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Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 16th, 2009, 11:26 am
by jkbreazeale
Has anybody tried their stage I setup on a SOHC? They got a picture of it and its bolted up to a B6ME. Just wondering if anybody has tried it.

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http://www.racingmazda.com/mx3-turbo.htm

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 16th, 2009, 1:00 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
I am told that they stopped making that over a year ago IIRC. I guess they just never update their website

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 16th, 2009, 1:12 pm
by jkbreazeale
Well... thats just great. Um... OK well is there a turbo manifold on the market that is close enough to match the SOHC?

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 17th, 2009, 1:41 am
by MapaX5
i don't see why it would be any different than the DOHC. if i'm not mistaken Corksport was going to build headers that would fit both. but i might be mistaken. i would like a 2nd opinion, as i'm about ready to buy a turbo to put on my snail. and would like to know if i need to swap heads first or if it'll bolt up. thanks.

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 17th, 2009, 1:51 am
by Limegreen mx-3
the sohc and dohc use different exhaust bolt patterns as for the intake side as well. Where do this idea's come from??? Now u know if the exhaust side where the same more people would have used the turbo manifold from the b6T on a sohc. Like they do for the B6DE..

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 20th, 2009, 9:36 pm
by MapaX5
wow, i did not know that they had diff bolt patterns. i had looked through the forum, and in one of the threads, where the SOHC dude wants to swap to a DOHC off a capri, and someone else had told him to keep his own IM so he had the intake to the side, not "over the valve cover" like the one in the capri. i might have misread it... if i did, i apologize.
and Advance Auto also showed me an exhaust mani gasket and it looked just like the DOHC. i've got a SOHC, but got plenty of miata parts, so i had a personal interest.

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 20th, 2009, 9:37 pm
by MapaX5
ooh, and on the SOCH-DOHC swap threads, i haven't seen anyone pointing out the fact that you'd need a new exhaust mani.

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 9:26 am
by jkbreazeale
So... I guess I am SOL until someone decides to make a manifold fit for turbo huh... Do they make a Probe 2.0 Turbo Header? I know after port matching that this header will work...

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 2:01 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
I don't know how people can never find anything?
This is where I got my dohc mani kit. It has a couple extra stud holes in it that I did not use on my dohc. This may work for the SOHC. It does end up looking the same as turbomazdas.
BTW. hope you got some skills.

http://www.jgstools.com/turbo/index2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

edit. seems to work better when the link is pasted into the post. Odd.

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 2:12 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
On page 1 of my WL, you get a shot of the flange bolt pattern. Compare it to your exhaust gasket and then order the mofo if it's correct
http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... 74&start=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: September 6th, 2009, 10:34 pm
by jkbreazeale
I'm sure the question has probably been answered elsewhere... but would the 323 turbo manifold fit the B6-ME? Or am I still out of luck. I read an article from a guy that built up a B6-ME and mentioned something about using the 323 turbo manifold.

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: September 6th, 2009, 10:49 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
Did you check my turbo mani's bolt pattern to your sohc gasket?

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: September 6th, 2009, 11:10 pm
by jkbreazeale
Honestly no I haven't lemme guess. No where even close to fitting

Re: Racingmazda.com's Turbo

Posted: September 7th, 2009, 8:56 pm
by Limegreen mx-3
Im going to have to school this post. Where do u guys get these ideas and i read from :confused2:. But not today