FM turbo Protegé install pictures

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Oct 6, 2002 | 12:13 PM

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OCTANE PRO.

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From: winterpeg

okay everything is fine and dandy with the turbo kit on a 5 speed p5 but what about the automatics....could they handle the turbo kit.....or wwill there have to be some upgrades to the tranny consisting of tranny cooler, new torque converter, etc etc

Oct 6, 2002 | 03:52 PM

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NegatiZE

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Any plans for the 1.6 engine???

Oct 8, 2002 | 11:21 AM

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Foster42

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Originally posted by Keith@FM
All of the information will be on our website once the info becomes available. We'll have the instructions online so you can figure for yourself if you can handle it. The Miata instructions are online on the Flyin' Miata site - the System 4.2 is the closest to the Protegé system, but the oil return is different along with a few other details. The Protege is an easier install - this is basically to give you an idea of what the instructions are like.

Flyin' Miata turbo installation instructions

The first turbo install I did was at home with a couple of friends helping out. No exotic tools were required.

Keith

With my prelude, having to cut the chassis for the IC piping and the oil return bung on the pan were the biggest deals, and of course fuel setup with the mf2, which was later replaced with a standalone with a good baseline, that was an easy install. The FMU should be pretty easy to do as well.

What kind of chassis cutting is required with the kit, any?

Thanks.

Oct 9, 2002 | 09:57 AM

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Keith@FM

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No plans for the 1.6, sorry. Grab a 323 GTX manifold for that.

No chassis cutting is required - yikes! There's some trimming of the nose piece, but it's non-structrural plastic.

Keith

Oct 12, 2002 | 08:23 PM

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From: winterpeg

KEITH......will the kit work with an auto tranny without modifications.....and if not what type of modifications do i need to do...........

Oct 14, 2002 | 09:33 AM

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It should work fine on an auto tranny car unless there's something really unusual about the autos. The stock exhaust routing is maintained from the first cat on, staying away from the gearbox. There may be some slight differences in how the oil supply is obtained, but that's all I can think of.

Keith