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[Stot]

Intercooler and merc rad just about fit in the nose with a fan pulling from behind.






Just put my air filter on if for now til I fab up a downpipe for the turbo.

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Stot

[Stot]

Slowly getting this turbo on. No light when I get home from work and a new baby are limiting my time but I managed to make some progress.

I cut relief cuts into my manifold as recommended on various miata sited to help reduce the likelyhood of it cracking. The idea is to allow it to expand over time.



I also had to mill the back edges of some of the bolt holes flat as the casting was fairly uneven on the lower ones but I got it all mounted up with new hardware.



The lower nuts and especially the middle nut was pretty impossible to get to so Im super glad I purchased a new Halfords tool kit a couple of weeks ago with ratchet ended spanners as they were the only things I could get in there!

Also got the turbo mounted up. Its been clocked to suit and I made up an adapter for a banjo oil line fitting for it.



On the 1.6 MX5 there is already a take off point for high pressure oil so an M10 x 1.5 banjo fits in there easy.

[Stot]

My downpipe looks ok, I have a 45* and another 90* to get out of the existing side panel hole.




Ill likely have to rehome my washer bottle.

Ill also likely make up a jig when its all done and get one made up in stainless when this one rots/falls apart.

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Stot

[Stot]

Dropped the sump to put the turbo return line in and decided to go for shortening the sump while I have it off as I already scraped it a few times.



I was going to cut the plate to fit this on my mill but its a bit too big for the table so Ill l be chopping and filing I guess.

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Stot

[Stot]

Slow progress, but I shortened the pickup pipe and have an oil return and drain plug. Whoohoo.



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[rpjg1975]

You can't rush perfection

Russ

[Stot]

I was actually thinking, If you were not extending the sump backwards, you could drill and tap the 6 bolt posts from the bottom and bolt on a 5-6mm piece of aluminium or some steel with sealant gasket rather than needing to get it all TIGed up.



I wasnt going to extend back but decided I would...

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Stot

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by Stot

Slow progress, but I shortened the pickup pipe and have an oil return and drain plug. Whoohoo.



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Stot

Where's your drain plug from? And what's the spec? Trying to find something on ebay but failing.

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[Stot]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Where's your drain plug from? And what's the spec? Trying to find something on ebay but failing.

Thanks

I recycled the original drain plug. Chopped it out with an angle grinder and turned it down on the lathe.

The guy that welded mine up hated it and said never again.

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Stot

[CTWV50]

I'll have to buy a fitting then, I wish I had a lathe.

Originally Posted by Stot

Intercooler and merc rad just about fit in the nose with a fan pulling from behind.

What car is the rad and intercooler from? They look a neat solution.

190E?

"The Mercedes 190E radiator that many of the Haynes Roadster guys use has an oil cooler built in.

eBay Item

Its upside down in those ebay pictures, the red caps are on the oil filter in/out.

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