Random Question thread..

[project.r.racing]

possibly. put a hose clamp around the area that is kinked to allow more flow. then check again.

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by Mad Mat

Ok guys..

My mate and myself have put a vf10 onto his bpt motor. We didnt have the right hoes for the oil return line as i just used some ****ty runner tube which has a very thin wall and has a small kink in it... My question is this turbo was running fine before the install but now there is smoke coming out the exhaust.. Is this due to the oil return not flowing well enough and preasureising the turbo???

that's right... you just answered your own question
too much back pressure on the turbo

fix it or you blow the seals... you may already have!

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by TheMAN

that's right... you just answered your own question
too much back pressure on the turbo

fix it or you blow the seals... you may already have!

My mate fixed it but its still blowing smoke... Not sure what type of smoke as he cant give me a straight answer.. So ill go have a good look today.

[chewyryce]

Im after a disc brake catalog in PDF format that is NON Australian. I already have the DBA catalog. Im after an American catalog if anyone knows where i can get one from.

Cheers
Chewy

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by TheMAN

that's right... you just answered your own question
too much back pressure on the turbo

fix it or you blow the seals... you may already have!

IT WAS THE F@#KING PCV VALVE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa.....

are PCV valves different between turbo and NA cars??

[Clean_Cookie]

Yes. Mx5 mania sell sp ones for $50.

[project.r.racing]

So it was just drawing oil into the intake mani? i need to replace mine as its doing the same thing.

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by project.r.racing

So it was just drawing oil into the intake mani? i need to replace mine as its doing the same thing.

thats correct ryan... was a wierd one as the smoke was white coming out the exhaust. usually burn oil is blue..

but he we know what the issue is now and its just time to get a new PCV valve.

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by Mad Mat

IT WAS THE F@#KING PCV VALVE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa.....

are PCV valves different between turbo and NA cars??

no... the BPT still uses the BP05 PCV valve... you should buy ONLY Mazda PCV valves, anything else is crap!

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by chewyryce

Im after a disc brake catalog in PDF format that is NON Australian. I already have the DBA catalog. Im after an American catalog if anyone knows where i can get one from.

Cheers
Chewy

really? you didn't try spending one minute to google?
http://www.dbausa.com/wp-content/upl...t_23122011.pdf

[chewyryce]

Originally Posted by TheMAN

really? you didn't try spending one minute to google?
http://www.dbausa.com/wp-content/upl...t_23122011.pdf

i have the current catalog. didnt realise that it covers all american cars as well. i'll have to look into it deeper.

thanks.

[Mad Mat]

Hey,

Stupid question alert. But i have see two types of astina ba v6 hubs. One with abs and one with out abs. My question is i was under the interpretation that all v6 ba's had abs. Is this tru or false?

[Cosmo Dude]

All Australian delivered V6 had ABS while it was an option on JDM Lantis. I'm running JDM Lantis V6 front hubs and I don't have ABS sensors on them. The non-ABS hubs are not machined for sensor attachment either.

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by Cosmo Dude

All Australian delivered V6 had ABS while it was an option on JDM Lantis. I'm running JDM Lantis V6 front hubs and I don't have ABS sensors on them. The non-ABS hubs are not machined for sensor attachment either.

Thats what i thought. I had two sets of front v6 hubs and one has the sensor holes machined in the hubs and the other set didnt have the holes machined.

Thanks cosmo

[lukeyprotege]

hey guys was wondering how I would go attaching sp20 skirts to a non sp20 protege?

[Rhys]

You can do it the right way or the Rhys way.
The Rhys way is easier but looks dodgy hahahah

[Ice88]

There's clips IIRC that hold the skirt on Lukey.

Alternatively 3M tape + sikaflex or whatever its called should hold them on pretty well

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by ice88

there's clips iirc that hold the skirt on lukey.

Alternatively 3m tape + sikaflex + liquid nails or whatever its called should hold them on pretty well

fix

[lukeyprotege]

Originally Posted by Ice88

There's clips IIRC that hold the skirt on Lukey.

Alternatively 3M tape + sikaflex or whatever its called should hold them on pretty well

so the clips witt secure it to my car no problem? looks like I'm getting skirts.

edit: thanks everyone

[xeon8]

Originally Posted by lukeyprotege

so the clips witt secure it to my car no problem? looks like I'm getting skirts.

edit: thanks everyone

Yeah clips are the most secure way of attaching the skirts, just have to drill the holes in the car to clip them into. Edwin has a PDF from Mazda on how to install them with the drilling templates for the car, too.

The clips you'll need are:
- G18K-51-SJ3 Like these
- KA80-51-RE5A I've got a pack of them here as I never ended up installing my SP20 skirts.