Air ducting work like that is important and often over looked...
All right, looks like I've bored everyone.. So what do we need to talk about next to bring some life back into this topic.. Open loop vs Closed...
I realized while I was putting together my last post that I never finished my data logging rate comparison testing.. So I didn't have 3 data logs...
So we've looked at some airflow stuff.. Maybe we should switch and take a look at Data Logging.. After all need to be able to collect and go over...
Not insisting, but using Zap straps to make a "lock" or keeping a plug seated when the lock is broke is really common in the world of fixing older...
This is taken directly from OBD2 regulations... "Absolute Load Value (PID 43) The absolute load value has some different characteristics than the...
zap straps... you can make your own lock...
Tuning.. isn't this why any of you are here?? I talked about how this car was to be a tuning experiment for me.. So lets start.. My back ground...
It depends.. You can inspect for wear.. generally by 100k miles your axles will have enough wear to consider rebuilding, or buying new... Doing a...
Sooo... The car's running great.. It feels great.. While I get my tuning notes/discussion stuff together, Lets take a break on a good note and...
So where did we leave off?? Right.. a bad rod bearing on the 2.5L, bad rod bearings and worn out cylinder bores on the "good used" 2.3L... The...
interesting information.. something I haven't looked into yet, but I've noticed people talk about Gen 2 gear set swaps.. Thank you for comment,...
I haven't see that dot on any of the OEM stuff I've pulled apart... You're thought process/worry about it needing to line up with something wasn't...
interesting.. I've never heard of this..
Thats a bummer... I used to be apart of some Mazda 323 GTX forums.. Same thing happened when there were issues with that forum... Lost a lot of...
If you've gotten this far and you are thinking... "wtf, how the hell is this ever going to hold together?"... Well you're right.. mistakes were...
That inconsistent cut is interesting... Little things like this, I haven't found much talk about when I've been digging through old posts......
2 possible problems... 1) a leak between the throttle body and turbo... With the top mount intercooler I doubt you are plugging the throttle body...
Pictures of assembling the car jump quite a bit... Since I didn't like the T3/T4 turbo combo, I wasn't confident with my stock turbo after what...
I wonder if its a case of early attempts to build a better valve weren't that great but it might need to be revisited... The Audi/VW world has...
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