Your point exactly. And I am not exactly stock from the dealer lot but I want to make it OEM+ and really enjoy the car. I'm not doing it for the compliments but a lot of Rotaries fellas seem to enjoy the well kept clean stock look.

The car wasn't a shell or abused when I bought it 20 months ago.It didn't have missing parts or broken down. It was a survivor. It was well cared for and maintained by the first owner. He really loved his car and paid whatever it costed him to drive it. The Brand new OEM built from scratch motor he had Lowes Automotive build for him costed 10k. That shows you his dedication. And Also that there weren't any REMANs available.


It is the easiest way to tune the car with the hand held. It is a bit outdated but its simple and to the point. It doesn't need any more then that.

Why is that? Too hard to control the various flappers with aftermarket?

--Ian
(in the market for a clean, stock, low-mile FD).

Because it required dedicated logic for that particular application, and given that most companies don't even have a PnP model for the FD, they won't bother to implement it. Poor ROI and all that.

Can't you control all that with an Adaptronic or Haltec? I have an old Navy buddy down in the Savanna area that works at Gulf Stream with a BNR setup he is prepping for E85. We talked a lot about ECUs with his car since we were both going though ECU choices around the same time. I vaguely remember him saying something about the two aforementioned ECUs being the only ones capable of controlling the engine with the twins. I wanted him to try MS3 but there is so little support for it for FDs.

The PFC is the most popular choice for the community for the twins. You can use it for a single setup but it's not as precise as adaptronic. With adaptronic, your power is limitless.

And for MS3, there isn't many users that I've seen. I'm not sure if it's because of what you mentioned or because it's unfamiliar. I'm familiar with MS3 and I would assume if you find a tuner he can adjust everything for you like a normal session.

Btw just ended tonight at 12:30. The 99 spec turbos are in and we are going to work on the oil and coolant lines tomorrow. We'll have it wrapped up ready to rip. Can't wait.

I also purchased and installed 99 spec twin turbos since I had an exhaust gasket leak on the block to the lower exhaust manifold. I was also burning oil in the secondary(so we think)

Between the exhaust ports was cracked

Open Down pipe start up



Still didn't fix the lower boost on the secondary. The 99s pull a lot harder because they are slightly larger then the 93 usdm models. And they are more efficient. Reason is still being determined why the sequential system on the secondary is running lower boost. Boost on the primary hits hard at 12lbs. Im working on the secondary to match that same psi level to redline.


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I soften the dampening on the Ohlin coilovers to help out with my oversteering issue where my tail end likes to slide a lot. This helped out a lot during autocross this weekend.
I am thinking of unhooking my rear sway bar in the future for the next event.


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Dude, those ES Miata's are like a second faster than you. What kind of tires are you on currently?

There is one ES Miata driver that was faster than him by 2 tenths, so either you're reading the results wrong or exaggerating. Most of the ES Miata guys here in Central FL have been autocrossing for decades. Gerald and I are still fairly green with less than 2 years under our belts, BSP #1 here. Gerald, I'm pretty sure you will need some wider/stickier rubber if you want to take that Street Prepared FTOD from me.

Eventually Ill upgrade from stock 16x8s running 245/45/16 to an 18x9.5 with 265/35/18

But For now, I'm tweaking things on the car to have a nice setup running autocross. I just lowered the dampening a bit to give the car some body roll because I was too stiff and sliding rear happy. That seemed to improve a lot. I am also going to un hook on end link to the sway bar in the rear suggested by Owen to see if that further improves my performance. All in All it was a blast and we all did pretty well out there.

I'm retarded and was looking under their PAX time. That spreadsheet is set up much differently than ours. Usually we have RAW time and PAX time on two different spreadsheets when looking at results.

I feel like a 245 on an 8 would be pretty pinched but I guess that depends on which tires you are on.

8" rims are right in the middle of most manufacturer's recommended range for 245 tires. That's only "pinched" if you're into oni-kyan.

--Ian

So I made the Mazda magazine spring edition

Zoom-Zoom, USA, Spring

That sort of goes against everything I read on here. Didn't Flyin Miata and 949 do some pretty extensive testing on this already and a 225 on an 8 was faster than a 245. Most of the fast guys here in my region ,that are not limited by rule requirements, even go as narrow as a 205 on an 8" for autocross.

A national solo racer who drives a 3rd gen rx7 uses a 245/45/16 tire on stock wheels.

I'm not aware of any testing showing a 225 on an 8 being faster than a 245 on an 8. I'm not sure how you'd do that on a Miata anyway, AFAIK there's only one tire available in a 245 that fits a Miata. That's a Hoosier, and I'd be very careful about trying to extrapolate general trends in street tires using data from Hoosiers.

205s may be faster than 225s on lightweight, low-powered cars on big tracks, but if so that's not because the wheels are too narrow. It's because the grip doesn't make up for the extra drag from pushing a bigger tire through the air, or the rolling friction on the pavement. The break-even point on that is going to be very sensitive to power level, aero, track configuration, etc, so I would not try to apply them to an FD that weighs 20% more than a Miata and makes 50% more power.

For an extreme example, back when DOT R comps were legal in stock, Integra guys used to run 275 Hoosiers on 15x6 wheels. The 15x6 wheels were required by the rules, and the 275 Hoosiers were clearly not operating at their best, but it was still faster to put 275s on those wheels than it was to use 225s. Again, this is a Hoosier, so don't extrapolate too much from it. :)

--Ian

What he said

I think you make great points but the Maxxis is offered in a 245, albeit it is a brand new tire.

Here are two threads that sort of go against your argument.

https://www.miataturbo.net/wheels-ti...25-tire-49858/

https://www.miataturbo.net/wheels-ti...-wheels-61867/

Some very fast people in these threads with proven results. I honestly thought it was pretty common to run a slight stretch. I run 195s on my 8 inch wheels and am consistently top 3 locally in a pretty contested class. We also had one of our local pro guys (John Brown, winner at Dixie Nationals STS Miata a few weeks ago) run back to back V720s in a 225 and 71R's in a 205 and the 71r's in a 205 were faster at our lot by half a second. Again, this is all autocross and strictly street tire stuff. His 3rd and 4th run was on the 71r's, the added cones are there because only 3 runs count in pro.

But were talking about the Rx7. Not the Miata. Those are two completely different platforms of suspension, power, and wheel base.

This all came from the "245s are pinched if you're into stance" comment. It's more of a, just because the manufacturer says something doesn't make it definitive thing, I guess. Won't keep hijacking your build thread. Atleast it's keeping it on top of the front page, lol.

90civicHB, you're missing a point here. 245's on an 8 will not be utilizing the 245 to its max potential, but it will be faster than a 205 on an 8 (though with less feel, and less progressive breakaway). A 205 on an 8 will be faster than a 205 on a 7, because the slight stretch will provide better feel and allow you to make the most of the tire.

as far as being pinched, Codrus is correct -- according to the tire manufacturers, a 245 on an 8 is just fine.

949's recommendations are very different from manufacturer recommendations because he's more interested in making the most of a given TIRE size, rather than making the most of a given WHEEL size.