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Hi guys . As pointed out my hks ssqv was not sounding like the real deal but after some investigation I stripped it and found the valve door didn't sit right and It was leaking .now I fixed it and sound like a hks ssqv should . I also thought while I was there to fit my induction pipe. Dont know if this is a better location but my air temp is lower than it was before when on the move and I can hear the turbo louder. Thought I'd share the mod .

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Looks good. Since having my

Looks good.

Since having my new body kit (New front bumper, Carbon Fibre Bonntet) on mine, I have now put an indicution pipe from the filter to one of the grilled front air intakes for cooling the front brakes, and have noticed my air temps now roughly meet the same as the outside air temp according to the Scangauge Inlet air temp gauge. Also noticed the car is a lot more responsive as well. But that might also be down to the lightened front end I have now, as the bonnet is very light compared to the original. Recon I have saved at least 10KG of weight on the front, plus with the UNICHIP-Q boosting power up from 130 to close to 150 BHP (Without any further boost on the turbo).

Looking at your pictures I think your filter could do with a clean Wink

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

Scan gauge 2

This is start

This is after a 30 min drive

Hope this helps

Looks like you still got some

Looks like you still got some heatsoak there.

I noticed on mine the heat will rise when at standstill but when I am on the move the air temps start to drop to close to the outside temps. How do I know this? I also have a makeshift outside temp gauge seperate to the Scangauge.

Ideally you need a cold air feed pipe from the filter to the outside. But set so it doesnt feed in water.

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

Heat Soak??21c is a

Heat Soak??

21c is a fantastic figure!! Rememeber the inlet air sensor is screwed into the plenum, How could it possible be any less considering the engine and ancierlies are so hot.

21'c cant be the sustained boost inlet air figure.

You would be looking more like 40-50c I would think once boosting for a few minutes.

ON boost, the air coming out of turbo before being through the intercooler will be about 60-70c I would think, And the intercooler should be able to drop that down to about 40c

Yep heatsoak. Funny this, as

Yep heatsoak.

Funny this, as I have been out in my car today. Readings as follows:

11 degrees outside temp using a Temp sensor connected to the drivers outside door ledge.

Started the car scangauge IA reading showed 5 degrees to start with at standstill from cold.

On driving on the roads with standing and normal driving as well as some boosting of the turbo the IA moved up to 11 degrees C. Outside temp showed 11 Degrees. On standstill the IA did move up to around 18-20 degrees C. But once moving the IA temp started to drop down to the outside temperature.

So yeah I think Heatsoak Smile It may also mean with the new body kit on mine I have more air circulation as well perhaps, which helps out Smile

So how are you monitoring your temps Nathan?

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

You need a proper air inlet

You need a proper air inlet temp gauge, Those readings from a scangauge via OBDII is way out.

A OBD scangauge can only be accurate if they are calibrated to each particular sensor. Universal ones cant do this.

I guess the offical Daihatsu OBD diagnostic tool, where you can select each exact car/engine on the menu should be reasonably accurate (you would hope).

Air inlet temp when boosting with a good intercooler would be around 40-50c measured after intercooler.

Inlet air temp air filter side is mostly irrelevant on a turbo car (unless extreme such as filter very close to turbo or exhaust),

You just need a large enough supply of well filtered air (decent filter size and quality).

If the ambient temp going into air filter is 5c or 20c, the boosted air when compressed and heated coming out of the turbo is still going to be very similar. Getting the air temp down as it passes through intercooler is the part to concentrate on. (ie bigger intercooler, Front mounted, Water injection)

Remember that lower (on boost) air temp gives you more power in 2 ways, more oxygen is the obvious one, But also less chance of engine knock (detonation) so the ECU is less likely needs to retard the ignition timing.

That's the main reason why turbo cars feel so much more lively on cold days than in the summer, The intercooler is working better, And less chance of detonation so the ECU is not retarding the timing as much.

Some turbo cars when put onto a dyno rolling road, will really suffer after only 1 or 2 power runs (power drops off)...there is just no way near enough cool air passing through the intercooler core compared to driving down the road. I suspect the YRV would suffer like this with the small top mount.

only experiance i got

only experiance i got is when my dad was setting up his evo 4 rs rally car, he had a air conditioned intercooler , his car was mapped on the track so the tempertures will be realistic (not like a dyno). he had a k&n typhoon with ram air. he didnt have a matching outside temperture and air intake temp, due to the heat coming from the turbo, as you can imagine his turbo was over boosting stock levels, gems ecu, when entering the pits the turbo was glowing red,

i know the yrv's on the road aint drove to those extreams and we want better fuel eco than 5mpg but cooler air in my mind is always better but with ram air you gotta watch with forcing water in, which is why my filter is at the front facing down, im happy with the outcome and if you are matching outside temps that is awsum,

i love the sound of a turbo spooling and a bov, which i got now , turns heads everytime lol

Have you tried it with no

Have you tried it with no BOV, to get the flutterdump noise from the cone filter?

