We'd love to but our car doesn't have enough fuel system to support 7 psi. It's lean enough as it is (13:1 or so) at 3.5 psi...

Anyone got a 12:1 vortech calibration disc they're willing to part with?

 

make one! you made everything else.

 

sell the air bags and buy megasquirt...
an option?

 

That would require measuring and precision, which these guys reserve for when they're being paid.

And I mean that in the most loving way a heterosexual Miata owner could.

 

measuring/cutting a 2.72" diameter circle and then drilling a hole the center would not be that entirely difficult.

 

So awesome guys, I wish you the best of luck in LeMons~

 

Installed the hardtop today:



Initial configuration was the low-drag, superspeedway setup:



But after some consideration, we realized the turbo gives us enough surplus power that we don't have to worry about minimizing drag, so we switched to our high-downforce configuration:



As you can see, there is both a mild kick-up about 6 inches from the end, plus a 1" Gurney flap. The kick-up is somewhat flexible, thanks to the thin aluminum consutruction, and should flatten out at speed. We're thinking the active aero should get us a second entry in the "best use of banned F1 technology" compeition.



-Dave

 

We also made a new support bracket for the intercooler so it doesn't just hang from the hoses. All we had to do was thread the end of the jack handle with a 10mm x 1.25 thread and fart out a couple of beads from the metal caulking gun and it was good to go



-Dave

 

HT looks clean.

You should produce those and make a group buy.

 

I agree. Us tall drivers have been stuck with and cursed by these unfortunate factory hardtops. I want something to keep the elements ... from scraping my scalp off.

 

Why not pickup a bootleg fuel pressure regulator so you can run more boost?
eBay Motors: FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR BMW E36 E46 E90 M3 MINI COOPER (item 120332751931 end time Dec-11-08 20:21:10 PST)

Wouldnt this assist in raising the fuel pressure enough to run more boost?

 

Hello!? If you have a Miata, you have this hardtop already, all you have to do it unbolt it from its current location and rebolt it to the top.

Get to it!

-D

 

lol just realized that was the hood. Damn guys, I think this is the coolest build ive seen ... a hood hardtop for the mother ******* win.

 

I want both. though in emergency rainstorms at speed I have a special "conversion" lever I can pull to move the device from the front of the car to the top of the car. it has a few kinks.

 

Hey you may wanna transfer over all the goodies to this free 2002 chassis:

MX-5 Miata Forum - 2002 SE chassis, completely stripped ZIP:16749

 

the jackhandle/IC bracket has so much win

overall, nice project

 

cool read. you guys ever find a diff?

 

Got rid of our parts car this weekend.



In case you were wondering, that's $15 worth of steel you're looking at.

-D

 

Saw this on Jalopnik, thought it was worth mentioning. I bet you guys can totally take this:

Hayabusa-Powered Geo Metro To Take On LeMons, Sneers At Ghettocharged Miata

 

I ran into that guy when he was testing at streets of Willow a few months ago. it was pretty quick, but since we haven't had ours on track yet, I can't really guess who is faster.

Biggest worry with that car is chain durability. Short chain means higher duty cycle on each link. Odds of shitting a chain out the bottom are pretty high. Maybe we should do something to protect our belts from damage when we run over his chain...

-D