mp3-79bronco
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- 2001 protege mp3
i got a j pipe back 2.5 inch full exhaust custom made for 140 bucks...( i supplied the muffler)
What have you done to your MSP today?
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TheDirtyGoatee
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- 2008 Mazda MX-5 5MT PRHT
Also, I had a guy tell me that because the MSP's turbo is recirulating (it is isn't it?) that a blow off valve would cause the turbo to fail more rapidly than normal. Let me get you into the frame of reference here. We were at a meet and a dude in an older STI drove by and had some major pssshht sounds of a BOV. I said "Hell, I could do that with a BOV." Obviously not on stock plastic pipes.
The question here being, was he right? Obviously not on stock pipes but if I got a hard pipe kit and wound up going with BOV would my turbo die quicker?
The question here being, was he right? Obviously not on stock pipes but if I got a hard pipe kit and wound up going with BOV would my turbo die quicker?
TheDirtyGoatee
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- 2008 Mazda MX-5 5MT PRHT
Any muffler shop but its very hard to find a good shop that'll do it right, I had a chop n weld exhaust and when I took it off, I had so many exhaust leaks it was insane.
Laser Blue
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- '03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege / Laser Blue Mica
Yes... the stock turbo uses a bypass valve (BPV) and is a fully re-circulating setup. And yes... you could go with hardpipes and put a blowoff valve (BOV) on the cold pipe. There are all kinds of pics on the forum from MSP owners who have done so. For example, If you can find Justin Lansdale's vid on youtube you can hear his BOV.
Will the BOV cause the turbo to die? Hard to say... turbos die. When they do, it can be hard to determine why. I think its more likely that turbos die on MSP's with BOV's because the people with modded setups tend to run the boost higher... more pressure in the system means more pressure ON the system.
^^^ im gonna go with no a blow off will not cause the turbo to die quicker in any case..unless of course the bov is not working. the purpose of the bov and the bpv are both to release pressure which they are both doing and need to do. otherwise yea, the turbo is gonna fail. (bov and bpv both allow the turbo to slow down without air slamming back into the fins)
TheDirtyGoatee
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- 2008 Mazda MX-5 5MT PRHT
OK... see that's what I thought. I was like "WTF!? How would a BOV cause a turbo to die quicker?" Thanks for the input.
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
yes i think somebody was pulling your leg.
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
Any ideas on this? The turbolife/perrin fmic have no bumper just the fmic support bar.
Big FMIC bumper sag
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123747745
Big FMIC bumper sag
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123747745
Outlawstar98
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- 2003 MazdaSpeed Protege / 2013 BRZ
Droped her off at the shop to get inspected and other stuff installedddddd, like my motor mounts and turbo mani.
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
Filled it up... and going to drop it off at AAMCO tomorrow morning for warrenty work (I hope they will cover it).
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
washed it and got the guages put in, just not hooked up yet 
will post pics once it's all finished.
will post pics once it's all finished.
mp3-79bronco
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- 2001 protege mp3
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
is it me or is your tires bald?
Velocifero
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- VRM MS6, Sunlight Silver MSP
