Newb from DFW
11-04-2010, 03:03 PM
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Newb from DFW
Name's Lee (
), and I currently fund my vehicular obsessions via a gig as a service writer for a local independent BMW/Mini/Mercedes Benz repair facility in Ft Worth. Also have a degree in culinary arts, about a dozen years in the restaurant business, and a large waistline to show for it.
The Miata's a '92. Seems to be pretty much a base model, aside from the addition of AC. No power steering/windows/mirrors/etc, cloth seats, no cruise... I bought it back in March of this year as cheap fun and have since been alternating funds between it and my lifted '96 Jeep XJ 2-door.
The NA as purchased:
The NA somewhat as it currently sits (not pictured is a still white Flyin' Miata extractor hood that I recently acquired):
-Bilstein HDs with GC SM-rate springs/sleeves
-Hard Dog HCM1Z0591GSXYZRERR
-TR Motorsports C3M 15x9
-Nitto NT-01 225/45-15
There are some other bits-and-pieces on the car, but that's really the important stuff. I joined here because this appears to be the Miata site for aftermarket ECUs and specifically the Megasquirt system. Not sure that the car will ever see a snail under its hood, but then again I'm not sure that it won't either.
Yours truly,
-Lee
), and I currently fund my vehicular obsessions via a gig as a service writer for a local independent BMW/Mini/Mercedes Benz repair facility in Ft Worth. Also have a degree in culinary arts, about a dozen years in the restaurant business, and a large waistline to show for it.The Miata's a '92. Seems to be pretty much a base model, aside from the addition of AC. No power steering/windows/mirrors/etc, cloth seats, no cruise... I bought it back in March of this year as cheap fun and have since been alternating funds between it and my lifted '96 Jeep XJ 2-door.
The NA as purchased:
The NA somewhat as it currently sits (not pictured is a still white Flyin' Miata extractor hood that I recently acquired):
-Bilstein HDs with GC SM-rate springs/sleeves
-Hard Dog HCM1Z0591GSXYZRERR
-TR Motorsports C3M 15x9
-Nitto NT-01 225/45-15
There are some other bits-and-pieces on the car, but that's really the important stuff. I joined here because this appears to be the Miata site for aftermarket ECUs and specifically the Megasquirt system. Not sure that the car will ever see a snail under its hood, but then again I'm not sure that it won't either.
Yours truly,
-Lee
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11-04-2010, 04:12 PM
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I've had some turbo fun previously (93 MR2) and "quick" cars (E46 M3, C5 Z) in the past. This is my cheap fun car since I broke the bank on the last two. Trying to learn my lesson... "trying" anyway.
Being a BMW guy at heart, I'm really interested in going independent throttle body on the NA.
I suppose time will tell. Either way, MS is the starting point so I need to get that taken care of first and foremost. Should be sending
some moneys on payday.
Being a BMW guy at heart, I'm really interested in going independent throttle body on the NA.
I suppose time will tell. Either way, MS is the starting point so I need to get that taken care of first and foremost. Should be sending
some moneys on payday.
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11-04-2010, 04:31 PM
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I've had some turbo fun previously (93 MR2) and "quick" cars (E46 M3, C5 Z) in the past. This is my cheap fun car since I broke the bank on the last two. Trying to learn my lesson... "trying" anyway.
Being a BMW guy at heart, I'm really interested in going independent throttle body on the NA.
I suppose time will tell. Either way, MS is the starting point so I need to get that taken care of first and foremost. Should be sending some moneys on payday.
Being a BMW guy at heart, I'm really interested in going independent throttle body on the NA.
I suppose time will tell. Either way, MS is the starting point so I need to get that taken care of first and foremost. Should be sending
some moneys on payday.I think itb's and other n/a bolt ons are stupid and a waste of time/money on these cars, but good engine management is never a bad thing.
Good idea starting with that, and good luck. Sooner or later you'll get the craving for boost. Everyone does
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11-04-2010, 09:43 PM
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You're on the DFW board right?
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11-05-2010, 11:11 AM
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Thanks for the welcomes, folks.
Yeah, I troll through there from time-to-time. Primarily for the classifieds, though. Picked up that FM hood from Trey a couple weeks ago off of a post on DFWM.
I keep meaning to head out to one of the Keller's meets on Wednesdays, but long drive + work night + I hate Keller's.
Very possible. Especially if your first thought was "wow, that's a really fat man in a tiny car."
I dig 'em. Not the lightest, perhaps not the prettiest, but for what I paid for them with my TR wholesale account, I just couldn't not buy them. Would have loved a set of 6UL 15x9s, but I can buy 2.5 sets of C3Ms for the same price as one set of 6ULs.
The finish on them is actually better than I had expected. I bought a set of the darker gray C1's for a friend's E30 LeMons car last year and was pretty disappointed in-person. The light silver isn't bad at all, though. Wish they made them in bronze...
I keep meaning to head out to one of the Keller's meets on Wednesdays, but long drive + work night + I hate Keller's.
Very possible. Especially if your first thought was "wow, that's a really fat man in a tiny car."
I dig 'em. Not the lightest, perhaps not the prettiest, but for what I paid for them with my TR wholesale account, I just couldn't not buy them. Would have loved a set of 6UL 15x9s, but I can buy 2.5 sets of C3Ms for the same price as one set of 6ULs.
The finish on them is actually better than I had expected. I bought a set of the darker gray C1's for a friend's E30 LeMons car last year and was pretty disappointed in-person. The light silver isn't bad at all, though. Wish they made them in bronze...
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