Andrew's '93 NA6 - KL V6 swap

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:02 am

You know as well as I do that the devil is in the details, you need to work through it slowly, double triple check everything, do everything right first install of the KL, and then just enjoy it

Should make 350whp with the blower depending how hard you spin it

Dann

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:29 am

NitroDann wrote:You know as well as I do that the devil is in the details, you need to work through it slowly, double triple check everything, do everything right first install of the KL, and then just enjoy it

Should make 350whp with the blower depending how hard you spin it

Dann

I absolutely agree, the details are everything. I've had the KL/K8 in and out of this car so many times because of stupid little things. When the KL finally goes in it's getting all new gaskets and I'm leak checking the sump-block seal because it seems to be a recurring problem and can't be fixed with the engine in the car.

350whp sounds awesome, especially with blower torque from idle

But the rational part of me is thinking more like 250whp so I don't bust the gearbox/engine. I just want it to be a bit quicker than my mates MY10 WRX (if you're reading this Bryce, it's on :lol:

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Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:33 am

LOL.

The weird truth to my story is that Ive never owned a turbo car, infact never anything but N/A 4 bangers. So I dont challenge any of my mates, cos they all have 300whp that I built for them haha.

Dann

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:47 am

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:30 am

Beelzeboss wrote:
16bit wrote:looks good and yes it needs more low.

those hood risers are going to do exactly nothing to improve cooling through.

Thanks 16bit, and I agree completely on the hood risers. However, they do serve an important function in this instance (they stop the bonnet hitting the engine )

hahaha, genius.

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:32 pm

Well apart from a few oil leaks, blowing smoke and running rich the car is running quite well. I took it to the mighty car mods meet in Silverwater and it made it there no probs. I then tempted fate and drove it to uni today. I arrived a bit late but it made it there and back

I've converted the engine to COP ignition to try and fix the ECU cutting out problem, but it turned out to be some setting in the ECU which was causing the problem. However I'm happy it now has COPs, they look much better than the super long HT leads all over the engine bay. I'll take some pics tomorrow but the COPs are from a CBR1000.

I also tuned the overrun part of the map quite lean and retarded the ignition, it now pops and bangs like a mad thing off throttle

A bit ricer-ish maybe? I don't care, it's awesome :lol:

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:53 pm

Nice to meet you the other day mate.

Your car was just tucked away in the corner for most of the day but it would have attracted some puzzled looks from those who went up to check it out, haha.

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:11 am

Sounds great

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:09 am

Fantastic job! When I first posted in this thread, after you first got the car, I obviously assumed you were a regular newbie to MX-5s. Never in a million years did I expect you'd end up here! :oops:

Well done! :mrgreen:

It would be awesome if you could bring your car to the MX-5 Club's Bits 'n' Bling show on 14 September. We're expecting well over a hundred people to attend and I'm sure your car would attract strong interest. Even if you're not a Club member, you'd be very welcome as an MX-5 enthusiast.
http://nsw.mx5.com.au/events/president- ... g-concours

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:12 am

awesome! Love the pops and farts.

cant wait to see this thing in the flesh

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:35 pm

your car made it to the might car mods facebook album!

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:36 am

PaulF wrote:Nice to meet you the other day mate. Your car was just tucked away in the corner for most of the day but it would have attracted some puzzled looks from those who went up to check it out, haha.

Good to meet you too mate, haha. Wish I'd parked more near the middle, next time I guess

Your car looked awesome

meanmx wrote:Sounds great

TY meanmx

Guran wrote:Fantastic job! When I first posted in this thread, after you first got the car, I obviously assumed you were a regular newbie to MX-5s. Never in a million years did I expect you'd end up here! Well done!

It would be awesome if you could bring your car to the MX-5 Club's Bits 'n' Bling show on 14 September. We're expecting well over a hundred people to attend and I'm sure your car would attract strong interest. Even if you're not a Club member, you'd be very welcome as an MX-5 enthusiast.
http://nsw.mx5.com.au/events/president- ... g-concours

Haha, thanks Guran

I'm not sure if I'm free on Saturday but if I am I'll definitely be there, it sounds like fun

Regie wrote:awesome! Love the pops and farts.

cant wait to see this thing in the flesh

Hehe, it was good to meet you on Sunday, your car sounds great!

16bit wrote:your car made it to the might car mods facebook album!

That's awesome, I can't believe it! It's actually the feature photo for that album on the Just Car facebook page!

A very belated update on the MX-5.

Out with the old

In with the new!

First thing, remove the air filter... what the

No idea what's happened here. It's a 3A racing air filter which appears to have disintegrated in a band around the middle.

Anyway, wire in 3 more ignitors

Remove intake manifold

Install and wire the new CBR 1000 coils

It works! However it didn't fix my weird electronic interference issue I'm having with the TPS. The only thing left to try is to wire the ECU's earth directly to the engine block rather than the chassis. If this doesn't work I'm out of ideas.

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:45 pm

I found out why the car was missing and the TPS signal was so erratic. I feel stupid even admitting this, but I had the +5v and sig wires swapped :oops:

Not sure how it was even reading, but it explains the misfiring and general crap running of the car.

With that fixed and a bit more tuning the car now runs like a champ. It needs a bit more tweaking in the transient throttle response and could also do with leaning out the upper load ranges, but otherwise it's running really well

Went to the MX5 club Presidents Picnic today and it was awesome, I've never seen so many MX5's in one place

Way more supercharged examples than I thought were getting around, awesome

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:31 pm

you should have stayed for the presentation

you would have received something...it will be given to you next time Mike and yourself are around

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:51 pm

Regie wrote:you should have stayed for the presentation you would have received something...it will be given to you next time Mike and yourself are around

Really? That's AWESOME! Thanks very much

I wish I'd stayed but I had to get back. It was an awesome day out