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Hrmmm... i see you removed the map sensor up on the highest point of that bracket near passenger shock tower. Notice anything weird from doing that? I left it on both of my cars since i couldn't find concrete answers as to what it did.
I actually didn't remove the sensor, you can still see the vac line tucked near the wiring harness from the fuse block. The sensor is still plugged in, but just tucked into the fender. It looks cleaner and that's all I was really going for.
I did some digging and the "boost" sensor (as it is labeled on the sensor) is for the EGR valve. unplugging it would toss a CEL for certain and then render your EGR inoperative, but that wouldn't really change much. I didn't want a CEL to be thrown so I just kept it plugged in for now. This motor won't be in the car forever anyways
When I unplugged all those sensors on the MSM, it wouldn't run in boost -- just cut out. Plugged them back in, they worked. EGR already removed and CEL already on.
Not miata related, but have been working on the tune on the cadillac and driving it around the last 2 weeks as a nice change of pace from the miata
Had a wedding to stand up in a couple weeks ago, groom was a gearhead and wanted a burnout picture with the new wifey.... sooooooo my arm was twisted and I made clouds and god damn murica noises. God I love this car.
Local club had an AutoX going on at USAIR Karting track in Shawano WI. Its a fun little course with a ton of elevation changes. Probably my favorite place to AutoX to be honest. Weather was looking bleak at best though, so I decided to see what the V could do and at least be comfortable on the wet, raining, quite miserable day with heated seats and a nice sealed up cabin.
It became apparent quite quickly that this is not an AutoX car.....
Shitty ride along video to get an idea of how it was to wrestle around the track with a wet track, high weight, and high hp. gosh it sounds pretty though...
videos dont really do it justice.. but in the words of a few guys i took on rides
"i felt like i was going to die 8 times in one lap"
"this is stupid"
"if i didnt know you personally, i'd have been terrified in this ride along"
"WTF do you have done to this thing?!"
"I've never been in a drifting Cadillac before"
Managed 36 out of 88 RAW, 28 out of 88 PAX, and 2nd out of 8th in class.
Had my last autox events for the season with Milwaukee this weekend.
Saturday it was dry and I did more digging to figure out how to balance the car out with the splitter. Made consistent improvements throughout the day and was happy with a 3rd place finish out of 8 in the tire limited class.
Today at the event it was raining the entire day. All I have to say is the miata is ABSOLUTELY TRASH to drive in the rain. Between my alignment specs, tire size/selection, and spring rates the car is so unstable in a soaked parking lot at <50 mph speeds. I can definitely see why soft setups are favored in wet conditions after many frustration units were had. I took a fun run at the end of the day in my friends NA8 with FM street-sprung coils and 205 Re71's and ran 4 seconds faster right off the bat. Oh well. Lesson learned = take the caddy to wet events and do v8 drift car things with a warm butt
I just used a cheap black Rustoleum enamel and its been holding up well. I put 3 fairly heavy brushed-on coats on it. Water is usually beaded up on top of it when it gets rained on or if I wash the car.
I just obliterated a squirrel with it the other day and to my surprise it didnt even chip the edge. its pretty solid
A few more pictures because why not. I wish there was video of it in the rain. Would be interesting to see if I could notice how the front aero (namely the wheel spats) was working by watching the water spray off the car.
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