Cost Effective Upgrades??
01-02-2016, 11:50 PM
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Cost Effective Upgrades??
I have a 91 1.6 with a greddy kit installed. Im looking to increase the power a little but my budget is $600. This is because the car has 270,000 miles and Im expecting it to blow any second. The previous owner was running 20 psi with stock management.
Currently the car has greddy turbo, MSD boost control, Vortec FMU(not sure what disk is in), intercooler, stock injectors, straight pipe exhaust out the hood, coilovers, stock ecu,
I just want a little more power so what would you do if you had $600? I was thinking bigger injectors(not sure what size i can run. Ive read 330s??), new tires, and possibly a wideband? i wish i could get megasquirt but its way out of my price range at $799!
Currently the car has greddy turbo, MSD boost control, Vortec FMU(not sure what disk is in), intercooler, stock injectors, straight pipe exhaust out the hood, coilovers, stock ecu,
I just want a little more power so what would you do if you had $600? I was thinking bigger injectors(not sure what size i can run. Ive read 330s??), new tires, and possibly a wideband? i wish i could get megasquirt but its way out of my price range at $799!
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01-03-2016, 11:45 AM
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with a greddy kit installed.
looking to increase the power a little but my budget is $600
the car has 270,000 mile
Im expecting it to blow any second
The previous owner was running 20 psi
20 psi with stock management
stock injectors
straight pipe exhaust out the hood
stock ecu
I just want a little more power so what would you do if you had $600?
looking to increase the power a little but my budget is $600
the car has 270,000 mile
Im expecting it to blow any second
The previous owner was running 20 psi
20 psi with stock management
stock injectors
straight pipe exhaust out the hood
stock ecu
I just want a little more power so what would you do if you had $600?
if you're running 20psi on stock injectors today, you'll have 0hp tomorrow, and 75 fwhp is 75 hp more than 0 hp.
So, in closing, making a down payment on a shitbox is the most cost effective way for you to add horsepower with $600.
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01-03-2016, 02:02 PM
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$600 should be a decent down payment on a shitty used daily driver at 75 fwhp.
if you're running 20psi on stock injectors today, you'll have 0hp tomorrow, and 75 fwhp is 75 hp more than 0 hp.
So, in closing, making a down payment on a shitbox is the most cost effective way for you to add horsepower with $600.
if you're running 20psi on stock injectors today, you'll have 0hp tomorrow, and 75 fwhp is 75 hp more than 0 hp.
So, in closing, making a down payment on a shitbox is the most cost effective way for you to add horsepower with $600.
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01-03-2016, 02:43 PM
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https://www.miataturbo.net/miata-par...4200obo-87165/
Buy this megasquirt. Convert it to work on your car. Learn something, Profit with knowledge.
You could very easily build that into a parallel setup to only control timing and fuel, and for under $300, it would be 57.892 times better than what you're running now.
Buy this megasquirt. Convert it to work on your car. Learn something, Profit with knowledge.
You could very easily build that into a parallel setup to only control timing and fuel, and for under $300, it would be 57.892 times better than what you're running now.
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01-03-2016, 08:47 PM
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https://www.miataturbo.net/miata-par...4200obo-87165/
Buy this megasquirt. Convert it to work on your car. Learn something, Profit with knowledge.
You could very easily build that into a parallel setup to only control timing and fuel, and for under $300, it would be 57.892 times better than what you're running now.
Buy this megasquirt. Convert it to work on your car. Learn something, Profit with knowledge.
You could very easily build that into a parallel setup to only control timing and fuel, and for under $300, it would be 57.892 times better than what you're running now.
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01-04-2016, 08:16 AM
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Do you know of any good how tos with lots of pics? I need them! I looked around and this I only found this article How to MegaSquirt your Mazda Miata
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01-04-2016, 10:35 AM
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