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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 07:50 AM
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Buy Richard's 11.75 kit!

The consensus around here is that your MC is fine BTW, they're hard to blow. Even with leaks and 250k, Laz's MC lasted a few years of tracking before being replaced simply for the leaks. Proper pads and bleeding are important!
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 09:46 AM
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I can't drop that coin right now. Mayyyybbbeeee I can in a month hen my real job starts but I doubt it.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 10:16 AM
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Where are you going to be working?
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
Engineer here, I don't buy marketing bullshit. I'm gonna fix my brakes first. Maybe next winter. I want e85 too. Bets on whether or not I blow the 1.6 before my 1.8 is built?
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<br />I'll put 10 on me blowing it before I even have a 1.8 block.
Eh, might be harder than you think. There is pretty much no det to speak of, and since the 1.fail makes no torque the rods will likely hold up to high power, so basically what I'm saying is wire your wg shut and let's find out
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 10:32 AM
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I'll be working as a software engineer at Tektronix.
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<br />If I wasn't going to be trying to sell this 1.6 setup eventually that could be fun.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
I'll be working as a software engineer at Tektronix.

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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 11:42 AM
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<p>Not sure if good or bad....</p>
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
<br /><p>Not sure if good or bad....</p><br />
<br /><br />It's a great movie, one of my favorites.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
I'll put 10 on me blowing it before I even have a 1.8 block.
How is that possible? You already have your 1.8 block...
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 11:54 AM
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Knowing my luck that block is toast.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 11:59 AM
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I was wondering that as well
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
It means I have a small window of time where I put up with stupid uncomfortable **** #becauseracecar
??

The older I get, the more radical my #becauseracecars get.

Maybe I'm a dumbass or truly warped, but I dig stupid, uncomfortable ****.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 12:45 PM
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At 28, I'm already pretty fed up with "because race car"... to a degree. I'm even valving my dirt bikes softer these days. Am I a bitch?
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_sean
Am I a bitch?
If you need to ask . . . .
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 01:46 PM
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....ask your husband
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 01:48 PM
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^says Mr. Sound deadening.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 06:35 PM
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Oh and this is in the works too.
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<br />https://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep...5/#post1239814
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<br />PM me if you want one, I can't give them to everyone on the site but if youre a follower of my build I can work something out
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 06:41 PM
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I already have a pair of the roundy pop-out ones from Advance Autosports otherwise I'd be all up ons. Good show sir.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 06:43 PM
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I'll be trying those too. The consensus seems to be that the NACA ones flow a stupid amount of air. And the pop out ones flow an ok amount of air.
Old Jun 12, 2015 | 06:46 PM
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I'm Ok with Ok. Elimination of the AC core and the addition of the Eclipse vents made a pretty dramatic increase in airflow, much more than I was expecting. The pop out ones have been in a bin in my garage for [redacted] years now



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