June 7th...damn. You are pushing it close. Seems like enough time but you know how that goes with these fuckers.

Oh I know ALLLLLL to well. I still have hopes though. As long as I get her done for the 6/18 trackday @ Limerock I'll be happier. I'll be happiest if it was done tomorrow but that's just not about to happen.

Well I got my side seals in yesterday as well as my NEW inner coolant seal.

I love Mazdatrix and their parts availability BUT recently they have hit a rough patch with me in regards to their packaging perfromance. Last week I recieved my rear iron replacement parts(seals, o-rings ect) and inside the priority mail package they just shoved the inner coolant seal in the envelope....well that led to the seal kinking and cracking. I called them and they immediately said they will send me a new one.

So then yesterday I got my side seals in and the new coolant seal. The coolant seal was taped to a solid 8x13 cardboard sheet(good stuff) BUT the side seals were just wrapped in a zip lock bag with a thin foam 1/16 inch sheet wrapped around them. You would think this would be adequate protection for the side seals if it were shipped in a BOX, but instead they shipped it in another envelope. When I got the envelope you could see a curved wear mark that damn near cut through the packaging where the side seals were sitting.

I was about to kill the post man but after I opened it up and inspected them and found no damage I was cool headed.


You would just think some people would use common sense and put fragile items in a box. Anyway I need more coffee and sorry about the rant.

You would think so. :rofl:

Well we are moved into the new place. Almost time to rip into the FC. God knows that I better get on it fast because home maintenance is gonna take priority soon.

I got a hold of a cherry picker today...needless to say I am pretty damn stoked! I refuse to buy one because that is just wishing for bad joo joo.
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I almost don't want to rip into her...she is still driveable and the weather is PERFECt now. Fuck!

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Pic of the new house. Got it for a great price and is a wonderful home for our daughter. The FC better not break again or it is going to be sold because this S.O.B is gonna take ALL my time..


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Pics will be up soon of the surgery

Got a day off today so....started at 9AM and by 3pm it is ready to pull.


After about 1 hour.....
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??My coolanted looked a little rusty considering it was brand new about 50 miles ago. Maybe residual coolant?? Be interesting to see the condition of my water jackets. :scratch:
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Engine by about 1:30
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Found this little bitch crack:banghead:. I wonder if I should go Banzia Mounts OR Mazdaspeed stiffer stock mounts? If anyone has input, please DO
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Will update later this evening or tomorrow.

Looks like a stress fracture from heat cycling. I am personally running mazda comp mounts and like them. Not too stiff, not too much give. Still can't really feel any vibrations through the chasis from the engine but is able to provide me with a good feel when I get on it.

Looking good - I'd go MS Comp mounts, I use them now on everything.

And.......its out.
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I bought this HKS 10psi spring for my HKFake WG. The member I bought it from replaced the diaphram and spring with HKS parts. He SAID the spring is the yellow 10lb spring BUT I hold 14.7 psi in 2,3 & 4th gear. SO i think he put in the purple spring from HKS which is rated in the 50MM at 14.7 psi.

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If it is yellow spring inside like the seller said then that is impressive that it holds at a steady psi after the creep.

-----BTW is there anything I need to know before hand when I go to rip inside this wastegate? Any input on past mistakes or tips would be appreciated.



Surgery on the block starts soon.................




As for the mounts I think I will go Mazdaspeed.

Looking good so far man :icon_tup:

I tell ya, the first time I had to haul a motor.......... 10 years or so ago I was going to rent one. Then I came across one in the bargain news for almost as much as I was going to pay so I bought it. That thing gets used for more shit now. Not only my engine, but the engine on my boat, the diesels at the yacht club, my buddies rotary, soon his LS's, shit, we even used the damn thing to pick his shell up and get it on the rotisserie. I would just drop the coin. If you do, you won't need one, if you don't you know you will. Just saying

As for the mounts - Mazdacomp. me likey so far but I also have a torque brace on my engine so I can't tell you how stiff they are. i can tell you they don't vibrate though.

With the waste gate it's pretty straight forward. Undo the cap screws, keep track of them. Be careful of the diaphragm and inspect it for abnormal wear. Pull old spring, insert new spring. Install cap screws and torque to spec (couple in-lbs or so).

That is what i figured. I would like to get a hold of the torque specs from HKS but their customer service blows. I think 40 in lbs will do.

Does the WG need to be off the exhaust manifold? Only reason I ask is the heads of the bolts to the WG are damn near stripped and I would love to avoid another hic-up right now(laziness i know)
Thanks man.

If it's anything like the turbonetics one, then no. You should be good. When I did mine, it was brand new though so I didn't really have any issues with it at all. I don't remember the valve having to be removed or anything--which makes sense since the spring is just to help provide positive pressure on the plunger.

I'd say just do it. Honestly if you're nervous about the torque spec lube up the cap screws with some loctite and tighten it down until it bottoms out and can't be more than finger tight.

I bought the poly mounts from Himni Racing. Great products and great service.