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Old 10-24-2007, 11:01 AM
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DIY: Make your turbo spool faster





Some Einstein on the Mazda MX-6 forums decided to "engineer" a solution to his laggy t3/t4; blister weld on some extra fins! I bet the folks at Garrett got a good laugh out of this
http://www.mx6.com/forums/2g-mx6-for...turbo-mod.html
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:18 AM
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That is soooo bad... Just wait til those spot welds break and he cant find where the pieces went... I hate when turbos shell out...
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:19 AM
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Wow! That's a great idea.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:27 AM
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The man is a genious!
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:27 AM
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"But,but,but....I spaced the welds equally!"
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:28 AM
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oh god what a dolt
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:32 AM
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What page did the fins go through the block and out the hood? I don't feel like reading through 46 pages.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:58 AM
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OMFG!

Well, on the bright side, now he can go buy a new turbo to reduce lag...

(guess they never studied turbomachinery & vibration, or really had a clue as to fluid-flow either...)
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:47 PM
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What's amazing is that the idiots at Mazda didn't think of doing that to start out with. Yep, this is how it should've come out of the factory.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:51 PM
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(guess they never studied turbomachinery & vibration, or really had a clue as to fluid-flow either...)
Or a clue how to weld. Looks like it could be solder and that would not surprise me one bit. No, sir.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:57 PM
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What's amazing is that the idiots at Mazda didn't think of doing that to start out with. Yep, this is how it should've come out of the factory.
what exactly makes mazda engineers idiots. last time i checked there were more mazda's at each track event then i can count... don't forget the formula mazda cars, and the mazda factory cars...

i mean this guy is clearly bored and a bit off his rocker... but mazda?

The same could easily be said for rover/bmw in a few cases.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:00 PM
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I prefer the subsequent improvement providing decreased lag:



hmmmmm . . . donuts.

what exactly makes mazda engineers idiots.
I guess in the future I should emphasize my sarcasm with some kind of emoticon
 

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Originally Posted by minimusprime
what exactly makes mazda engineers idiots. last time i checked there were more mazda's at each track event then i can count... don't forget the formula mazda cars, and the mazda factory cars...

i mean this guy is clearly bored and a bit off his rocker... but mazda?

The same could easily be said for rover/bmw in a few cases.
The internet is serious buisness.
 

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Originally Posted by eager2own
I prefer the subsequent improvement providing decreased lag:



hmmmmm . . . donuts.


I guess in the future I should emphasize my sarcasm with some kind of emoticon
Emoticons are our friends.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:18 PM
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The internet is serious buisness.
indeed... probably about as serious as this guy was when he added those fins onto that turbo.
 
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Old 10-24-2007, 10:40 PM
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^ That's awesome . Does anyone know if this is a viable mod for the M45?
 
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Originally Posted by minimusprime
what exactly makes mazda engineers idiots. last time i checked there were more mazda's at each track event then i can count... don't forget the formula mazda cars, and the mazda factory cars...

i mean this guy is clearly bored and a bit off his rocker... but mazda?

The same could easily be said for rover/bmw in a few cases.
mazda rx7 ftw
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:01 AM
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HA! Someone made a webpage to condense all the jokes on this guy: http://www.copexturbo.com/
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:31 AM
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What page did the fins go through the block and out the hood? I don't feel like reading through 46 pages.
that's the hot side of the turbo.....fins would be shot straight out the tailpipe like ninja throwing stars
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:35 AM
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Either way, what pages does that happen?
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:39 AM
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that's the hot side of the turbo.....fins would be shot straight out the tailpipe like ninja throwing stars
I'm liking this mod more and more.
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:47 AM
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With the turbo spooling with less lag, all that needs to be done now is mount the flux capacitor and tune the NOS to run 9s.
 
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:02 AM
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How many gigawatts of nawz should he run
 

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Old 10-25-2007, 08:38 AM
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I like it. The guy needs to start a pre-sale list.
 
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Originally Posted by PGT
that's the hot side of the turbo.....fins would be shot straight out the tailpipe like ninja throwing stars
thats what I waas thinking
 


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