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Suspension
440/300 Ground Control Coilover Conversion on Koni Shocks
Jackson Racing Tubular Front Sway
Stock NB rear swaybar
949 SuperMiata Adjustable Endlinks
Brakes
Stock NA8 Brakes
Wheels/Tires
15x8 6UL
195/50/15 RE-71R tires (previously had 15 x 7, will upgrade to 205 after these wear out)
Drivetrain
ACT HD Clutch
ACT Extreme Pressure Plate (car was previously supercharged)
Stock Flywheel (I think)
5 Speed Transmission
MazdaRoadsters Short Shift Kit, Tall Angled Shifter
4.3 Tochigi Fuji diffential
Interior
RaceTech Pro 6-pt Harness
Ultra-shield "TDR" Rally Sport seats
Custom Drop Pan under driver seat
Engine
SuperMiata Crossflow Radiator
Qmax Coolant Reroute
RoadsterSport High Flow Cat (CARB)
Flying Miata Dual Exhaust (discontinued)
Jackson Racing Header (CARB)
PFC brake pads, compound "11", fresh rotors and fluid. Ill be doing my first track day in this car on March 10 at Thunderhill (east). I picked the pads based on rave reviews on this site, this will be my first time tracking a car on anything but stock pads (previously tracked cars include Golf R and C7 Corvette, both of which seemed to work okay on stock pads, admittedly I wasn't pushing them as hard as I could). Grabbed some fresh centric rotors and RBF600 fluid.
Fresh Mazda-speed Engine Mounts. I am throwing in some new mounts in the hopes that it cures my mis-shifting into 3rd under power situation, it's super frustrating, also my friend did a minor money shift because of it...
Megasquirt! I bought a megasquirt like 2 months ago and haven't opened the box, bad miata owner, bad.
BP4W + Supercharger swap. I got a great deal on a low mileage BP4w motor with a Jackson Racing Supercharger. Not sure on my timeline on this, but my car already has a CARB sticker for a Jackson racing supercharger so I figure ill give it a go and see how she does. I have a turbo car in my life, but ive never had a supercharger, so I wanna check that whine out.
PFC brake pads, compound "11", fresh rotors and fluid. Ill be doing my first track day in this car on March 10 at Thunderhill (east). I picked the pads based on rave reviews on this site, this will be my first time tracking a car on anything but stock pads (previously tracked cars include Golf R and C7 Corvette, both of which seemed to work okay on stock pads, admittedly I wasn't pushing them as hard as I could). Grabbed some fresh centric rotors and RBF600 fluid.
You won't be disappointed in the pads. I suck at...errr need to work on my braking and the PFCs are the most forgiving I've tried.
I wish...hahaha *cough* M45 *cough* it was cheap *cough* carb-legal-ish *cough*
God I really need to have my doctor listen to this cough...
The car I bought had one of those. I dyno'd it before and after and it made a whopping 35 whp.
But if you live in CA and legitimately want to be carb legal its the best bang for the buck solution.
The car I bought had one of those. I dyno'd it before and after and it made a whopping 35 whp.
But if you live in CA and legitimately want to be card legal its the best bang for the buck solution.
Well, I am not suffering from any grand illusions haha. My golf has like 10lb:1hp, my Corvette had like 7:1, so I don't expect to be outpacing either of them with 13-14:1
I am encouraged by TDR making almost 200 whp with basically the setup I have now + their intercooler/crank pulley... But mostly I got it for basically less than $500 bucks (with the an upgraded pulley and the TDR tensioner) , so I figure lets give it a go!
Spent the afternoon hopefully solving my lack of bump travel issues. I installed a set of custom top hats made by a local Miata enthusiast who was not happy with the quality of the isc top hats. Paid $225 for a set of four beautiful aluminum extended top hats.
Haven't been able to road test them, it was my plan to swap brakes today and my top hats were scheduled to arrive tomorrow, i figured because of President's day, but I guest the post office doesn't get many days off anymore.
Well, at least it isn't a 1.6 with an M45 like I have... I am making a whopping 145hp according to VD... I still have a stock cat and a very not good tune though. The instant boost in first and second is nice though?
Nice car and evolving build, I saw from your intro thread you are from Sac, i'm an hour or so away. Hope to see you around sometime.
Thanks! Sadly, I mostly just work on my car and rarely drive it since I've got a 1 year old son who can't really ride in it. I will be at thunderhill on March 10th though!
Originally Posted by timk
In before dumping M45 and swapping to turbo like I (and every other M45 owner) did...
Haha, how much did you end up making with it? Just curious...
Originally Posted by x_25
Well, at least it isn't a 1.6 with an M45 like I have... I am making a whopping 145hp according to VD... I still have a stock cat and a very not good tune though. The instant boost in first and second is nice though?
Haha, I hear the M45 is actually more appropriately sized for the 1.6! 145 hp isn't too bad... that;'s like 50% more than stock right?
02-15-2018, 05:33 PM
No Longer Supercharged BP4W in a NA8 "R" Track Build
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