matrussell122

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For those of you who didnt see my meet & greet post on the back story to my miata, it was my best friends car who passed away from brain cancer. He had plans of adding a turbo and doing autoX but never had time to do it. About a year after his passing his dad gifted the car to me because it didnt mean much to him and we had a lot of good times in the miata. I enjoy building cars and plan to track this car and have a fun toy for the nice days in the NW

When i got the car it had the following installed

• 1.8 torsen diff
• Jackson intake
• Brain built MS3X
• 2.5 exhaust
• Bride Lowmax
• Hardog rollbar
• Tien Flex
• 14x7 RPF1 set
• 15x7 BBS knock offs
• Braided brake lines
• Front strut brace
• Engine roll brace/damper thing
• Nardi wood grain steering wheel

Included but not installed
-custom turbo kit

Since i have got it i have added

• installed gt2860rs turbo
• full 3" stainless exhaust w/ magnaflow
• 1.125 RB Hollow front swaybar with 949 endling
• Singular hood vents
• Custom heat shield
• Catch can setup
• Bunch of heat shield and heat management stuff
• Good turbo hardware from arp turbo (i know its not inconel)
• Front Splitter w/ tire spats (broke this last weekend though)

And like any other gearhead i have lots of future plans as follows

• Diff bushings
• Suspension Bushings
• Flyin Miata BBK
• 15x9 Advanti Storms wraped in 225/45-15 RS4
• Meth Injection
• Blackbird fabworx spoiler
  
  
  
• 1.8 Engine Build
  • 1.8 off CL for 300
  • 1.8 bare block and supertech 83.5 pistons with wiseco xx rings of here
  • 02 VVT head from local junkyard
  • Boundary Engineering oil pump
  • 949 oil baffle
  • Manley H Beam Rods
  • ARP head studs and main studs
  • ACL bearings
  • Supertech Light Double spring kit
  • Gates timing belt kit from 949
  • Water pump from 949
  • Supermiata comp mounts
  • Walbro 255LPH Fuel Pump
  • Absurd flow manifold and downpipe
  • Possibly new turbo gt2871rs?

And finally Pictures to come tonight

ridethecliche

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Looking forward to seeing more of your build.

psyber_0ptix

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Clean

matrussell122

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Soft top delete a while ago


Engine bay as it sits now


My DIY heat shield


Had to haul some dirt from the house to a job. poor 2500 was struggling with 23k load


Had to clean the garage to make room for a 1.8 motor to build
Left sled had 240hp @ 12psi and right has 180hp na

matrussell122

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And a few more to get the thread up to speed

miataman04

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That heat shield sure does hide the turbo well. At a glance you would miss it.

matrussell122

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Works really good I lined the inside with motorcraft heat shielding too

matrussell122

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Should get my wheels i ordered a while ago tomorrow. Got the 15x9 Advanti Storms and will order some Hankook RS4's.

Do i order 245/40r15 or 225/45r15 Keep in mine i have AK fenders on the shelf at home

aidandj

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245/40r15 on a 15x9 storm will fit under stock fenders rolled and pulled. With flares they will probably be sunken a bit.

matrussell122

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Got some advanti storms s1 wheels in 15x9 for a great deal. Should see some 245/40r15 Hankooks in a couple weeks

matrussell122

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Coolant hit 215 today in driveway and turns out fans didnt kick on. shouldnt the thermo switch kick in at 200ish? If its bad should i run the fans to a manual switch or just replace the thermo switch?

miataman04

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Replace the sensor. If you run manual fans, at some point you will forget them and overheat. I've done it in previous cars.

aidandj

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Ms3 should control the fans.

SpartanSV

https://trubokitty.com/#/ms3xassembly

On a Brain built MS3 it looks like the fan output for a 90 should be INJ G. Should be able to use test mode to turn on that output which should turn on the fan. If it doesn't you'll need a DMM to measure the output at the ECU.

viperormiata

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Really cool thread. Kinda off topic, but could you tell us how the rear deck speakers sound?

matrussell122

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Got the MS3X to contorol the fans and was super easy, cant believe it took me this long to set it up. SpartanSV it was ING G. Viperormiata- the speakers are alright and like everything it is all relative. The speakers are clear but i have to crank it up to hear anything over the exhaust but race car not luxury car. The truck speakers sound way way better but i actually put a good system in it (amps proper build sub box, good speakers, good deck, quality wires)


Do these fan settings look good

SpartanSV

Now you have me confused. Was it injector G or ignition G?

The link was to Braineak's site and his diagram which shows injector G as the fan output.

SpartanSV

From Brain's 97 base map. Looks like he sets it so the fan turns off over 90% throttle which is genius.

Are you using a vTPS?

With your hysteresis setting you will never see your fan turn off. With brain's it will shut off at 190.

matrussell122

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Copied your settings and fan works good. Also had to drive at night yesterday and tuned the PWM voltage compensation to account for the headlight draw and if i turn the heater fan on.

matrussell122

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Got CL idle to run pretty good just now. Can anyone see any major issues?

Also pulled the trigger on some 245/40r15 Hankook RS4's today should show up Tuesday and was able to get them for $125 a tire.