Turbo MX3 mods - List yours

[osargeant]

Hey guys,

Just thought it would be a fun post for all you 4cycl MX3 folks with turbo 1.6 DOHC, B6T or BPT swaps to list the performance mods that you have on your MX-3.

I will start the ball rolling with mine.

1994 JSpec MX3 1.6DOHC
GTX Manifold
VJ11 MX6 Turbo
TurboXS Type S Blow Off Valve
TurboXS Manual Boost Controller
Apexi Turbo Timer
Unorthodox Racing Lightened Pulley
Spearco FMIC
ACT Street Clutch
Lightened Flywheel
2.5" Exhaust Piping with Sport Muffler
Arospeed Cone Sports Filter
MSD 6A Ignition
MSD Blaster SS Coil
NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
Magnecore Performance Plug Wires
1.8 Miata Injectors
Cartech Rising Rate FPR
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
A/F, Boost and Oil Pressure Gauges
Pivot Shift Light
B&M Short Shifter

The vehicle is currently running 9-10psi.

Coming Soon:
Apexi S-AFC
310cc MX6 injectors

[babyblueMX3]

no place for 2.5 turbos

[osargeant]

Sorry

Any turbo MX3 regardless of engine is welcome.

[TEAMpK]

1994 MX-3 1.6DOHC

Jspec B6T Motor
Jspec B6T Manifold
VJ-14 GTX Turbo (polished)
1G Eclipse BOV
TurboXS MBC
Greddy Turbo Timer
Custom FMIC
ACT Street Performance Kit
2.25" Exhaust with Cherry Bomb Muffler
NGK Plugs & Wires
GTX 330cc Injectors
Wahlboro 255 Fuel Pump
Rising Rate FPR
A/C Removed
1G Eclipse IC piping
Boost, A/F and Oil Gauges
Apexi S-AFC

I think there is more...but I will have to try and find my mod list....

PLENTY MORE TO COME!

[JWMotorsports]

Here are my Race motor and Drive line mods.

-B6T
-Mazdaspeed Motor Mounts
-ARP Head Studs
-ARP Main Studs
-ARP Rod Bolts
-Wiesco Forged Pistons
-Pauter Forged Rods
-Forged Main Caps soon
-Knife Edged & Cryo Treated Crank
-Cometic High Pressure Head Gasket
-Port Matched and Polished Head
-Web Cams
-M1 Miata Intake Manifold w/ custom 75mm Mustang adapter plate
-BBK 75mm Mustang Throttle Body
-Custom 3" IC pipe from Throttle Body to IC
-Custom 2.5" IC pipe from IC to Turbo Compressor Outlet
-APEXi Silvia Front Mount IC
-HKS SSQV custom mounted to 3" IC pipe
-Garrett GT30R Dual Ball Bearing turbo w/ Ceramic Coated Housing
-K&N 8" Filter with 100mm (4") mounting flange
-SS Steel 3" Side Exit Exhaust
-Custom 4-2-1 Equal Length Runner Turbo Manifold
-Tial 44mm External Wastegate
-Magnecore KV85 8.5mm Plug Wires
-MSD Custom Flying Crank Trigger System
-Custom 6061 T6 Aluminum Light weight battery tray
-Cork Sport SS Braided Clutch Line
-Pro LX Tranny
-Mazdaspeed LSD
-ACT Pressure Plate
-Clutch Net 6-puck sprung hub Clutch Disk
-Custom Axles
-SRD Control Arm Bushings
-SRD Tranny Crossmember Bushings
-SRD Shifter Stabilizer Bushing
-SRD Bronzeoil Shifter Bushings
-Pacesetter Quick Shift Short Throw Shifter
-Weapon-R Short Shift Knob
-Weapon-R Circuit Pro Coil Overs
-Custom Fuel Rail
-Accel 96 lb/hr. (1000cc) fuel injectors
-Wahlbro 255 intank fuel pump (for now)
-JEGS -8AN (1/2") SS braided fuel feed
-Aeromotive -10AN fuel filter
-Aeromotive -6AN Compact Fuel Pressure Regulator
-JEGS -6AN (3/8") SS Braided fuel return line
-Accel DFI 6.0 Stand Alone
-Accel 300+ Digital Ignition
-Accel 275+ Race Ignition Controller
-Accel High Output CD only Ignition Coil
-APEXi AVC-R Boost Controller
-HKS Type-1 Turbo Timer
-Autometer Sport-Comp 10,000RPM Tach w/ Shift Ligt
-Autometer Ultra-Lite Electric Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
-Autometer Ultra-Lite 35psi Boost Gauge
-Autometer Ultra-Lite Air/Fuel Gauge
-Autometer Ultra-Lite EGT Gauge
-PLX Devices M-500 Wide Band o2 kit w/ wireless data logging



Body Mods

-FX Combat front bumper...cut up to fit IC and pipes
-Eribunni Hood Scoop....fully functional for cooling
-Hole in front of rear passenger side wheel well for side exit exhaust
-Spare Tire Well Removed (future how of Alum. Fuel Cell)
-All interior panels and brackets behind front seats completely removed
-All unused wires removed
-All sound deadening material removed
-All stereo components and wires removed

[babyblueMX3]

Engine:
Block:
Aluminum block bored 0.020" over
8.7 CR Wiseco 4340 forged pistons
Wiseco plasmamoly rings
Wiseco floating wrist pins
Wiseco Spiral-lox
Scat forged I-beam rods (magnaflux and shotpeened)
ARP rod bolts
Polished and balanced forged crankshaft
Clevite 0.050 undersize rod bearings
Toga High-performance main bearings
Entire assembly assembled.

