Hysteria's boring little build
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I don't have much to show here, but I thought I would start my build thread before I get too far into things so I can get advice and avoid some mistakes along the way. The car is a 97 in that ultra-rare red color that you hardly ever see. I picked the car up for what I think was a decent deal on craigslist with 190k on the clock. It runs well and doesn't have an unusual amount of rust so I'm not worried about the high miles, especially since I'm going to tear everything apart anyway.
The plan is to turbo the car with a built 1.8 sitting under the 99-00 head running megasquirt. I still haven't decided on a turbo, but I would like to be in the 300-350whp range(I know 200hp is more than enough). Right now I'm sorting out all of my suspension so that I can start dd'ing the miata and sell my turbo civic to fund this project. I guess this is where I start showing pictures? Attachment 190917 Attachment 190918 Attachment 190919 This is what it looked like when I bought it. Since then I managed to slide off the road on some loose gravel and bent the passenger side lower control arm, so I bit the bullet and ordered up an Energy Suspension master kit. Attachment 190920 Attachment 190921 I've been wire wheeling all my suspension bits and then coating them with truck bed liner to clean things up while I wait for my bushings to come in. Attachment 190922 The previous owner had the wrong size rotors on the front, oops. I replaced them with the correct size for obvious reasons. Attachment 190923 The front suspension is almost done, still have to tackle everything on the back though :/ Attachment 190924 Attachment 190925 I also decided to dig out the rocker rust while I have the car in the shop, I do have to give the guy credit for covering it up pretty well though. That's pretty much where I'm sitting at right now, feel free to fire away with any comments/questions/insults. |
its always nice to see people who clean the suspension components. i did that with my old ass ae86.
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300rwhp or nothing
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Attachment 190773 Dropped the rear subframe, hit everything with a wire wheel, then gave it a nice coat of truck bed liner to fight off this Indiana rust. I went ahead and put the subframe and diff back in since I'm not using the energy diff bushings (I hear they transmit a decent amount of vibration from the motor). Still waiting on my parts :/ |
oh what i would give for a lift to use when i wanted...
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If I didn't have access to a full shop I wouldn't have even tried this.
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I know a lot of people consider this a step in the wrong direction, but I'm installing two 8" subs in the rear deck while I have it in the shop. |
There should be a rollbar there, but subs do sound good when mounted there. I ditched mine for a rollbar and am glad I did. The benefits and vast improvements in rigidity outweighed the hit I took in audio quality.
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That sub money is money that could have been used for boost. I am ashamed of you. Also, 200hp is definitely not enough. 300hp is not enough either and I assume 400hp will not be as well. I will stop going for more power when adding more hp won't get me going faster in a straight line. |
Yeah, what he said. 300rwhp ain't much anymore.
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Haha the subs were $21 shipped on ebay and the amp was free, that won't dip too far into the turbo funding.
Maybe you guys can help me with an issue I'm having. The rear of my car sits too low, and it's even worse now that I have the ES bushings that aren't preloaded like the stock ones. Here's some pictures to clarify: Attachment 190574 This is the rear, it actually sits a little lower than that but I had just lifted the car and it hasn't settled down all the way in this picture. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Picture045.jpg This is the front of the car, it sits noticeably higher. Attachment 190575 When I lift the car it travels smoothly through the whole range. Attachment 190576 When I set the car back down it stays here until I cycle the suspension. Attachment 190577 The car has tokico blues, which I've heard should be close to stock ride height? The blues are supposed to be semi-new according to the previous owner, is it possible that the springs are already shot? I don't mind the front, but I almost have to roll my fenders in the rear, which isn't right at all. |
Originally Posted by astroboy
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There should be a rollbar there, but subs do sound good when mounted there. I ditched mine for a rollbar and am glad I did. The benefits and vast improvements in rigidity outweighed the hit I took in audio quality.
If you drive the car enough to give a shit about the sound quality then adding the subs was definitely worth it. I added a shit ton of dynamat at the same time so the car sounds pretty much perfect to me. So glad I did it. I like the truck bed liner under there. When I get mine down to the shop I might have to take a day and do the same. |
I need to go back and dynamat, but I did take the time to totally isolate the trunk from the cabin, which probably helps the sound.
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Originally Posted by hysteria411
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I need to go back and dynamat, but I did take the time to totally isolate the trunk from the cabin, which probably helps the sound.
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So you blocked the tunnels going to the trunk? I only sealed up all the air gaps between the cabin and the trunk.
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Originally Posted by hysteria411
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So you blocked the tunnels going to the trunk? I only sealed up all the air gaps between the cabin and the trunk.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...3&d=1220317272 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...4&d=1222297501 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...5&d=1222297501 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...6&d=1222297501 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...7&d=1222297526 |
Wow, thanks. So the foam blocks made a pretty substantial difference then?
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Originally Posted by hysteria411
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Wow, thanks. So the foam blocks made a pretty substantial difference then?
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My ride height on Tokico HP combo (Tokico Blues + Tokico Springs), with original OEM bushings:
Attachment 190572 They are terrible, by the way. Too low, undersprung, and underdamped. |
Spring or top hat spacers are you option, unless you go for a whole new setup.
top hat spacer: http://www.flyinmiata.com/index.php?...umber=13-59000 Spring spacer, more or less: http://fatcatmotorsports.com/igaller...spacer_top.JPG I say more or less because the ones I had went below the spring. |
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