My homework tonight was to read over your build again, not sure if the controller given will be as nice as linking it to the ms3.

Other weekend plans: new damper and radiator. Besides that it's a slow weekend for me.

Pretty crazy weekend for me.

Crazy neighbors meth lab blew up. He is a very weird and shady person. Always hangs out in his little shack at his moms house. I believe he lives in the shack, I know for a fact he has slept there a few nights. He sleeps where ever the creepy rapist van he owns can get him to.

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Got the new damper installed. This thing is very rev happy, car pulls so much harder on the highway, should have done this sooner! Also got the new radiator installed, just a dual core ebay radiator like my old 93 car. Cools surprisingly well.

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Meth lab? I'm guessing not methanol.

Unfortunately not! I would have an unlimited supply then :bigtu:

Waiting on the ECU then I should be ready for boost! Bad bad thoughts recently about selling everything and buying something new, like a v8. Then I remembered how much fun the old car was boosted, I really want to achieve my new set goal for this car as well.

Got a call that our stuff was all coated and ready to go so we went for a 2 hour drive to pick up the goodies. Cost me a used t-25 that I use to have on my old car so I feel like I got a good deal. The ceramic came out perfect! Makes me more anxious.

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that's beautiful

The downpipe is flawless. I need boost soon, it's killing me

Steady as she goes. Don't waiver.

Get a v8 in addition, like I did.

Problem solved:party:

Truth. Although I find I drive the Miata a lot more.

Miata + V8 crew, checking in.

Although, my Miata lacks boost or VVT, so I am lowest on the totem pole.

I want a small block Chevy converted fox body mustang again or Mazda Rx7 FC. I have an abundance of Chevy parts from when I sold out of dirt track racing just a few months ago and it's just waiting to be used. I miss that torque

My G8 got nailed by hail Wednesday evening in MWL's. Better than getting killed in a tornado though. Looks like I'll be LS-less for about a month while it's repaired. $7K+.

Could have been much worse. My roof is totaled on my house and the truck is beatup. Glad I kept my car garaged, tornado like storms again tomorrow. Not good!

I've been wanting to get the Super Dampener but I don't want to convert my alternator and water pump pulleys to the ribbed still belt. But your build looks awesome, can't wait to see the videos of this beast. Sorry for noob question, but does the trunk open with that fastback?

Do it Ryan. My car is so rev happy with the new damper it is unreal. For being N/A it pulls hard, much harder than I expected. I may have some pulleys I could donate if you can get an alternator!

Yes trunk is fully operational. I lose about an inch or two of space because the fastback overlays it a little bit. Ignore the junk in ma trunk, Texas weather has sucked and squeezing her in the garage tonight in case of any more hail/tornadoes tonight.

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What holds the front in place?

Dude, I put in the 949 Super clutch, she be rev happy already lol but it would be nice to lose some more rotating weight. Also mine has slipped, so I had to re make the timing mark.

Definitely let me know if you have a pulley. Can I just change the pulley on the alternator or do I have to switch the entire thing?

Spec miata brackets, then 2 bolts to secure the trunk area.

I'll look in my boxes this weekend. I may be wrong but I dont think you can just swap the alternator pulleys.

I dont think you can just swap pullies, you can just toss on an NA8 alternator though. Are we sure the super damper fits the 1.6 crank?

They sell it for a 1.6 and state the pulleys need to be changed.

Well I guess it fits then. I would just buy a dura crap NA8 alternator and grab a 1.8 WP pulley from salvage, or buy a new one from mazda for like 30 bucks.

Debating on a few things looking for some suggestions

1) Going with a gtx2867r turbo. Keep .64 compressor housing (which is already ceramic coated) or go with a .82?

2) Intake mani, stock or upgrade to honda type mani?

3) Meth inject, use or get rid of? I really don't want to have to rely on it.

4) What else?

Pretty crazy weekend. Car broke down Friday afternoon on me, car seemed to run fine but when I came back out of the bank coolant was everywhere underneath the car. Drove the car across the street and parked it. The way it acted made me believe I blew a head gasket :vash:

The worst feeling ever is seeing your car on a trailer

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After getting the car home I started checking a few things out.

Found the problem real quick after turning my A/C on. Seems the main fan wasn't working at all. I had power to my connector so I swapped back to the old original fans and it fired right up. Seems I saved myself a tear down. Looking into some new fans and a fan shroud, I don't like the big bulky stock fans but hey it saved my ass this weekend.

