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BlackBandit 03-17-2014 05:44 AM

The rods will give on any turbo application car it's just a matter of when. And I have discussed with Ken that if it did occur where to go if the situation arises. Ken spent a solid full 24 hours tuning the car with over a dozen pulls to make sure everything was perfect. Now I am aware that I'm drastically cutting my engines life in half but I'm not also hitting it hard light to light. I will be as careful as anyone else new to boost will be lol.

First things first... midpipe and to take your suggestions and raising the car a bit with wider wheels and tires.

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 05:53 AM

Ps we drop the boost down last night as well.

concealer404 03-17-2014 09:06 AM

Damn dude! Nice job, those are REALLY strong numbers. :)

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 09:09 AM

I took it out this morning it it took 5 times before it started up. It kept lighting up and dying. Finally got it. So I didn't do extremely hard driving but I was spiking 16lbs. I'm gonna bring it done a quarter turn on the boost controller hopefully bring it to 15 or 14lbs.

concealer404 03-17-2014 09:11 AM

Needs some cold start work, huh? :bowrofl:

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 09:12 AM

Lol I was told it's just part of the game.

concealer404 03-17-2014 09:14 AM

It is. You'll figure it out. :)

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 09:16 AM

I'm also going to be relocating the air sensor from the ss pipe I got from fm connecting to the throttle body silicone elbow to the intercooler so the car doesn't lean out when I'm heatsoaked.

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 09:25 AM

2 Attachment(s)
Here's a larger clearer pic of the dyno sheets
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1395062750
dyno chart by rocketeerbandit, on Flickr https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1395062750
ratios by rocketeerbandit, on Flickr

paNX2K&SE-R 03-17-2014 10:58 AM

Those are great results Gerald! I'm looking forward to seeing the car in July.

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 11:11 AM

Thanks everyone for the cheers. I'm excited how well this panned out. Shout out to my tuner and co-installer StratoBlue1109

EO2K 03-17-2014 11:40 AM

This. This is exactly what I want out of my FMII. Can't wait to see what it'll do with an EBC ;)

Where is your source for the WGA hooked up to currently?

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 11:43 AM

I know right. What ebc are you using or gonna use?

EO2K 03-17-2014 12:03 PM

Either the one DIYAutoTune or the one from TrackSpeed Engineering. I've read that the DIY one can be a bit more temperature sensitive than the TSE unit, but its also cheaper. Bunch of other options out there as well, but those are the two I've seen most people have success with here on MT.

Fireindc 03-17-2014 01:51 PM

Excellent results! cold start is certainly part of the game, but it's really not that hard. Read up on it and take some time to dial it in next cold start.

Get some videos of a quick pull, i'd love to see it on the street.

18psi 03-17-2014 02:08 PM

Rough cold starts means you need to tune your cold start. See my thread about it, there are also tons of others. Its one of those things a shop will never really do for you, gotta do it yourself, they just do the easy/fun part of making power, none of the hard and time consuming stuff like cold starts and all that.

Also rods don't "give way on any turbo application, just a matter of when". Many other cars have rods strong enough to withstand 500-700hp just fine. The miata just happens not to be one of those cars.

If you want to preserve your rods and trans, run some crappy tires in the back that will spin all the time lol
But you already lowered the boost so it will probably be fine.

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 06:08 PM

I believe I'm at 14 right now. And I'm prepared to build a motor if it goes. For now more smiles...

Fireindc 03-17-2014 06:12 PM


Originally Posted by BlackBandit (Post 1112417)
And I'm prepared to build a motor if it goes.

This is the right mindset :dealwithit:

BlackBandit 03-17-2014 06:25 PM

Btw fun fact my injectors are only at 53 percent load

EO2K 03-17-2014 06:27 PM

This is why I have a second motor :rofl:


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