goodbye mp3 RIP.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
Re: Well......
i blew two pistons to shreds, had four holes in my block and exhaust shooting out pieces of metal. my turbo was in fine shape, surprisingly. still using it without a hitch.
91 octane fuel with the MP3's advanced timing seems like something that would do some damage over time. I never run anything less than 93 or 94 octane personally.
ForceFed said:If your motor is in the shape you said it is in,the pistons being in pieces and all,then your turbo is probably TRASHED!
Hence you no longer have a turbo kit for sale.
If any tiny little piece of piston went through the turbo then it prob tore up the turbine wheel.
I know this from first hand experience on my MSP.I only had a piece of metal smaller than a BB go through the turbo and trash it along with the ENTIRE motor.
Sorry to rain on your parade about the turbo kit and I hope all of this works out for you.
Matt
i blew two pistons to shreds, had four holes in my block and exhaust shooting out pieces of metal. my turbo was in fine shape, surprisingly. still using it without a hitch.
91 octane fuel with the MP3's advanced timing seems like something that would do some damage over time. I never run anything less than 93 or 94 octane personally.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
thank you 1st - I never boosted to just 8. I was boosting 6 psi, I bought the profecB boost controller, had the high knob set to about 9 (it would sometimes spike higher), the low knob set to 6 (which at times would also spike, but not above 7). I used the high setting for a few months and didn't think anything was wrong. At the track, I used the high setting off and on and dialed up the boost past 10. The engine blew that day at the track - originally I thought it was just from running that day. I probably did more damage to the engine up to that point by running 9.
nothing has "changed" in my "story" except my own hindsight. Looking back on it, there were a ton of things I either ignored or didn't pay attention to up to the time it went kablooie, which I reflect on now. When I got the car back and checked the boost controller, I wanted to kill myself when I saw how much I actually turned it up - a good two or three notches.
edit: as Dexter was kind enough to point out to me in an IM, the very very first time I ever posted about blowing my engine up stated as follows;
"I was running 9 psi with a boost controller and shouldn't have been."
don't know where you got the number 8 from, or whats so confusing about any of it. I've been over this a zillion times. I would lie about blowing my engine up why, now?
nothing has "changed" in my "story" except my own hindsight. Looking back on it, there were a ton of things I either ignored or didn't pay attention to up to the time it went kablooie, which I reflect on now. When I got the car back and checked the boost controller, I wanted to kill myself when I saw how much I actually turned it up - a good two or three notches.
edit: as Dexter was kind enough to point out to me in an IM, the very very first time I ever posted about blowing my engine up stated as follows;
"I was running 9 psi with a boost controller and shouldn't have been."
don't know where you got the number 8 from, or whats so confusing about any of it. I've been over this a zillion times. I would lie about blowing my engine up why, now?
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Keith@FP
A knocking noise at idle is not pinging unless you've got something terribly, terribly wrong with your car. I doubt it would drive if it was pinging at idle. That's why I asked earlier about when the noise occured. Kyle's explanation was that it was idle, thus it was not pinging. Could have been rod knock of course.
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Keith@FP
I can't make any educated guesses from here. Your car had some sort of knock at idle. What was it? I have no idea. There are a number of things it might have been, some worse than others. It might have been a sign that your engine was damaged from an overrev or detontation or something else. You've said your exhaust was so loud that you never would have heard any detonation under boost.
The tech who installed your kit no longer works at the shop, so I couldn't find out exactly how it had been tuned and with what tools.
I would be surprised to hear if Mazda was willing to replace the engine under warranty. Putting a turbo kit on a car and then destroying internals is pretty much guaranteed to void a warranty.
Keith
The tech who installed your kit no longer works at the shop, so I couldn't find out exactly how it had been tuned and with what tools.
I would be surprised to hear if Mazda was willing to replace the engine under warranty. Putting a turbo kit on a car and then destroying internals is pretty much guaranteed to void a warranty.
Keith
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
i'll correct keith- it is guaranteed to void the warranty. 
whether or not they go AGAINST what their own warranty says is up to Mazda USA. It is possible that a Mazda Rep that travels came to see your car, as one came to back up the dealer in not honoring my warranty.
whether or not they go AGAINST what their own warranty says is up to Mazda USA. It is possible that a Mazda Rep that travels came to see your car, as one came to back up the dealer in not honoring my warranty.
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that would be absolutely ASTONISHING if they covered it. i hope they do, but the a holes at corporate mazda dont like shiny stuff under the hood.
