my LeMons car

[JKav]

Originally Posted by TurboTim

I'd cranked that boost up to 7ish for the last hour or so.

We'd love to but our car doesn't have enough fuel system to support 7 psi. It's lean enough as it is (13:1 or so) at 3.5 psi...

Anyone got a 12:1 vortech calibration disc they're willing to part with?

[Braineack]

make one! you made everything else.

[cjernigan]

sell the air bags and buy megasquirt...
an option?

[SolarYellow510]

Originally Posted by Braineack

make one! you made everything else.

That would require measuring and precision, which these guys reserve for when they're being paid.

And I mean that in the most loving way a heterosexual Miata owner could.

[Braineack]

measuring/cutting a 2.72" diameter circle and then drilling a hole the center would not be that entirely difficult.

[DontPassTheFence]

So awesome guys, I wish you the best of luck in LeMons~

[eyesoreracing]

Installed the hardtop today:



Initial configuration was the low-drag, superspeedway setup:



But after some consideration, we realized the turbo gives us enough surplus power that we don't have to worry about minimizing drag, so we switched to our high-downforce configuration:



As you can see, there is both a mild kick-up about 6 inches from the end, plus a 1" Gurney flap. The kick-up is somewhat flexible, thanks to the thin aluminum consutruction, and should flatten out at speed. We're thinking the active aero should get us a second entry in the "best use of banned F1 technology" compeition.



-Dave

[eyesoreracing]

We also made a new support bracket for the intercooler so it doesn't just hang from the hoses. All we had to do was thread the end of the jack handle with a 10mm x 1.25 thread and fart out a couple of beads from the metal caulking gun and it was good to go



-Dave

[naarleven]

HT looks clean.

You should produce those and make a group buy.

[y8s]

Originally Posted by naarleven

HT looks clean.

You should produce those and make a group buy.

I agree. Us tall drivers have been stuck with and cursed by these unfortunate factory hardtops. I want something to keep the elements ... from scraping my scalp off.

[Saml01]

Why not pickup a bootleg fuel pressure regulator so you can run more boost?
eBay Motors: FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR BMW E36 E46 E90 M3 MINI COOPER (item 120332751931 end time Dec-11-08 20:21:10 PST)

Wouldnt this assist in raising the fuel pressure enough to run more boost?

[eyesoreracing]

Originally Posted by y8s

I agree. Us tall drivers have been stuck with and cursed by these unfortunate factory hardtops. I want something to keep the elements ... from scraping my scalp off.

Hello!? If you have a Miata, you have this hardtop already, all you have to do it unbolt it from its current location and rebolt it to the top.

Get to it!

-D

[akaryrye]

lol just realized that was the hood. Damn guys, I think this is the coolest build ive seen ... a hood hardtop for the mother fucking win.

[y8s]

Originally Posted by eyesoreracing

Hello!? If you have a Miata, you have this hardtop already, all you have to do it unbolt it from its current location and rebolt it to the top.

Get to it!

-D

I want both. though in emergency rainstorms at speed I have a special "conversion" lever I can pull to move the device from the front of the car to the top of the car. it has a few kinks.

[JasonC SBB]

Hey you may wanna transfer over all the goodies to this free 2002 chassis:

MX-5 Miata Forum - 2002 SE chassis, completely stripped ZIP:16749

[Oscar]

the jackhandle/IC bracket has so much win

overall, nice project

[Matt [exz3owner]]

cool read. you guys ever find a diff?

[eyesoreracing]

Got rid of our parts car this weekend.



In case you were wondering, that's $15 worth of steel you're looking at.

-D

[messiahx]

Saw this on Jalopnik, thought it was worth mentioning. I bet you guys can totally take this:

Hayabusa-Powered Geo Metro To Take On LeMons, Sneers At Ghettocharged Miata

[eyesoreracing]

Originally Posted by messiahx

Saw this on Jalopnik, thought it was worth mentioning. I bet you guys can totally take this:

Hayabusa-Powered Geo Metro To Take On LeMons, Sneers At Ghettocharged Miata

I ran into that guy when he was testing at streets of Willow a few months ago. it was pretty quick, but since we haven't had ours on track yet, I can't really guess who is faster.

Biggest worry with that car is chain durability. Short chain means higher duty cycle on each link. Odds of shitting a chain out the bottom are pretty high. Maybe we should do something to protect our belts from damage when we run over his chain...

-D