davychronic
Greenie N00B Member
Just to update this since ive been driving the 6 a little. Had a hell of a time getting the corksport exhaust to mount up where it isnt hitting my rear subframe, rear driveshaft support bearing, and the pinch welds at the tips so i reverted back to my magnaflow catback until i can get the corksport exhaust modified to drop it down about a half inch. Its running pretty flawless, actually very surprised at how little knock retard is getting picked up. When the engine and everything was stock i would usually register .70 while crusing and now i might get .35 if i shift hard.
I had p0012 come up once so i pulled the valve cover and cleaned the cam sensor, cleaned and teated my ocv (7.5ohm and applying voltage would actuate the spool valve) and verified my timing and vvt has the notch and groove aligned. It hasnt come back in say 100 miles of driving but i have noticed that my vvt is not doing what i have it commanded to do in the tune. It pretty much stays at 0 for 100% of the time. Im not real sure how to attack this yet, im gone through the diagnostic procedures in the fsm and the only things i didnt check are the oil pressure (the light has never come on) and checking the passage from the ocv to the vvt actuator, maybe the oil passage is clogged? The head is a fresh reman since new heads from mazda were on a backorder with no date. It idles butter smooth and has zero drivability issues. Im about to road trip the car to Texas tomorrow night to visit family and start tuning it when i get down there.
I kind of expected it to feel a little dead down low with the cams and the bigger turbo but it actually feels torquier at part throttle. Im a little pleasantly surprised at how good the response is on this turbo. I expected it to be "laggy" but it builds 10psi at 3k rpm easy under part throttle.
So far so good minus the exhaust dilemma and this vvt issue.
I had p0012 come up once so i pulled the valve cover and cleaned the cam sensor, cleaned and teated my ocv (7.5ohm and applying voltage would actuate the spool valve) and verified my timing and vvt has the notch and groove aligned. It hasnt come back in say 100 miles of driving but i have noticed that my vvt is not doing what i have it commanded to do in the tune. It pretty much stays at 0 for 100% of the time. Im not real sure how to attack this yet, im gone through the diagnostic procedures in the fsm and the only things i didnt check are the oil pressure (the light has never come on) and checking the passage from the ocv to the vvt actuator, maybe the oil passage is clogged? The head is a fresh reman since new heads from mazda were on a backorder with no date. It idles butter smooth and has zero drivability issues. Im about to road trip the car to Texas tomorrow night to visit family and start tuning it when i get down there.
I kind of expected it to feel a little dead down low with the cams and the bigger turbo but it actually feels torquier at part throttle. Im a little pleasantly surprised at how good the response is on this turbo. I expected it to be "laggy" but it builds 10psi at 3k rpm easy under part throttle.
So far so good minus the exhaust dilemma and this vvt issue.
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