:bowrofl: well that's just smart thinking right there
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Holy crap! :eek:
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Well, it wasn't the shims. I got everything to spec, after waiting a week for the adjustment shims to arrive. When I started it all up, I had the same terrible rattle. Next, I'll replace the exhaust header gasket, and check to make sure the headers are seating well. If it's not that, I suppose it's time for a junk yard motor.
While I was waiting on shims, I worked on my air dam and splitter. I'm pretty happy with the results. It still need to mount some sweet supports I got from the circle track guys at Smiley's. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...42c870818e.jpg laying out 14 new shims, I got to re-use 2. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9f8bfa5b91.jpg After cutting the dam, the splitter is in paint. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8634210106.jpg good from far, far from good. I cut some wood blocks to act as my splitter height guide. |
Update: I'm an idiot. It was an exhaust leak. I must have been drunk when I installed the headers. The tab from the coolant hard line was stuck between the header and gasket. Engine sounds great.
I also went by Smiley's and got some sweet turnbuckles to secure my splitter. I used some pre-drilled angle iron and threaded inserts to mount it to the plywood. My goal is to be able to secure the splitter without having any additional mounts exposed to the airflow in front of the air dam. We'll see. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3fdf389f75.jpg |
I've done that at least three times... Happens to the best of us. At least that's what I tell myself. |
That's the most jank valve lash job I've ever seen.
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Originally Posted by Stealth97
(Post 1508058)
That's the most jank valve lash job I've ever seen.
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Wait. The valve lash thing wasn't a joke?
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A few updates:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...1b89b5f2b9.jpg photo of my splitter braces. Turnbuckles from Smiley's to angle iron from Ace. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b003b8e884.jpg DIY Cool Suit cooler. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5792fdfda1.jpg Cool Suit hookups, I ordered these from some water system supply. Much cheaper than Amazon. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...eece6ddadb.jpg Duct CAD https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c1b395a7bb.jpg DIY ABS Brake https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ccd2f7e575.jpg DIY Rad Duct https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9fab0e34f8.jpg Duct installed with little adapters glued on to seal it to the dam. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b2ca35dc8b.jpg Pit Bike! https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b498abe627.jpg Dead E36, and my feet. |
We had a great weekend in Houston. My car went through tech with ease, and I got my provisional comp license. The car was slow against the ITR and S2000 in my class, but that's just something to work on. I'm at 116 HP pushing 2280 lbs. The wing is in the mail. The aero imbalance was pretty rough.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your ideas on this forum. It's been a huge help with build. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...47d850d44.jpeg Passing test. The only chance I got to do any :( https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...04817a208.jpeg race ramps FTW https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c7264849e.jpeg 116 HP - needs work |
I've decided to change my approach to 2400 lbs with 225 wide Hoosier R7's. I figured I'm already at 2280, so why not be the lightest car on big tires, instead of the heaviest car on 205's. If I can make enough power, I might bump this up to 2450 lbs, to get the weight modifier down to -.3.
I'll need about 40 more hp to get to my target. My goal is to do this with simple bolt ons and a tune, so I can just drop in junkyard motors. We'll see how it goes. The Megasquirt is in the mail, and I've talked to Team MER, at Cresson for dyno tuning. This is a lot to get done before the March 9th event. Fingers crossed. The big wang is installed, along with a Skunk2 intake manifold, and some ballast to make weight. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3c40aac4e9.jpg Wang Gang! https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...217957f374.jpg New weight, wider tires, more power! https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8933578a23.jpg Skunk2 intake manifold. It sits very low, creating some fit issues with the intake piping and coolant reroute. |
Just a quick update. I ran the car at 2400 lbs for the Cresson race, and I was able to get on pace with the only other ST4 car, by the end of the weekend.
I got my car tuned, but it still only made 120 HP. I've been chronicling my terrible mechanical skills on this post. My cam gear was off a tooth. https://www.miataturbo.net/megasquir...me-help-99580/ During the event at Cresson, I boiled my brakes on Saturday. Switching to high temp castrol brake fluid fixed it. I know my rotors and calipers aren't getting very hot, but it could have been heat from my headers, boiling the reservoir. I won the 50 minute enduro on Sunday, because no one else entered my class. Oh well, good enough for some Hawk bucks. Since then, I've ceramic coated my headers, fixed the cam gear issue, and built a heat shield for my intake. The car gets tuned in two weeks, then my next race, at Hallett, in June. Wish me luck! (oh yea, and my wife bought me a clapped out civic si for my birthday) https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...eb8509ac9b.jpg gold airbox, ceramic coated headers https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2e31f591a8.jpg My new $600 civic si daily. |
I'm hoping that is the before picture of your heat shielding efforts and not the after picture. Your left front brake line and your master cylinder are still completely unprotected. Don't die out there.
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Well, that's the after photo. After ceramic coating the headers. I'll go ahead and add a shield for the brake lines. Thanks for the encouragement :)
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Don't want to risk hurting it or you.
I split fuel lines lengthwise and slip them over brake lines and throttle cables as a shield. I usually put foil tape over that to reflect the heat. You have a very nice build. |
Thanks for the idea. Done.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c7afbe1ccd.jpg Heat wrapped brake lines. |
I saw your car pop up on Jesse's feed yesterday and then I just happened upon your build thread today. Glad he was able to squeeze out a bit more power for ya. :bigtu:
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This is relevant to my interests...
Also for what it's worth, I also have a racing beat header that is ceramic coated inside and out, and have never run any sort of heat shielding for the master cylinder, reservoir, or that brake line. Probably has somewhere between 150 to 250 hours run time on track over the course of 4 years and never had a single issue. Using ATE Super Blue or Typ 200 (same stuff), and only bled every other pad change. Stock NA8 brakes. But of course, the heat shielding is good practice anyways. Just thought I'd provide some insight. |
Hey guys. Yes, the car is running like a top now. Jesse did a great job of getting it tuned, and I get to put my "where's the beef" thread to bed. 163 at the wheels with a stock motor (aside from the MSM intake cam). Goal!
https://www.miataturbo.net/megasquir...me-help-99580/ As for the heat shielding. I agree that it's probably not necessary after the ceramic coating, but it was an easy fix, and I'd better be safe than sorry. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a6f27b3d5c.jpg |
Wow that's really strong for a stock motor. That's on a dynojet right?
Wonder if the S2 intake manifold is contributing to having peak HP at redline. Looks like a rotrex dyno. |
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