My next car to sale thread
 

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1373249574
(Sorry for posting your garage matt lol)

Story:
This is kotomile's old car.

Here are the specs:
Engine

1.6L
Greddy turbo & manifold
MSPNP
22x9x3 FMIC / Devil's Own basic W/AI
Begi DP, Enthuza 3"

Drivetrain

ACT HD
Fidanza flywheel
Mazdaspeed 6-speed
Sav's RX-7 clutch-type diff
Redline fluids

Suspension

Energy bushings (black), zerk fittings
Bilstein HD shocks
GC 700/325
25mm/15mm solid sways (Eibach)
steering depower/Prothane rack bushings ('97 rack)

Brakes

TSE 11.75" BBK front
NB Sport rear
Goodridge SS lines

Interior/safety

HDHCSD
HD door bars
Sparco Sprint Vs
G Force Harnesses
Momo champion/Works Bell QR hub


My goal is +300whp.

Sounds like a good plan. But I have to ask, with such a strong engine you're building, why shoot for only 250?

Nice, in before allofit

I'd like to keep breaking things to a minimum. 250 is well documented, and will be easy to get without much effort.

Are you getting boost creep (or was Kotomile getting boost creep) with the BEGI downpipe and 3" exhaust on the Greddy? Considering the same downpipe but have seen that some have had issues with the SG downpipe when using an IWG.

You'd have to ask him. I can tell you once it gets here, but who knows. The ETA was July 2nd lol... so much for that.

Not sure if this is relevant but I'm using an Artech 2.5" SG downpipe on my Greddy set up with absolutely no boost creep with a 3" exhaust. Stock wastegate actuator, though it seems to be holding up significantly better than most Greddy wastegates I hear about. Holds 10 psi all the way to redline with the wastegate sourced post-IC. It did creep quite considerably though with just the Artech DP with no exhaust.

That's consistent with what I've read elsewhere. The ARTECH SG supposedly isn't as long as the BEGI SG. In one thread I saw someone claim that they fixed creep on a BEGI downpipe by shortening the SG section. Can't remember if that was a Greddy though.

Anyway, my take-away is that there are no issues with the ARTECH design (assuming you run an exhaust, LOL). Hopefully, FRT will get his car and answer for the BEGI design. I'll also PM Kotomile (assuming he's still on here now that he's a gentrified NSX driver).

I want to get either the ARTECH or BEGI, but prefer mild steel so leaning towards BEGI.

Sorry for the threadjack -- back to regularly scheduled programming . . . .

No issue with the garage pic lol, it's messy and I know it.

No creep. Some spike initially, but not terrible. Adds character. It's running a Garrett (FM1) WGA instead of the party favor that comes with the Greddy.

It's actually not a bad thing that you're ditching the Greddy. It's a pain and a half to take on and off of the manifold, and the design of the return pipe almost guarantees that you have to replace the top section of the return hose every 6 months or so. I've worked out a lot of its kinks but it'll never be perfect with a Greddy. :)

I honestly thought about just getting a 1.8 mani fabbed up for the greddy and using it on the 1.8. But it's hard to justify that :/

I really haven't given much thought to what I'd replace the greddy with yet though. I'm not trying to run "all of it" but I'd like to have boost hit early and hard.

haha glad you don't mind me posting that :D I love that pic, look at it every morning for at least 5 minutes. I think that is the perfect representation of what a lot of miata garages look like.

That is a nice looking car. Good luck with it.

It looks a bit more like this now:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...82946623_n-jpg

lol

hahah nice koto!

I should mention, 250 is only 10 more hp than it's making now. Would probably have a lot more meat to the powerband with the larger displacement and lower CR though.

Yea that is the plan. I think that I can increase the power just about everywhere. 250 is just a goal, if I happen to make a lot more, I won't cry at night :D

That garage looks perfect for a turbo Miata. Not so much for an NSX. Where's the shiny floor and Gray Poupon?

:rofl: title change.

Whatever guys, mark my words. This one stays.

Grey Poupon, lol.

I'll do tiles in the next garage when I move in February back out Californee-way. Not worth it to lay down epoxy in temporary houses. :)

LOL, the title change cracked me up. Good one mods.

I'm subscribed for driving impressions of koto's car.

Also, koto how do you like your NSX vs the old miata? the miata @ 240whp HAD to be faster.. right?

I stand corrected. You really have converted, haven't you?

Actually, love the NSX. Great video on YouTube with Senna wringing one out.

Maybe we should change the thread title again to "Koto's NSX."

Also, FRT: didn't you have a mr2 spyder for a while? I've always had a thing for those, I was wondering what you thought of it and why you got rid of it (if you did) for a miata.

did it ever get boooooosted?

Yes I did have one. I loved it. I think overall I liked it better than the miata, except for a few small things. First, there was literally NO trunk space. I didn't have the frunk plastic so besides the small area behind the seat there was no storage. Also there really isn't a good community for those cars. There are just too few of them. Also if you think a hard top for a maita is expensive try getting one for an MR2 (think $2800). I never turbo'd mine.

I still miss driving that car a lot. If I ever make a lot of money one day I will own about 10 cars under 10k instead of one 100k car.

Car is now "In Transit" so at least it's leaving NC.

BTW, I've never had a car successfully transported without some rash. Make sure you really check it over when you get it. Personally, I would have flown out and driven it back. Would have been less time, probably less cost and damage, and you would have gotten a nice road trip with it!

My buddy had a car (miata) shipped from Chicago to Houston with no rash at all. The car ended up having a dying motor (different issue alltogether), but no "rash" or noticeable damage to the car.

YMMV. Good luck!

