What have you done to your MSP today?

[Perro del Sol]

there's a couple different ways in wagon's how-to http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123759220-How-To-Ebay-FMIC, I can't decide on routing either. I think it will be easier once I go to instal so i can see what I can and can't do instead of trying to mentally picture everything

Nate the next time I see you, you can see how the piping was routed on mine. Nothing was cut, trimmed the bumper a tad and had to fabricate new brackets for the radiator ans the two slimline fans.

 

[2088 MSP]

finally after much drama and hours spent in corel actually making some of these decals, i got them printed, tell me what u think:

 

[Ricktalife]

what the hell is hooning?

 

[o0n8]

what the hell is hooning?

it's not a crime whatever it is

 

[o0n8]

Nate the next time I see you, you can see how the piping was routed on mine. Nothing was cut, trimmed the bumper a tad and had to fabricate new brackets for the radiator ans the two slimline fans.

Can't wait, the less cutting the better

 

[719prottege]

its jdm

 

[2088 MSP]

what the hell is hooning?

well i got it from the trailer for Dirt3 from codemasters, but if u look up ken block and hooning that is where they probably got it. but anyway: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hooning

 

[Ricktalife]

Ahh I see. I prefer the term "coming in hot".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coming+in+hot

 

[Valk]

prob gonna run the hotpipe under the splashguard for now and plan on cutting a hole for it another time. today. i just wanna get my coldpipe sorted out and intercooler mounted and a temp hotpipe. though i can make the U bend i need and just attach whavever angle pipe to the bottom of it later on once i sort it out.

do most people just run a really long bolts through the crashbar to mount it, or do you run a tap through drilled holes?

 

[719prottege]

i notched my crashbar, than cut square holes on the top half to fit the bolts... look at my build thread if you want it has some pics of install

 

[SCMP3]

^^^^that seems to be the best way

 

[Valk]

im gonna drill holes in the bottom to run the bolts through that came with the fmic, then holesaw out the top so i have access with a socket. since the bolts don't thread through the damn brackets, its the only way i can attach it without cutting the brackets which would involve more expensive tools than im willing to get for a one time job.

 

[719prottege]

^yea thats exactly what i did

 

[Valk]

maybe they should test this s*** out before they ship brackets with their product lol. they included a couple threaded bits for you to weld elsewhere i imagine, but the bolts they include dont go through their included brackets. GAH.

overall though id say the intercooler is reasonable for the $103 cdn i paid for it. tiny compared to most but quite a lot bigger than stock.

 

[Valk]

maybe they should test this s*** out before they ship brackets with their product lol. they included a couple threaded bits for you to weld elsewhere i imagine, but the bolts they include dont go through their included brackets. GAH.

overall though id say the intercooler is reasonable for the $103 cdn i paid for it. tiny compared to most but quite a lot bigger than stock.

edit:

got the intercooler mounted. i bought a drill bit to try and go through the crashbar, but my drill might not have been strong enough, or the bit not sharp enough but i just wasnt making any headway on that bar.

took that drillbit to the brackets instead and enlarged the holes, mounted the intercooler via the lower bumper bolts so hope those with the bumper on.
made the hotpipe which has two welded pipes and a joint down by the ac pump.
the cold pipe is mocked up, just need to cut the pipes to the right size and join where nessisary. figure out the intake, and put the bov in somewhere.

 

[SCMP3]

Any pics valk?

 

[blazinrola80]

off to make the dp for the car..

 

[jitters]

Got around to making the turbo manifold for the msp..

Any pic's of your manifold? Also would be interested in seeing the DP when finished.

 

[HKPRO5]

Yea take some pics!

 

[Valk]

U pipe consisting of a 90 bend and a 70 bend.

pipes leads down to the ac pump where it connects to another U bend with a cut 90 and not quite 90 pipe.

using a 90 coupler right on the fmic to save pipe routing.

coldside probably looks just like everyone elses who use the cai routing. 90 though the bumper, used a 90 coupler into another 70 pipe and a 45 to the maf from there. ill probably take the 90 coupler out of the coldside and weld in a 90 section of pipe to make the bend less severe, weld the 45 pipe to the 70 pipe so you can take the thing appart, and figure out where the bov is gonna go.

rough pics. havent cleaned up any technowelds either.