Heads:
KLZE heads
CZT titanium valve retainers
CZT chromoly valve locks
Interprep 195psi valve springs
Stock KLZE valves
KL31 cams
Port and polish exhaust ports
Duratec performance valve seals
Completely rebuilt heads
Polished valve covers

Other:
Polished, knife edged and gutted Millenia intake manifold
CZT modded and powdercoated fuel rails
Unorthodox underdrive pulley
Outlaw engineering phenolic spacers
CZT 67mm throttle body
MSD 8.5mm spark plug wires
NGK BKR7E-11 spark plugs
Custom 2.5" mandrel cat-back
CATCO hi flow 2.5" cat
Dynomax 2.5" muffler
PRO dual slimline fans

TURBO related:

Garrett T3/T04E 57 trim turbo -0.50A/R cold side and 0.83A/R hot side
Tial 38mm wastegate
Greddy type s blow off valve
Bar and plate 28x8x3.5 front mount
MMI stainless steel turbo manifolds (equal length primaries)
custom 2.25 mandrel pre intercooler piping
cutsom 2.5 mandrel post intercooler piping
SR20 370cc injectors (soon 550cc)
Walbro 255LPH HP fuel pump
Stainless steel hoses and Earl's fittings for oil feed and drain
Turbonetics manual boost controller

DRIVETRAIN:

Stock G25-MR tranny
CZT trannysaver
Mx-3 17lbs flywheel
ACT Z62-HDSS clutch kit
Corksport stainless steel clutch line
Pacesetter short shifter
Urethane filled engine mounts
SRD engine mount bushings
SRD shifter extension rod bushings
Upgraded axles

ELECTRONICS & ENGINE MANAGEMENT

Megasquirt & spark stand alone system
AEM UEGO single chanel wideband
Autometer Ultralite A/F gauge
Autometer Ultralite 20psi boost gauge
Autometer Ultralite 0-150 Oil pressure gauge
Autometer Ultralite 0-100 Fuel pressure gauge
Optima yellow top battery
PRO 12"dual slimline fans mounted as pushers


and lots of other stuff non turbo related

[Marlon]

j-spec bp
gtr intake manifold
etd exhaust manifold
t3 super 60
2.5" downpipe
2.5" high flow cat
2.5" cat back
turbo xs rfl blow off valve
7x25x2.75"(core) intercooler
msd 6a
550cc injectors
mazdaspeed mounts
ss clutch line
mx-6 act clutch
fiadenza flywheel
haltech e6x

then a bunch of other mods

[natural born honda killer]

ok here goes.



jspec bpt gtr
pro lx tranny
act stage 2 clutch
haltech
greddy profec b b/c
13 psi(upping the boost to 17-18psi)
starion fmic(getting c02 chiller for it)
msd ignition
msd blaster 2 coil
turbo eclipse fuel injectors
2.5 inch turbo back exhaust(getting 3 inch)
short shifter


and at 13 psi i hit 220 whp and 211 tq but i have a bottle neck in the exhaust as the cat is still there but gutted and it goes down to 1 1/4 inch for the cat so thats gonna be gone and 3 inch installed.

im hoping for 270-280 whp and tq or so at 17-18 psi with the exhaust and the chiller and higher boost level.

[jaydog5678]

Engine -

Stock GTX (Bp-t) block annd head
Stock VJ-20 turbo
Port matched and coated GTX intake manifold
Ceramic coated GTX exhaust manifold
2 3/4" stainless down pipe to cat. converter
3" cat back exhaust
Spearco intercooler and ceramic coated piping
HKS blowoff valve
MSD 6A ignition with blaster coil
Taylor ignition wires and NGK plugs
Mitsubishi 450cc injectors
3rd gen RX-7 fuel pump

Drivetrain -

Stock Protege LX transaxle, halfshaft, and axles
ACT clutch and pressure plate (275 ft. lb rated)
Stock Protege flywheel
SRD shifter and engine member bushings
B&M shortshifter
Stock and Mazdaspeed engine mounts (going to be filled soon)
Stainless braided clutch line

Electronics -

Haltech E6K computer, wiring harness, sensors, and variable boost/timing controler
Autometer boost and EGT gauges

[osargeant]

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[nos92mx3]

Well heres mine even though its not running at the moment.
Us spec b6t
JRC FMIC
2.25->2.5 inch hard piping
Corksport power series DP
3" catback
Arp headtsuds
Cometic headgasket
Apexis SAFc2
Plx m300 wideband
Sunpro boost gauge
Turbo xs type H bov.

[Flashpoint2]

What kind of HP #s are you guys getting from these setups?

[natural born honda killer]

220whp and 211tq at 13 psi and the bottleneck on the exhaust.

[sk8erdude28]

damn. where'd u find a GTR?

[osargeant]

For the person who asked about hp numbers, I would bet that most of the guys listed here at least 200+ whp.