Pics of the Turbo install in my EGT

192mph for a quarter would be breaking 10s......Actually I dont know yet. I took it to the track Sep 26 about 2 hours after getting boosted. By the time I made the 120mile drive to the track the wastegate rode was gone, so the wastegate was flopping open and I had no boost.

My friend Rob wired the wastegate halfway shut with a coathanger and tried to run it. He lost the shim just after spinning the tires all the way into second.... the scort ran a 20.64. Full timing retard and no boost with vac leaks SUCKS.

Oh well, I just have to get the injectors serviced and get new O-rings for them and I can do the R&R on the turbo to fix the wastegate. The plan is to run 8psi on the street, 14psi on the track with race fuel.

Just think.. 14psi, pencil pushing shows that´s about 277 flywheel HP, Better yet, something like 250HP to the ground!!!!

You know James, going turbo is a huge pain in the arse, but every day when I´m feeling down I hear my TurboXs H-RFL BOV blow off under just .5-2psi and I feel like loosing it. Or cruising at 55mph and dropping to 3rd hearing the turbo spool as you go cruising past traffic.....its amazing. Especially on a car that doesn´t have a turbo package option, and you know you´ve done all the hard work.

My roommates complained tonight. They complained that my car wakes them up all the time because they can hear me park at night and leave in the mornings. I know the exhaust is frickin´ loud and all, but doing the escort the way I have was the only way I could have the type of car I wanted on my budget. I think they should learn to deal with it and if they want to complain, they can donate to my Mitsu Eclipse GSX fund.

haha funny you should ask. Well, the first time I took the scort to the track;

I went to Firebird Internat´l Raceway, Chandler AZ. Elevation there is about 1600´ above sealevel. I weighed in at 2745lbs with myself and a 100lb passenger. The only thing I done to the scort then was the exhaust, and I was running on my pretty heavy 17´s. I ran a 16.7 that night at 83mph with a peak speed at 84mph. My R/T on that run was a .83. When I got back from the track I realized that my PCV valve was bad and was leaking oil into my intake manifold

The last time I went was less then 2 hours after getting the turbo installed with no tuning what-so-ever. We had to tech in by 9pm in Phx and we left Prescott here at 715pm. I teched in and parked. Found all my friends there, then my friend Rob got under the escort to adjust our spring on the wastegate rod. The WHOLE ROD WAS GONE. We lost it somewhere on the drive down. So I was running with about .5psi in 1st and 2cd, and about 1psi in 3rd and 4th. 5th was back to about .5psi. Alot of my friends starting talking trash because I wasn´t running my car, so Rob got pretty pissed and wired the wastegate halfway open with a coathanger. We pushed the scort to the line. He was running about 6psi with horrible turbo-lag. On video we have Rob barely moving the tires as the light went, then the boost kicked in and the tires broke loose, he shifted into second and our shim fell out....we were now running nearly no boost and full timing retard. After hitting the steering wheel a few times you can watch him cruise the quarter like the daily driver it is. He ran a 20.63 at 64mph, but with a 60´ time of 2 seconds

As soon as I can get the scort tuned right, I´m going to be running 8psi on the street and 14psi at the track. I dont really care what time I get, my goal is to break 100mph on a quarter. If I do everything right I´d like to run low 14´s to a really high 13 with a perfect .5 R/T

Let me see if I can answer all your questions:

Its not a GTX...I actually wanted the higher compression BPD8.

I´m using an intercooler from a 89 Chrysler Conquest TSi (starion) Paid 200 for it shipped.

My IC piping is currently a mach up of what I need bent. its ABS plastic 2". I´ll have a shop mandrel bend aluminum when I get get more money.

I haven´t replaced any internals. When you pull the oil pan on any Mazda BP8 you´ll see it has all forged internals. Forged H-Beams, Solid crank...its crazy cool. The pistons are some alloy, but will hold up.

In fact there´s a guy in Canada named Dave Lazier who runs an MX3 with a GT motor with 30psi on stock internals...he´s never blown a motor but goes through trannies and drivetrain components every track day. EscortGT´s are not what most would think :-]