mighty mouse

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bring all your CT boys out to the meet my local car club is hosting- Aug 29th I believe in Warwick, RI. I posted all the details up in the events section.

mighty mouse

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back to Dent Sport in the morning!! Wish me luck!

mighty mouse

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Had to cancel the appointment today. On a whim I started the car to check for leaks again, and as soon as the motor warmed up it started leaking oil somewhere from the front. I can't tell where as I have all the timing covers in place. It's always something..... I have tomorrow off from work, so hopefully it will just be something small and easily fixed, but knowing my luck, most likely not .

mighty mouse

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I found the leak! I replaced the cam seals as I originally thought they were the issue, but it turned out to be a leaky front crank seal. After I swapped out the seals I ran the car for about an hour, and went up and down the street with it a few times (private roads). So I'm hoping this was the last little gremlin and it will be smooth sailing at the dyno this time- I don't want any more issues!

astroboy

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Good ****. How does it run now? Engine was pretty loud in that clip.

mighty mouse

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It runs better. The lifters quieted down a bit. It has a small stumble when revving up around 2k, but I'm sure that can be tuned out on the dyno.

curly

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Have you changed your acceleration enrichments at all? I know the base map has them off. There's a few threads floating around that will have some settings you can start with.

mighty mouse

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I haven't touched anything yet- leaving that all up to the tuner to square away.

mighty mouse

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For those with launch control- what are you setting your RPM limit too?

astroboy

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I don't have it but think 3500-4000. You should wait till you have it tuned and can see your torque curve and base it off that and your traction (or lack thereof).

mighty mouse

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I was planning on waiting until after, but was just curious. That's a good tip though, thanks

mighty mouse

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Well, good news and bad news. The bad news is there is still an oil leak- I'm going to yank the engine back out as I believe it's leaking either between the block and the pan, or the block and the oil pump. The other thing that happened was I blew out the diaphragm in the vacuum booster on the last pull we did. The car technically is drivable now, so once I fix the issues I'm going to put some time on the engine before I head back to finish the tuning.

On the last pull, the car made 256whp. I took some videos, I'll post them when I get the chance.

mighty mouse

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found a guy locally with a brake booster, going to get it tonight. The plan is to start tomorrow night after work and hopefully get everything back together by Sat night.

mighty mouse

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took the car to work today- I am loving it!

viperormiata

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Don't be afraid to post up some more pictures and videos!

astroboy

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You drove it to work with no vids or pics? For shame! How is the traction or lack there of?

miata2fast

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Your car is really awsome. Overall, the project looks like a quality job all the way through. I like the color choice. My only gripe is the odd looking tire stretch.

mighty mouse

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here's a vid of one of the dyno pulls. It was to ~7300rpm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSZ_4uaeGk

I still have to go back to finish the tuning of the upper RPM range, so I've only been revving it to like 5-6k- it's still really quick though.

That should tide you over for the time being

mighty mouse

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Yanked the motor over the weekend to fix the leak I had between the pan and the oil pump (that damn rubber gasket). I ran out of steam yesterday, but I am about 90% done. Hoping to get it back in working order after work today.

mighty mouse

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I forgot to mention I also raised the motor up a bit with the big washer trick in preparation for when I lower the car. The fact that the pan was about flush with the subframe bothered me. I'll take a pic next time I'm under there.