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Can you get a sound clip? I have the SP2 catback and am curious how it sounds with the catless j/midpipe combo
What have you done to your MSP today?
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Can you get a sound clip? I have the SP2 catback and am curious how it sounds with the catless j/midpipe combo
today (yesterday...it's 1:47 am) i installed the steed speed mani, mpnick turbo, rear motor mount (thank you, doug) and CS downpipe...all that's left is the sls j/mid-pipe.
i would like to thank mazda_pro5_2nr, dkswim and babyface for the help...i REALLY couldn't have accomplished as much as i did today without you guys. THANK YOU!!!!
i need to torque down the exhaust mani...i've got to find something that will fit the nuts on the arp studs...connect the oil feed line on top of the turbo...and, of course, install the j/mid-pipe. hopefully she'll be up and running tomorrow.
i would like to thank mazda_pro5_2nr, dkswim and babyface for the help...i REALLY couldn't have accomplished as much as i did today without you guys. THANK YOU!!!!
i need to torque down the exhaust mani...i've got to find something that will fit the nuts on the arp studs...connect the oil feed line on top of the turbo...and, of course, install the j/mid-pipe. hopefully she'll be up and running tomorrow.
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Sounds like that was one busy yet exciting day. Run into any problems?
of course...first off, the turbo needed to be clocked...i went to advance auto, napa, home depot and sears and no one had snap-ring pliars large enough. mounting the turbo to the exhaust mani was a pain...not a whole lot of room to work with...i HOPE i don't have an exhaust leak from there...other than that, i'd say it went pretty smooth...i had hoped to be done with it by around 4:00 today...but i worked on it until 1:00 this morning.
...AND one of the coolant lines wouldn't cooperate when we tried to connect it...plus the wga bracket was in the way of that coolant line...and something on the block was hitting the wga bracket when we tried to put the assembly on the car the first time.
...AND one of the coolant lines wouldn't cooperate when we tried to connect it...plus the wga bracket was in the way of that coolant line...and something on the block was hitting the wga bracket when we tried to put the assembly on the car the first time.
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Wouldn't it have been easier to mount the turbo to the exhaust mani before you installed the mani itself?
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I haven't done it with the Steed mani, just the Thunder. Didn't have too many problems with that one, that's why I asked. I'm not too familiar with what's different installing the Steed.
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Well that's a little more understandable. I just used some grade 8 bolts/nuts. lol.
Just saw your other thread. WOW! That would be a PITA!
Just saw your other thread. WOW! That would be a PITA!
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snap rings? why didn't you clock the compressor side? lol
unless the mpnick turbo uses snap rings on the compressor side too? the stock t25 and the t28 uses bolts on the comrpessor side...
finally got tired of trying to figure out the car's idle and timing problem and put her in the shop on friday. Hopefully I'll have some good news in the next couple days!! Oh yeah....I have the GReddy SP2 also and the SLS midpipe with high-flow cat is going on while she's in the shop!!
you use a 12 point socket head. anything else and you wont get the proper torque so it defeats the purpose of using them. at that point you can just use some grade 8 hex heads.
You should be able to get the 12pt socket at any sears (i like craftsman cause its lifetime warranty)
awesome! thanks!
the car is up and running...i need to adjust the WGA...4psi sucks...i need to figure out what happened to my ebrake...the 'brake' light isn't coming on anymore since i've wired the TT...and the TT is counting down, but it isn't keeping the car from cutting off...weird...i followed the how-to on here. also, the lights on my gauges aren't coming on when i turn-on the headlights. dammit.
well i know i havent done this yet.. but tomorrow morning i am dropping the car off to get the welded lsd and gtx gears put in.. should be back by the end of the week.. WHOO HOO.. lol.. havent driven it in almost 3 months now.. haha.. i have only driven it 500 miles in the last 16 months
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VERY glad to see pictures of that all installed and up and running again bro (thumb)
Thanks bro. Me too. Now I need to get a few things here or there to finally be happy.
buy it?