Unfortunately I'm going to school full time over the summer so driving wasn't an option. Although if I would have waited until between summer and fall session I would have had a window to do it. At this point that seems like the better option. But they told me ETA was the 2nd of july back in May so I figured eh why not it'll cost the same between gas and a plane ticket, plus I get it a month earlier. Plus it's what, like 2k miles from NC to AZ... that is a lot in Sprint Vs and a stiff suspension.

And trust me I will be going over the car pretty well. I should have had koto put a SUPER conservative tune on it prior haha.

Meh, your building a motor. Leave the tune that's on it and flog on that bitch.. assuming it doesn't knock or anything and has good afrs.

Those are some of the reasons I was okay with spending more money with a company that used an enclosed transporter and came recommended by some buddies. I think it took 4 days from Oregon to Florida and the car was as-promised.

Good luck on the new acquisition.

Well the company I went with I've heard from a few people that they were good. I think it's just luck of the draw unless you spend the big bucks to get guaranteed dates. But that was A LOT more. Way more than I was willing to spend. Didn't make sense to spend 50% of the cars value on shipping.

I'm not really to worried about damage, just don't like it sitting in some shipping yard for 4 weeks.

Much faster in a straight line, plus it had the turbo to shove you back into your seat in the mid range. NSX lacks that raw speed, but makes up for it in other areas, I really can't complain.

I haven't changed man, I just bought my dream car since I could finally afford to (bonus money).


And no stereo. :D

I actually drove that car from DLI to Florida and up to NC (with a several-month stop in Texas on the way). Then from Bragg to TX and back again for BNCOC... when the daily Civic I bought blew its engine. Ironic...

Well.. it was tuned on 93 by Jerry at DIY. He tuned the spark table to 247 and then took out 7hp worth of timing to arrive at 240. And then, after the dyno session I put the WI fuse back in. I think even with 91 you should be perfectly fine with some distilled water in the reservoir. Or you could pull some out of the spark table to be doubly sure.

My post-dyno .msq is floating around here somewhere, but beware loading my old .msqs.. they aren't all done with the COPs on, so double-check those dwell settings!

I was more joking that the shipping company probably figured out how much fun it is to drive and they are taking it to a few auto-x weekends before shipping it. lol.

Ah. That's definitely one scenario, lol. Although with the heat they probably want to spend as little time in it as possible right now. :)

Dude, what's your timing on the swap? If it's relatively soon, I'm interested in the downpipe, exhaust, etc. I've still got the friggin' Greddy downpipe!

Well it will either happen when the 1.6L blows it's load. Which I'm hoping it doesn't ever as I'd like the 1.6L to be alive when I pull it. And there seems to be some good buffer in the tune to keep it safe.

Or when I have ALL the parts to swap and the engine is built. Earliest I see this happening is Spring 2014.

Here is the current wall of parts. The only thing missing is the block and oilpan which are in the garage.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1373486707

MT.net went full retard and posted twice.

Why Ford Probe?

I keed I keed. Specs? Year and so on. Pics of cracked frame rails?

?? Is that a known issue?

sorry i'm late to the party but from research and now my own experience can say that the begi sg downsy pipe suffers from not enough space from the internal wastegate to the wastegate gas dump. basically the wastegate arm/washer opens into the dump section and in turn blocks the wastegate dump. I fixed the creep issue by welding a second flange against theirs. the only real problem this generated from me is my inconel screws weren't long enough and I had to use studs not as good.

hope that's helpful. Since I added that spacer in i've had no creep.

From what I remember the 1st gens up to 94 or 95 had issues with them cracking or seperating the frame rails form the body. Its all aluminum. They fixed the issue with bracing and so on on the later models.

are your boxes in the Wall Of Parts labeled?

Is this a trick question? Joe labeled everything excellently.

okay. I just made myself a Wall of Parts and I deloused deboxed everything so I could tell what I actually have on a whim.

I keep that information in my head.

I forget my own name at times, this is not an acceptable method for me.

Just send the parts to me and I'll tell you what you have.

I find parts in my garage all the time. Just the other day I found a VLSD with 100k on it. It's like Xmas everytime I go out there.

I actually just found out I have a 99TB that was still in the package from when I bought it from someone on here. Also found a 1.8 intake manifold sitting in a tub yesterday while looking for my battery charger lol. It's always fun finding parts.

I'll show you a probe.

I'll start a new thread in the OT section about my new (old) thing, I don't want to make this thread about my NSX.

The miata will finally grace me with it's presence tomorrow! So excite!

nice man, get lots of pics and vids for us.

Awwww yissssssss

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1373742044


I already started off on the wrong foot by being an idiot. I tried to lower the GC sleeves with just one side of the car up. It literally took me an hour before I realized why nothing would budge. It's a bit rough on cold start but I took a spin around the townhouse area and it sounds amazing.

Yeah, I never could get cold start quite right with the MS. It always starts, just sometimes needs to be goosed a little before it'll fire.

I lol'd a bit at the email chain that was waiting for me. :)

moar pics. hows it run WOT ?

I still need to register it before I drive it too much. DMV is closed over the weekend. Tomorrow morning I'm going to wash it real good and snap some photos :D

Good ;)

I can confirm this now. Almost too good actually. Like good enough where I don't know if I want to build and swap in a 1.8 anymore. My main goal for this car is for it to have close to zero down time. The last two turbo miatas I had they spent more time in the garage in parts than running.

Either way I'm going to drive it like it is until something major happens. Either maintenance related, or something lets loose.

dat ass

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1373832638

It rained this morning so I couldn't wash it. Gonna have to do it tonight or tomorrow :/

Sweet man, looks good. Sell me the motor parts, yo.