Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1029588)
Gre Poupon, lol.
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? |
Originally Posted by Fireindc
(Post 1029651)
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? 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.
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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!
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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! |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1029981)
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!
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.
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Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1029981)
BTW, I've never had a car successfully transported without some rash.
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 1029988)
Unfortunately I'm going to school full time over the summer so driving wasn't an 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. Good luck on the new acquisition. |
Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack
(Post 1030003)
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. I'm not really to worried about damage, just don't like it sitting in some shipping yard for 4 weeks. |
Originally Posted by Fireindc
(Post 1029594)
Also, koto how do you like your NSX vs the old miata? the miata @ 240whp HAD to be faster.. right?
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1029625)
I stand corrected. You really have converted, haven't you?
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 1029988)
...Plus it's what, like 2k miles from NC to AZ... that is a lot in Sprint Vs and a stiff suspension.
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...
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 1029988)
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.
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! |
Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1030017)
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.
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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. :)
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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!
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Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1030260)
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!
Or when I have ALL the parts to swap and the engine is built. Earliest I see this happening is Spring 2014. |
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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 |
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MT.net went full retard and posted twice.
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Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1029499)
I keed I keed. Specs? Year and so on. Pics of cracked frame rails? |
Originally Posted by MicaCeli
(Post 1030419)
Pics of cracked frame rails?
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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. |
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