Bought msp today

[Protege_MP3_506]

Went and picked up an msp today that was for sale locally. It does need a nee crank seal, its leaking oil pretty good. Its only got 77k on it. Awr (i believe) front and rear mounts and the side ones look new too. Has a thunder manifold with a t3/t4 hooked up to it with an external wastegate, 3in exhaust not sure on brand. Fmic with hard piping and a diy intake. Car seems to run fine most of the time. If I floor it and hit the clutch, it will die? Need to look into that a little. It also doesnt put me back like I thought it would so I wanna pull off the turbo and look at it. Bought it for 5k, hope its not a mistake. Will post pics later

 

[hornsfan10609]

Post some pics of the outside. Nice car looks like sunlight silver (looks white but it must be silver), needs to have a pipe welded onto the DP for the EWG. I bet the MAF is on the intake, if you relocate it before the TB about 6-12" and after the BOV it will run like it should. What is on the car to tune it?

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

Here is some more pics

 

[repthemazdas]

is it fast? lol

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

Nothing is on the car to tune it, I thought about returning it to stock cause I bought it to flip it for more but we'll see I have a buddy selling a full msp kit for 600 and guessed I can probably get that much out of the aftermarket stuff. If I looked right, the maf is indeed right on the intake. Not sure where the bov is yet, I'll look tomorrow. I didnt recognize the brand on the turbo either, i'll check it and post it soon as well. It just feels gutless for being what it is and I think its running rich. I'll be learning lots about it over the next little while and am pretty stoked

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

Doesnt feel as fast as it should. My brothers srt4 pulls WAY harder. This hardly puts me back lol

 

[BOOSTR]

as it should @ 14 psi. that engine bay doesn't look like it was planned or executed well, so the fact that it does not run strong should not be surprising.

 

[Jaleik]

Do you know if anything was done to the engine? If the maf is on the intake and theres a bov on the charge pipes thats not recirculated then yeah, boosting then letting it drop quickly will definitely make it die

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

I dont think there is anything done internally. If so, its still only set at 6 or 7lbs. I know a kid who has an extra block that I could forge on the side but I dont t hink I wanna go that far into it. At least not till I know for sure if i'm keeping it or not. I love the reliability of my mp3

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

So the turbo is an Emusa. I read about it and its just an ebay brand but its not horrible. I dont like how long it takes to spool tho so I might go back to a stock one. Smokes a little under boost also

 

[hornsfan10609]

It will be plenty reliable if you put a stock turbo kit on it. Is that a Thunder mani or a MAM Thumper mani? Is it a T3 turbo? Once you get it tuned it will probably be pretty damn fast but a forged engine would be required before long. Please find some stock silver mirrors, look like the FMIC is crooked, that would drive me crazy if it were my car.

 

[Protege_MP3_506]

Its a thunder mani and it is a t3 t4 on it right now. Some people on 240sx forums are running the same one and are pushing like 20lbs and havent had a problem with it. I HATE the mirrors lol. Gonna go to a salvage yard soon to look for some more. Intercooler does seem to be a little crooked too. Also noticed the side mount is still chillin in the engine bay. I might sell the thunder mani, turbo, s-pipe, stock intercooler and piping along with an msp computer sometime soon. Whats a fair price for a kit like that? I'll just be getting stock ones to put back on it. I wanna return it to stock besides the fmic before I sell it