B3.......has anyone ever completed a turbo????

[Sleeper]

I know it is better to just put a b6T in but it still seems interesting.....I think I remember a a b6 with a subaru turbo....but I think the manifold and turbo was sold on ebay.........any have any photo's of a complete b3 b6 turbo set up ...... 1/4 mile times??????

Just wondering?

Adam M

[festivagt]

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I turbo'd my b3 back before I wadded the car. It was okay. I used a garret t/3 from a saab 9000 with a .48 A/r on it. Ran it through a starion FMIC. Made a adaptor from the stock manifold to the turbo and had a custom downpipe made that would mate to the stock aftercat location. I used a vortech rising rate fuel pressure regulator(8:1) with a J&S safeguard for ignition control. Using a manual boost controller and a used BOV from a DSM. I drove this every day on pump gas(89-93 octane) at 6 psi. The car didn't suffer at all and was a blast to drive. Wasn't going to kill any V-8's but you'd be hard pressed to find a stock 4 or 6 cyl that could keep up. I also had a ported head, 3 angled valve job, ported intake/exhaust manifold and advanced ignition timing before I turbo'd it(stock timing after).

[Gforcefd]

gt

GT what part of NY are you from?

Im near ithaca, ny

[festivagt]

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Sempronius(bottom of skaneatles lake) just outside of Homer NY. I worked at BBuy in the mall in Lansing for 3 years. You might have seen her there a few times. Been doing the festiva thing for quite the few years. I have a bunch of pic posted on my site www.geocities.com/festivagt . I get out towards watkins glen at least 5 or 6 times a year. You ever get down to ithaca at all?

[BPpower]

i live in Avril Park/Clifton Park/ Ballston Spa, 10 min away from albany.. we should get an NY meet together

[Gforcefd]

tops

I work overnights at Tops on meadow street in Ithaca, Hopefully I will be representing my stiva by tuesday, give you a clue when im there :-)

I live in enfield area now about 6 miles from ithaca

[festivagt]

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My girl lives near SUNY Albany. I get out that way at least a few times a month. (Until she gets done with the job she is at.) But yeah a gathering might be cool. I make my own schedule so I guess it would be up to when you both could get some time to coincide. Not only that, where to meet?

[JerseyJay1.8T]

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I turbo'd my b3 back before I wadded the car. It was okay. I used a garret t/3 from a saab 9000 with a .48 A/r on it. Ran it through a starion FMIC. Made a adaptor from the stock manifold to the turbo and had a custom downpipe made that would mate to the stock aftercat location. I used a vortech rising rate fuel pressure regulator(8:1) with a J&S safeguard for ignition control. Using a manual boost controller and a used BOV from a DSM. I drove this every day on pump gas(89-93 octane) at 6 psi. The car didn't suffer at all and was a blast to drive. Wasn't going to kill any V-8's but you'd be hard pressed to find a stock 4 or 6 cyl that could keep up. I also had a ported head, 3 angled valve job, ported intake/exhaust manifold and advanced ignition timing before I turbo'd it(stock timing after).

wow, WAY to big of a turbo for a 1300cc 8 valve lol.

[festivagt]

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Too big? The smaller .48 compressored turbo worked alot better than the .60 I intially used. I ran the .48 WITHOUT fail. Spooled by 2400rpm and held 6 psi without a problem. I am sure that it could have boosted the 1.3l alot more than it did, but I did not want to break the weak kneed bottom end (lotsa detonation between 7-8 psi). They use the .60 on 1.5l hondas ALL THE TIME. I went with the .48 because I liked the quicker spool up time. The .60 spooled by 2700 rpm. Since I wan't using the garret super .60(ballbearing) It might have caused a bit of lag. I noticed on a 1.5l eagle summit I boosted that the ball bearing turbo (identical to the non bearing unit) spooled about 300 rpm's quicker when I compared the two. So If I had the ball bearing unit when I boosted the festie I might have left the super .60 in it. But hey, I didn't waste about 3 weeks(after work) of my life trying different combinations just to find out that what I was using couldn't be improved on.

[TJinPgh]

somebody was/is selling a turbo setup that he claims will work on both the 1.3 (with some work) and the 1.6. from an 88 Thunderbird 2.3

Ends today, I think. But, could give you some ideas

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/festiva-1-3-1-6-mazda-turbo-header-rhb5-included-drag_W0QQitemZ8001593310QQcategoryZ33742QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem