Tanro's Diddlyicous MSM Log
So I grabbed this MSM. I will be clear up front, I was just looking for another miata. I was addicted to boost for years with DSMs, so I know about the turbocharging side of FI. But I had sworn them off because DSMs are either boring, or money pits. No middle ground. So I shopped on craigslist for a while.
Was gonna grab a 10th AE with a salvage title needing an engine. But, Alabama is a pita to get a rebuilt title unless you were the owner when it was salvaged. Then I found a running 10th ae with bolt-ons. But it was a pile crap. So I found this MSM, did some researches on what made them different. Decided worse comes to worse, I can drive it till the 220k FI engine pops, and then stick a 1.8 VVT engine in it. https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...70621765_o.jpg Go and check it out. Body is 9/10. Interior is 8/10. Engine is clean enough to eat off of. And it has good compression, drives good, pulls hard (then harder past 5k). I decided to pull the trigger. Guys pops on 4.5k. Damn I should have lowballed him more.. He was asking 5k. Polished up driver's headlight. Passenger is new. Before : https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...36082418_o.jpg Toothpaste step https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...86852941_o.jpg Done https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...84978710_o.jpg New Plugs. NGK Iridiums [IMG]httphttps://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10915045_828849917176538_7930907722056145400_o.jpg[/IMG] De-Chroming it. https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...82754473_o.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...49379628_o.jpg Did the antenna bezel and deck plates too... I'm not a fan of shiny metal on my sports cars. Muscle Cars, trucks, and old sedans sure... |
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Hmm. I may need to resize my pictures and reupload. A bit big for my screen and I am 1920x1080 sooo..
Anyways few more pics for giggs and what not. https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...40591678_o.jpg https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...69985168_o.jpg https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1421887594 https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...13204135_o.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...87919339_o.jpg |
Just have to say, I love the car. I love the MPG, power, and handling. Also love the slightly more aggresive body, and the projectors... AMG the NA had shit headlights, these are great.
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Hory shet. You stole that thing.
Nice find. Make sure you make a thread about the RX8 too please. Kthxbye |
Oh the RX8 is a piece of crap.
I stole that too, but Im probably gonna get rid of it put my 5.3 ls engine in my truck. If I can get the trans in my truck fixed underwarranty I will swap the rx8.. But if I need a new one, the rx8 is going bye-bye, and I will have a better truck. |
Course you stole the RX8. It's not worth anything anyway :laugh: Still like them though, and I've always thought that an RX8 with an LS swap would make for the most perfect daily ever.
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This is why/how I stole the rx8
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...01990690_o.jpg Massive fuckton of hail damage... Got cold before I could finish body work. Still needs body work. But now also needs a clutch, and probably ign coils. Rotary is about shot. https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...19715577_o.jpg Car had some gangsta wheels on it, so I stuck my set of evo viii track wheels on it. Payed a transmission shop to put a new 700r4 in my truck, 4k miles on it, and it won't shift out of 2nd, and slips like hell. |
ah, that's hideous. lol
If I were to do a V8 swap I'd have to pick up an RX8 that is super clean aside from a bad motor... ideally. Otherwise steal it and beat on it. |
Interior is clean, I can do body work. I pulled as much as I could and did a light body fill.
I payed 2250 for the rx8. I offered that, but he wouldn't take it. Called me a month later, and said to come get it for 2250. Sold the gangsta wheels, and I figure if I can get 2400 for it with evo rims I will be breaking even pretty much. |
Ah wow. That's the cheapness.
Enjoy the MSM, great car. |
I am so far, but my back and neck aren't. Got used to cushy rx8, with less sideways g
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And lots of the needed stuff already done. Wheels, metal elbow at throttle body. Looks nice. Interior looks great for 220K.
Welcome |
Currently I plan to swap the gears for 3.636 rear, and then Cloth top, then a tuning device.
Either MS PnP, Hydra, or DSM link. Not sure I want to figure out how to run Link on the MSM engine. So used to a 9k readline in the rx8, I will be getting on it in the MSM, and bounce off the redline in 1st. |
Reverent at MS Labs (in vendor's section) makes a nice ECU for your MSM that will free up a bunch of power and get rid of that dead spot in the rev range.
Welcome. |
I assume you are refering to the 2 stage boost effect? Like the power seens to come on nicely as it crosses boost threshold, then it seems to jump again @ 5K?
I was aware of the asinine engine managment of the MSM. Just not sure about what engine management I want to use. Hydra seems nice with the Autotune feature. MS seems nice because other than autotune it does the same things, for way cheaper. DSM link seems nice because I know how to tune it, and it would be the cheapest, good standalone. (Link is basically a full standalone that runs inside a Mitsubishi PCM and lets you tune like a full standalone, with launch control, antilag, and some other real nice features I wouldn't use on a mx5) But DSM link would be the most work. I would have to get the injector to play nice, would have to get a CAS that works with link, would need to get coils or COPs that work with mitsubishi stuff. Then I would need to build a patch harness. Big can of worms. Might be easier to learn MS. |
the 2stage boost "effect" is the crappy ecu pulling timing like crazy and leaning out the car
hydra is for people that hate money and love to throw it away |
MS does autotune.
If you're budget minded I'd suggest just keeping an eye out in the classifieds. Within the last 3 months there have been at least 3 or 4 MS2extras, PNP for the MSM, come up in the classifieds and all were less than $700 shipped. That'd do very, very nicely. |
The MS autotune is a wonderful time saving feature. It works very well.
The MS is the most widely used ECU for the first and second generation Miata platforms. |
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The MS autotune is a wonderful time saving feature. It works very well.
The MS is the most widely used ECU for the first and second generation Miata platforms. Glad to see DIYautotune has come a lonnnnnnnnng way in the past decade. |
A decade ago flip phones were new.
Nice kitty, by the way. That's a fluffy one. |
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