RedTurbo's not red and not Turbo'd (yet) build
07-11-2013, 02:53 PM
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it was definitely wrong gap on the spark plugs, car is running pretty decent need to get the iat in the airstream. but i put about 60 miles of break in on the clutch and some rough tuning. i think im going to be rather happy with that ebay turbo.
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07-11-2013, 03:09 PM
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After messing with the tune a bit and getting it kinda dialed in i have a phantom rev limiter at ~4000rpm. And unfortunately any time my laptop is hooked up and it hits this phantom rev limit it disconnects the laptop from the MS. the regular rev limit is set to 7k and over boost is at 180kpa. But its a hard cut and doesn't seem to be affected by boost.
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07-11-2013, 07:45 PM
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Got a guy named Tedd (i always get the tedd-tadd thing fucked up(i need to add last names to my phone)) is coming to hopefully buy this hard top i have on Matts car Saturday. Matt will be down doing some wiring on his car, another Miata owner will be down to drop off and pick up and pick up parts. My driveway is going to be packed full of Miatas.
Anyway, i'll be working no later than 2pm and you're free to stop by anytime i'll be home with all this going on. I'm assuming you're not going to drive the car down?
Anyway, i'll be working no later than 2pm and you're free to stop by anytime i'll be home with all this going on. I'm assuming you're not going to drive the car down?
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07-11-2013, 10:04 PM
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Got a guy named Tedd (i always get the tedd-tadd thing fucked up(i need to add last names to my phone)) is coming to hopefully buy this hard top i have on Matts car Saturday. Matt will be down doing some wiring on his car, another Miata owner will be down to drop off and pick up and pick up parts. My driveway is going to be packed full of Miatas.
Anyway, i'll be working no later than 2pm and you're free to stop by anytime i'll be home with all this going on. I'm assuming you're not going to drive the car down?
Anyway, i'll be working no later than 2pm and you're free to stop by anytime i'll be home with all this going on. I'm assuming you're not going to drive the car down?
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07-16-2013, 04:35 PM
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Drove from the Detroit burbs to Columbus this morning, was holding intake temps in between 95-100F and coolant temps 190-215F. So I need to do some serious ducting and maybe a thicker radiator. I'm going to start with ducting because the temp would be in the 190s around 55-68mph, above 70 it would climb to 200-210F.
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07-16-2013, 09:29 PM
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ok its there then, my other car never had it so i really have nothing to compare to 
just from looking at it you can tell it needs ducted though.
Pics from earlier, its weird getting rolling shots of both of your cars at the same time.
just from looking at it you can tell it needs ducted though.Pics from earlier, its weird getting rolling shots of both of your cars at the same time.
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07-20-2013, 12:58 PM
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I have a squeaky belt on startup for a while. New belt, water pump and the pulleys where all clean. We discovered the alternators bearings are shot, on startup it squeaks, after about 1min of idle you cannot touch the alternator pulley. Time for a new one.
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07-23-2013, 07:35 PM
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on another note the throwout bearing makes that annoying high pitch squeal sound again
. i dont know if adjusting the clutch would help, any input?
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08-18-2013, 08:50 PM
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Havnt updated In a while, got it tuned in fairly well up to 10psi. Im really happy with the performance. Next steps are larger radiator and an oil cooler. I'm running coolant temps in the 200F range with spikes up to 220F. Oil temps stay fairly consistent in the 200-260F range seems a bit high to me.
Can't do a whole lot of work on it because this weekend while I was at the Woodward dream cruise my dads neighbor backed into the DD so the miata has become the DD till its fixed.
Can't do a whole lot of work on it because this weekend while I was at the Woodward dream cruise my dads neighbor backed into the DD so the miata has become the DD till its fixed.
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