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12-24-2008, 08:39 PM
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my name is mike, from pa but im in FL now, active duty af firetruck mechanic, i got a 1994 m-edition miata, montego blue mica with a tan top. chinacharger t25/t28, rebuilt with garrett enternals, fmic, bipes acu, begi rrfpr, and FM o2 signal modifier.
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12-24-2008, 10:01 PM
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Welcome. Aren't you happy to be wintering someplace where you can still put the top down in December?
You are a little ways off, but if you would like to come to the autocross 45 mins. north of Tampa on the 31st of January, we'd love to have you.
Eglin is kinda south of nowhere, huh?
You might want to put this "1994 m-edition miata, montego blue mica with a tan top. chinacharger t25/t28, rebuilt with garrett enternals, fmic, bipes acu, begi rrfpr, and FM o2 signal modifier" in your signature so that everyone knows your setup when you are talking to them down the road.
You are a little ways off, but if you would like to come to the autocross 45 mins. north of Tampa on the 31st of January, we'd love to have you.
Eglin is kinda south of nowhere, huh?
You might want to put this "1994 m-edition miata, montego blue mica with a tan top. chinacharger t25/t28, rebuilt with garrett enternals, fmic, bipes acu, begi rrfpr, and FM o2 signal modifier" in your signature so that everyone knows your setup when you are talking to them down the road.
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12-26-2008, 03:28 PM
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so far its holdin up well. its got garrett internals now because an idiot didnt realize that the shaft nuts were reverse thread and broke it, after he had a 5 foot oil drain line on it and blew the seals out...
ill get some pics up soon
ill get some pics up soon
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12-27-2008, 10:14 AM
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like i said before, during the installation process, the guy working on it used like a 5 foot oil drain hose causeing the seals to blow out. and in his attempt to take it apart, didnt realize the shaft nuts were reverse thread, so he snapped the shaft. SO it got rebuilt with garrett internals and new seals.
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12-27-2008, 10:51 AM
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car looks good man......
as far as wrapping the manifold yes it will help deteriorate the header faster since water and stuff will get trapped in between the wrap and header and what not. is it good to do? I would say yes, sorta like wrapping the downpipe: underhood temps lower, keeps all heat/energy going to the turbine, etc. It is a VERY common thing done in subaru community among many others
as far as wrapping the manifold yes it will help deteriorate the header faster since water and stuff will get trapped in between the wrap and header and what not. is it good to do? I would say yes, sorta like wrapping the downpipe: underhood temps lower, keeps all heat/energy going to the turbine, etc. It is a VERY common thing done in subaru community among many others
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12-27-2008, 12:48 PM
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Like the pictures though, nice car.
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12-28-2008, 03:27 PM
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yeah, ebay header. eh, not sure how many miles i have on it, not a whole lot tho. still working bugs out. and the reason for the wrap is to cut underhood temps. and it did so dramatically. had the dp off some some reason, and had some extra wrap, so i decided to wrap that too. thanks for the comments on the car
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