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6-22-2013
Turbo is mounted up, and my silicone heater hose is rerouted. One thing about Turblown's manifolds is that you can not retain the OEM heater core hardline because of positioning. No bother, I purchased a 4ft section of silicone line from HPS. It is quality and will withstand the heat. Good thing, because I am "shoe-horning" that 4" DP with routed wastegates in there.
Mounting everything up proved to be a beast. Even with the flex pieces on the tubes, everything needs to be lined up perfect. I originally thought I had an issue as the downpipe end flange kept hitting the transmisison. Come to find it was just clocked a little off. I re-adjusted but a little too far. Clears the tranny fine, but now the flanges don't line up. Need to bring it back about a 1/4" the other way. Plan to tackle it first thing in the morning.
Mine isn't a DD either. It stays in the garage until I want to take it out and enjoy. But on a hot day, I like that ice cold A/C 
. Something about having an extremely capable street car while still retaining a few things that keep it civil.
Below is the exact hose I purchased, by 4ft. I wanted a little extra incase I ran into issues. I installed it today and it fits both the heater pipe, and the neck fittings perfectly. I even used the factory clamps. It's quite flexible and seems like it could be used for the other two hard pipe ends that run across the firewall. I purchased new rubber from Mazda so they are still in new condition.
HPS 5/8" inch 16mm 1-Ply Reinforced Silicone Heater Hose Black x 1 Foot Coolant Silicon Hoses
I used some hose clasps and self tapping screws to keep it tucked to the frame rail. Overall, a clean install.
