Peripheral Ported Mazda Housing

[20B_boy]

Good to here from you mate! Hows the motor going?? I forget what turbo you went for in the end, it was a big custom spec\'d Garrett BB wasnt it?

Hope its coming along nicely mate....

[Carl]

Originally posted by Grizzly
BTW, the Mazda P/P Housings are as radical as i\'ve seen and would not use them with a Turbo.

If you fancy a NA Triple then there\'s a set on the US E-Bay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46098&item=2451857481

Chris

This looks like only one housing to me.

I have peripheral port housings and would be happy to show anyone who would like to see what they look like.
On a turbo engine there is no real advantage in running a peripheral port because you can still achieve the same if not better volumetric efficiency with side ports.
That is not to say that I would not build one on a multi rotor engine because if it is done as a short blocked engine then the side ports for each rotor would not be equal.In this case then I would build a peripheral port turbo engine.
Kind regards
Carl

[Grizzly]

Carl, as regards the Housings on E-Bay i know the guy and there is Three for sale.

Rich, i have changed my mind a few times since we last spoke, i have now gone with Three Turbo\'s on a equal lenth Manifold (That i\'ve personaly made ) i have also ditched the IC and am thinking of using a Charge cooler as well as water/Meth injection.

Of course you all know why P/P is better than the Side ports on a Short block Triple, i had a 20b but the weight advantage/Part availability gained from the Custom is worth the messing about.

Chris

[20B_boy]

Blimey, a plumbers nightmare! Brave man.

HAve you looked into charge coolers at all yet? PWR ones that Abel used on his 20B FD are quite nice.

Get it up and running then mate

[Grizzly]

I have spoken to Pace about a custom 3-1 Cooler.

Hows yours coming along?

Chris

[20B_boy]

Get plenty of views on Pace products/service before u commit mate, I\'m sure they are able but there\'s been a few bad things said of them over the last couple of years I seem to recall...

Mine will be done \'soon\', honest

[Grizzly]

Ok, I\'ll have a look into PWR

Chris

[GaryS]

I\'ve got a Pace charge cooler on my MX-5 - it\'s only been back to them twice.  Others have been less fortunate.

I believe their newer stuff uses higher grade and thicker alluminium, but early production stuff - eek.

Having said that, the original prototype of the MX-5 IC (for a Jackson Racinf M45 SC) is still going strong with no problems we know of, so perhaps for a one off they may be good.

[g11ary]

my rad in the yellow rx is pace, and has never been a problem in a year of quite hard driving, never over heated.

[20B_boy]

Doesnt take many failures to get a bad name in cooling I shouldnt have thought...

Chris, I have a pic of Abels twin-PWR barrel, twin-turbo drag 20B setup in an issue of Zoom or FFs a while back if u wanna take a look. Also, if u wanna contact PWR gimme a shout. I\'ve dealt with their operations manager recently. They are very nice to deal with.

You putting it in the FC or FD have u decided? do you have a radiator sorted yet? I was thinking of getting some thing made with a Griffin core having read a few things on the variuos 20B lists about the likes of Koyo, Fluidyne etc...

[GaryS]

I should point out all the problems I know of with the MX-5 charger cooler are with the actual cooer box itself cracking, adn not the radiator part of it.

[20B_boy]

Thats alright then!

Do you have any pics of your \'5\'s install? is your cooler engine bay mounted or??

[Grizzly]

Rich, I think it will be going in my Fc for the simple reason there is more space and no one seems to tune FC\'s

Do PWR have a web page or somthing i can read up on?

Cheers

Chris

[20B_boy]

Website is http://www.pwr.com.au but there isnt much info there really...

Thought u might go 4 the FC There\'s an interesting old RE-A FC sat about in NZ atm thats just making an appearance on the NZ FD list. Very interesting proposition, hate to think what it might go 4 tho  

[GaryS]

Originally posted by 20B_boy
Thats alright then!

Do you have any pics of your \'5\'s install? is your cooler engine bay mounted or??

Got to swap out my crappy Magnecour KV85 HT leads tomorrow - will take a photo or two at the same time.  Charge-cooler is right at the front with some bits (radiator and water pot) hidden in the front zone.