Protege Garage Turbo Inlet Installed
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Silver Ecstasy
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- 11 MS3 Sport
Hmm. Well it's an $0.89 piece of silicone, just run up to the store before you do the install.
The rubber coupler missing, that's another problem...
treedspeed
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silicon hose for inlet to wastegate solenoid???
what companies are sending that with inlets?
what companies are sending that with inlets?
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
every box should have had a short length of silicone line in there. sorry if it was not 
i've been spending time checking the inlets for soot and blasting them out as i send them now.
i've been spending time checking the inlets for soot and blasting them out as i send them now.john blutarski
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- 2004 Subaru WRX STI
I don't see why you couldn't even just reuse the stock solenoid hose?
Darth Vader
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too short for the different location of the hose barb.
Saskatchewan17
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- 2008 TR Mazdaspeed 3
Yeah, the stock hose is too short.
Also, my stock inlet was on there freaking tight! Took a lot of coaxing to take that sucker off.
As for the PG inlet. This thing is a great little piece. Even with the stock intake (for now) I can feel the turbo spool up quicker, the power delivery was smoother and more even throughout the powerband. I can't wait to get my intake in there, then it will be mean sounding. On that note, the intake noise as of now is virtually unchanged.
Also, my stock inlet was on there freaking tight! Took a lot of coaxing to take that sucker off.
As for the PG inlet. This thing is a great little piece. Even with the stock intake (for now) I can feel the turbo spool up quicker, the power delivery was smoother and more even throughout the powerband. I can't wait to get my intake in there, then it will be mean sounding. On that note, the intake noise as of now is virtually unchanged.
Silver Ecstasy
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So we installed PG Turbo Inlet pipes on both my car with the MSCAI and CWPspeed3's car with the Cobb SRI. After installing both and driving both, CWPspeed3's car with the SRI has a very loud resemblence to a supercharger whine when the turbo spools. I read on MSF that someone had a boost leak that sounded like a supercharger whine. Any ideas?
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- 2007 MS3
I couldn`t get to the clamp on the stock unit. Fortunately, when I gave it a firm tug, it just came off in my hand. (eyeballs)
Fitting the thick adapter that comes with the MSCAI was a bit of a PITA, but it all went together. The stock vacuum hose was on so tight I had to cut it off. I made the mistake of trying to take it off at the inlet end and broke off the factory hose nipple. A simple install that with nearly 40,000 miles turned into a pain in the neck.
Fitting the thick adapter that comes with the MSCAI was a bit of a PITA, but it all went together. The stock vacuum hose was on so tight I had to cut it off. I made the mistake of trying to take it off at the inlet end and broke off the factory hose nipple. A simple install that with nearly 40,000 miles turned into a pain in the neck.
mazdaspeedster3
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Wow, bummer. Today makes 3 of these that I have installed or helped install. That center mounting point seems to be the biggest deal. If you can leave it untouched till the end (recirc and intake mounted correctly) do it...
Silver Ecstasy
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I can say I love the inlet though! This makes a huge difference in the way the car spools, and it's not just an imaginative way either. The car literally is on boost instantly where as before, there'd be the slightest lag as the car spun.
Huge thanks to Bill (mazdaspeedster3) for helping with the install today!
Huge thanks to Bill (mazdaspeedster3) for helping with the install today!
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
cool, good news and thanks mike
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- 2007 MS3
Finally got to go for a little ride this morning and I`m not convinced that it makes more power, but the claims about it making the motor smoother are definitely true. I recently put on a new rear motor mount and the vibrations were brutal. They are still there, but so reduced that the difference is amazing. We`ll see if it stays like that after the ECU learns about the change.
I don`t see this last as reasonable, because the ECU should have this set to a particular value, but my idle speed is noticeably lower also. Unless of course the idle was so rough that it wouldn`t run properly at the target.
Edit: I was just looking at the torque steer thread and realized that maybe the car is a little stronger down low after all. I stepped on the gas at one point and felt the wheel tug, which I no longer notice, normally.
I don`t see this last as reasonable, because the ECU should have this set to a particular value, but my idle speed is noticeably lower also. Unless of course the idle was so rough that it wouldn`t run properly at the target.
Edit: I was just looking at the torque steer thread and realized that maybe the car is a little stronger down low after all. I stepped on the gas at one point and felt the wheel tug, which I no longer notice, normally.
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Silver Ecstasy
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Anyone else have their PG TIP installed with an SRI? Mine with a CAI sounds virtually the same until you get on it and the BPV pops upon release. The other car we installed it on had the Cobb SRI and it sounds like a supercharger now instead of his turbo whoosh.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
all but one i have installed was with an SRI
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- 2007 MS3
I have an MSCAI and mostly it is the same sounds, just louder. Today on the way home, I must have hit just the right load, boost, throttle opening, etc and I heard a definite sound, although not very loud, that sounded just like a supercharger, varying in pitch with the throttle.
mazdaspeedster3
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- Mazdaspeed3. 2008
i am wondering about that SC whine some are hearing. I would almost bet money that the outside coupler (to the TIP) has a leak. the very bottom of that end (TIP side) is hard to get on all the way and when tightened down is prone to come off and you wont even know it. I have installed 3 now and the 3rd one was a real problem and the 2nd one we now beleive to be leaking and am about 100% convinced that is why...
Darth Vader
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Mine's on an AEM CAI and the sound is just lots of the usual whooshing-psshing sounds. It's definitely a tight angle into the turbo, not ideal for sealing metal to metal pipe as the opening is now heading for oval from round but, it appears to be tight. I just checked it and retorqued the worm clamps and all seems allright. Granted, there's no way to be totally certain without disassembly but, it sounds normal.
