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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 795993)
why is there gold tape on the end tanks? those see airflow too and still help cool.
you want the hot side to shed heat before the IC, and the cold side to retain cold to the TB...
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 795997)
Gold tape is a barrier to radiative heat transfer (i.e., the kind of heat a glowing turbo gives off). It is not much of a barrier to conductive heat transfer (the kind of heat transfer used by an intercooler or radiator). So, the gold tape looks goofy, but doesn't actually impede heat transfer much. The gold tape on the end tanks serves no function other than aesthetics (for good or bad).
No other reason. |
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Got some new all seasons for the winter cheap on black Friday, so decided to mount them up on the equips today.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1322779423 car is dirty as fuck, but whatever, went out and took some pics https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1322779423 http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...g?t=1322778083 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1322779423 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1322779423 http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...4/GOPR2015.jpg |
Go to a real dyno so we can LOL @ you :giggle:
I'm by no means a wheel schnobb, but I've seen those things on every 2 out of 5 miatas. GET 6ULS!!!!!!! |
Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 801485)
Go to a real dyno so we can LOL @ you :giggle:
I'm by no means a wheel schnobb, but I've seen those things on every 2 out of 5 miatas. GET 6ULS!!!!!!! Those are common herrafrush wheels. CR shit. |
Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 801485)
Go to a real dyno so we can LOL @ you :giggle:
Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 801485)
I'm by no means a wheel schnobb, but I've seen those things on every 2 out of 5 miatas.
Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 801485)
GET 6ULS!!!!!!!
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what's the point of "all-season" directionals if you mount them backwards and thus render the water channels useless?
tires are water pumps ya know. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 801606)
what's the point of "all-season" directionals if you mount them backwards and thus render the water channels useless?
tires are water pumps ya know. |
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If you guys remember from a while back, I put a crack in my oilpan, and I JBWelded it up. It held up for a couple months, but it started to leak again. So I have let the car sit in the garage for a couple weeks, waiting for it to warm up so I can change the oil pan. Since I'm going to be pulling the motor anyways, figured I should someother ---- while I'm at it. Current status of the car:
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1328909472 Anyway I got the rest of the piping raped: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1328909472 The pics don't do justice to this color, tried really hard to show the sparkles, but this was the best shot I got: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1328909472 |
Originally Posted by imput1234
(Post 801616)
My friends mounted the tires on the wheels for free. He accidentally mounted 3 of the tires the same way. I don't really think it matters enough for me to get the tire flipped. Felt fine in the rain to me :dunno:
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Originally Posted by Downshift88
(Post 833696)
I know this is kind of late on the subject but directional tires not only refer to the tread pattern for water displacement but the tire is also made to run that direction.. I worked at a service shop for a while and on more than 1 occasion I saw cars cOme through the tire shop with blowouts from backward running directional tires... After a couPle tires the owner called the tire distributor and the verified running a directional backwards causes the rubber to break down on the inside of the tire sorta like riding on a flat.. Turns the inside to dust...
Anyways, worked on the car for a little bit today, then it got cold. haha. drained out all the fluids, and took out everything in front of the motor: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329171233 drained the oil catch can, and this nasty diarrhea ---- came out: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329171233 Got a NPT fitting welded on the new oil pan: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329171233 Cleaned the oil pan a bit, was nasty as hell, still need some razor blades or something to remove all the glue: before: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329171233 after: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329171233 |
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Not really much of an update, but I did manage to do some little things. Everything is pretty much disconnected now, and the motor is ready to be pulled.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329344892 My wheels were pretty disgusting, figured I might as well clean em: before (the front face looked the same too): https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329344892 after: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329344892 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1329344892 |
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Haven't updated this thread in a while:
I got this a while back: Nothing really fancy or cool, just waterpump/AC/PS/timing belt kit, and oil pan gaskets https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 I was kinda surprised, one of the main reason I ordered from a Mazda dealer was to get OEM parts, but most of the stuff isn't OEM. lol, but they did mention that in the fine print, that I never read haha. Whatever, their just belts, shouldn't matter much. Got some MazdaSpeed motor mounts: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 Changed the oil pan: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 stock motor mounts after 70k miles: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 and the stupid crack on the stock pan: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 So a problem I had with the intercooler setup was that I used a 2" to 2.5" 90deg coupler, and that was way too close to the manifold: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 Since the manifold gets hot as ----, this happened: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 So I got a aluminum 2" elbow welded on: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 now there is pleanty of clearance: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 awesome. Also got some of these: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331274052 Goal is to get the car running this weekend, and to get everything sorted out before my frist track day of the season next weekend. |
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Worked on the car for a bit today, originally I was gonna change the timing belt and put the motor back in, but then I saw this ----, and got side tracked.
Looked at this and got pissed at how dirty the subframe was, ---- was disgusting, so I decided to clean it: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 Spent like 2hrs and got all the grime, dust, dirt, ---- off: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 and found out that there was a rust spot on the bottom left side of it: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 and then took another hour or so scraping, sanding and getting rid of the rust then finally sprayed the subframe with the fancy pesant hi temp spray paint: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 looks way better: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331345588 |
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Haven't updated this in a while,
so I had an event in March 17th, but unfortunately I couldn't make it and lost $$$ on it. Stupid PS cracked, then the motor wouldn't start for some reason. Found out a couple of weeks ago I had the crank boss hub backwards like a noob and thats why that happened. So signed up for another event in 2 weeks, hopefully nothing fucks up lol. Got some stuff done recently, decided to get a power steering cooler, so did that with a buddy who knows how to weld today: first made a bracket for the power steering cooler: Attachment 185972 then made another bracket for the PS reservoir: Attachment 185973 then made the lines, and mounted everyting: Attachment 185974 Attachment 185975 I think it looks cooler now: Attachment 185976 |
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