcore research and reading. Personally.. I agree with you. I don't believe the entire system is necessary. If you go and read the thread from years ago about the FSDE oil system you will eventually come across a...