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[bogaut]

thanks, that sounds encouraging

[Mazda_Powered]

glad she's running smooth man!!! my GTX setup passed emissions testing under the n/a BP specs with a 220k OEM cat lol you should be fine

[bogaut]

installed the walbro 255 today and drove it to get the exhaust shop to get it all connected

[Mazda_Powered]

nice man!! probably sounds a lot smoother now. Now to work out the bugs?

[bogaut]

yeah i was running with the stock sohc pump, was a little scary. Still dont have the knock sensor hooked up, and i really need to overhaul the suspension. probably gonna break down and get some ksports.

[dislexicdime]

what is the inside diameter of the strut tubes on a bg?

I wonder if you could buy a set of megans for a 240 and cut the bottom mount and weld them to the bg mount and get camber plates . my buddy's have done it with other cars

[Mazda_Powered]

sohc pump would be scary! lol

ya ksports seems to be holding up pretty well in the BG chassis...if I stick to mine I'll probably do the same some day, just too many issues when you try to build your own setup it seems lol.

[bogaut]

drove it home from exhaust shop yesterday. took about 5 minutes until i blew a damn coupler . it was the one right of the compressor, so im gonna try the hairspray method and see how that works.

[derb]

Enlighten me to the 'hair spray method'. Gives some extra grip to silicone on smooth surfaces I'm guessing?

Also, I've read this from page 1 and it's definitely giving me ideas for my Astina.

[deadly_sleeper]

drove it home from exhaust shop yesterday. took about 5 minutes until i blew a damn coupler . it was the one right of the compressor, so im gonna try the hairspray method and see how that works.

Are you running the t-bolt clamps? aka turbo clamps?

[bogaut]

Yeah the hairspray gives it more grip. And Eric I ran out of tbolt clamps haha. I've got more in the mail though.

[theredrocket]

Putting a bead on the end of the pipes also helps stop it from blowing off. I still blew couplers off when I had T-bolt clamps occasionally. Then I bead rolled the ends of all the pipes, and I haven't blown a coupler off since.

[nerd racing]

you can make a bead roller with some old vicegrips, a muffler clamp sheet metal piece, and a big washer. just weld the clamp to the one side and the washer to the other. seem to work pretty well from what i'm told. i will be going that route when i get to ic piping.

[Ace]

yes ^ those work well but aren't the fastest method ever

[bogaut]

Problem is that the compressor outlet is a thick cast piece, can't bead it very easily