Often called wastegate chatter, although it has nothing to do with wastegate. Its just air passing back through the compressor, creating a chopping sound.

And no, It does not do any damage (unless insane boost pressures) or make it spin backwards (impossible)

The main reason most oem's fit recirc type dump valves is to eliminate the flutter dump sound, as most drivers would not like it (or think something is wrong lol)

couple of GTti vids with no BOV and a nice big cone filter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVDoqxfPE8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCw1hXbAT74

greddy type s is my fav

i got the hks ssqv on now , works good on the yrv, my greddy type s black top of a rx7 is quiet and cant get the signiture chirp which worked on my czt,dont know where the chirp comes from or how it makes the sound but it just wont work.

i do like the flutter dump sound, i put a hair clip on the bov vacum to make it flutter dump.

Stared off with 9' c IAT took


Stared off with 9' c IAT took it for a good drive dash lighting up red etc,
pretty much stayed around 19'c
I ain't adjusted my boost , but did hit the fuel cut 3 times upto 100mph 0.8 bar max , so think I'm close to as much as I can push the stock before I'd have to fit a defender

air filter

i did blow it thro with a compressed air line looked like soot from a diesel lol,
well once im warmed up and 20 mins into my journey average 20'c unless i stop goes upto 35'c but soon goes back down , but before it was avergaing 35'c,

my scangauge 2 got bhp on it and ive had 148 bhp out of it, how accurate it is we'll never know, my mpg is 30 on average, boost is 0.6 unless im in overdrive ,goes upto 0.8,

2 rear fogs next like the black one on ebay , was gonna put them in the boot like the lexus is200, more work but dont think it will look right, so going with both in the bumper,

twin rear foglights

hole cut waiting for light
anyone know if sunflower yellow is the yrv colour Unknw

I took it to a auto paint

I took it to a auto paint shop he said its y07 but my paint is a bit darker so he Matched it. Thaks for the reply. now I got the paint I started my engine cover . I know people don't advise it but mine was snapped so I fibre glassed it and filleted it. So had to cover the repair

Y07 and engine cover

Found the vin plate but my yellow is darker .


My engine cover has had a lick . It was cracked so had to do summit . I'm no sprayer but its better than it was .

Looks Good Just need

Looks Good Smile

Just need something to finish it off at the rear. Something like this bottom piece I have on mine:

http://www.daihatsu-drivers.co.uk/node/16785

Have another one going spare which techincally could be colour coded and another part cut for the other exhaust. Wink

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

Painted them black

The colour match was not tha good so painted them black today ,

Might colour match if I ever get paint work done ,

Air temp

Air temp
My air temp was 9' today after my work journey. But I was hitting the fuel cut . When my map was hitting 178 .which is what I'm gonna guess 0.78 bar as my boost gauge was showing 0.8 I aint got a boost controller just stock on that part. Anyone know how to turn the boost down just so I don't hot the fuel cut . I know I probs hitting due to colder air and more air . Thanks guys

Why not fit a Fuel Cut

Why not fit a Fuel Cut Defender?
This is what I had to do when I changed exhausts from the standard 'Y' shape to the Blitz Nur-spec-R.

Nathan will be along shortly to explain differently perhaps?

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

I did have one

I had a boost controller and FCD of eBay Nathan,s one, but after a few hours of potching decided to run stock boost . Would rather turn the boost down some how ,

I noticed today flat out in 1st it ok when it changes into 2nd boost peaks backs off but slowly goes up and hits the fuel cut,
3rd gear the same ain't tried 4th rather save my licence lol,,

If I have to live with it I can , I've lived with worse on my colt czt ,,
Fuel cut is nothing ,

For what I understand boost is controlled of vacuum on the turbo induction side, (which I have modified) and the ecu bleeds air in to maintain and constant boost, do you think the air line from the induction pipe might need a larger inner bore,

Or could I tweak the stock actuator ...?.. Any help will be fantastic