After reassuring everything was okay I met up with hornetball Saturday morning at 4:30am. We were crazy enough to drive nearly 2 hours to meet up with a few other miata lunatics for the Track Dog Racing swap meet and show our cars at the Cars & Coffee meet. After some starbucks to help wake us up we arrived. What a relief my car made it there and back, I thought I had a tear in my radiator hose but turns out my A/C drain was the victim.

Here's my car with hornetball right behind me. I didn't get any photos of the meet, same cars I seen last time I was there.

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Nice shot of my butt. I guess this is a Miata forum, right?

And, for the record, Justin's hardtop was the undisputed star of the show.

I tried to focus the picture more towards the butt region, I may have to zoom in next time!

Lots of compliments on the fastback and lots of confused people wondering what the hell kind of car it was. I was just ashamed of my dam engine bay, seems to be missing something.

Rick if you have any photos feel free to post them, I should have gotten more photos of the rat rod using a 1.6 miata drivetrain!

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I think this stood out more than any other car. Australian v8 Holden car, 727 cubic inch engine. Wish I had this thing in my car!

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I couldn't figure out what kind of motor that Holden had. GM? Mopar? Haven't a clue.

Holden is GM. That car is basically a G8 with different body panels

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That car was in HotRod magazine. That's awesome. That thing is brutal.

I didnt get to hear the motor but it was worth seeing it in person.

New fan shroud/fans ordered.. and a 550hp intercooler!

What block and heads are they? I couldn't identify them for the life of me and I'm usually a pretty good engine spotter.

Looks like some sort of billet heads. Might be a billet block too but I cant see it from the pictures, most likely with the 700+ cube displacement.

SAR-727 ( 1275 HP) 1X4 HEMISPHERICAL HEADED PUMP GAS ENGINE - Sonny's Racing Engines

Jeez. This is one of their "small" engines!

Being around all the miatas at the Track Dog Racing meet made my car seem like a 4x4. I need coilovers, badly. Weighing my options for now and focusing on getting my turbo going. I hope this month turns out to be a good one, really looking forward to boost. Shouldn't be much longer

HOLDEN!!! :skid:

Sorry I'm a Kiwi...

Nice spammin, brah

Easy mod this weekend. Added the bixenon retrofit to the car, just needs to be aimed correctly and she's good to go.

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No ute, no care.

I have no clue on what half of the things you say even mean.

Tone down the disrespect.
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Ahhh, you're living 2 weeks behind. Gotcha

Seems I was wrong... looks like my ecu is fried... and I locked my keys in the car with the ign on. Yay!

You see, that's the problem with hardtops. You are actually tempted to lock your car.

ECU fried? Not too common.

it takes all of like three seconds to pry on the window, shove a stick down, and unlock the door.

Not as easy with a baller hardtop you don't wanna damage that might have a big overhang, but still do-able.

Ecu frying (if thats what it really is) is your car telling you it wants MS :party:

Should I be worried, my old 93 spare key unlocked my door.

Some odd reason I have no power to my fuel pump relay. Fuses checked out fine

Do you have an EMS4? The trick would be unplug the ecu, then plug it back in, then try to get the laptop to connect, keep unplugging and re plugging till you can connect, then put a password on the unit. Then the fuel pump will prime every time the key is turned.

Stock ecu

Hmmm. How does the FP relay and connector look? Something melted the shit out of my connector and relay back on the stock ecu and FP.

Looks fine. Should be getting 12v at the two white/blue wires with ign on but I get nothing. My 80amp fuse is fine so im gonna pull schematics up here at work.

Good luck. The schematics isnt helpful. Try jumpering the hot leads for the EFI relay and see if you have power at the connector.

I put a jumper to the fuel pump relay and ground (on the diagnostic connector under the hood) which should put voltage to my fuel pump but still nothing.

I found a thread on here that discusses a few ways to check it out. Pumps not my problem unless I have 2 bad pumps now which the bosch worked fine when removed.

No, jumpering FP to GND in the diagnostic box grounds the little green wire on the FP relay connector.

Might be a bad crank angle sensor. That's happened to me before

That's what I meant leafy, my mistake.

How to diag a crank sensor besides replacing it?

Well if you have no power at the white/blue wires at the FP relay. jumpering the green wire to ground does approximately dick.

The check list I read was pretty dumb, all I know is I have no voltage anywhere but Ido have 12v at my 80amp

Ok, jumper the EFI relay in the under hood fuse box.