Rofl... I think the only jdm part I had was my swap and rear swaybar. OEM parts rule.

Reid = Wanker

hey you miata is JDM, made in Hiroshima

mmmm nuclear

I'll be working on the car tonight. I'll make sure to get downpipe pictures this time :p

yes need constant pics.........

Lol, car is still 1hr away from where i live... at least it isn't 1.5hrs away where it was since last fall :p.

That... and I'm gone for 12hrs a day with work :p

Give a man a break :p

This is bullshit. Complete bullshit. I opened this thread because I expected to see today's (yesterdays work) pictures. Instead I just see more useless banter. I motion to lock this thread until more eye candy is provided :(

Isn't this project done yet? Really taking your time aren't ya?

Lol, you guys are really breaking my balls :p

Less posting, more fabrication! :)

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that dp oughtta flow like mad. but why a flex?

damn this project is looking GOOD


to protect the muffler bearings...duh!

didnt think the engines rocked that much with the MC engine mounts to require a flex? rather weld in a flex than fix a crack

We tend to put flex's on all the DPs. Preventing cracks is just nice. Don't feel like having to pull stuff because of an exhaust leak.

how's the engine going to flex when you're using the intercooler as a solid motor mount ;)

Heh, its got a flex/hump coupler in there... and another for the other side.

Ideally i'll use the bike shock I picked up to make a dampener on the intake manifold side. But there is so much else to finish first.

you know....ive never thought of that, i dont think 2 couplers will take up enough slack, i might have get some hump couplers when the time comes......

smarter than i thought! :gay: I couldn't really tell from the pics.

looking good man

like we talked about, lemme get his info, I may want to do something similar

and lord know I'm too lazy to do it myself!

hey your car is almost as messy in the cabin as my 240!!!! ALMOST!!

Nuts. Totally nuts. Looking forward to seeing the finale and the numbers.

+1 :bigtu:

Where are you from Splitime? You should have copys of that mani + DP setup made so I can be :cool: like you!

HOLY HELL!!

Best Miata engine bay ever!

pretty fooking badass

how far can you tilt the rad and it still function properly (stock rad)? i may need to tilt it to fit my intercooler in.

Dude this shit is fucking insane... Damn, i might have to steal some ideas... everything looks perfect.

needs more power info

hey splitime, i had a quick question about the gtx valve cover your using. i recently got one and had it powdercoated in hopes of using it, but

what did you do about that rear nipple in the back ?

how did you mount the coilpack ?

and since theres no pcv valve, can you run a venting catch can directly to the nipple on the passenger side ?

spaced the questions out so you could answer them by copying and pasting

Put some RTV in it and pinched it closed. It happens to fit right between the 2 coils.

I used the bottom bolt hole and a small piece of 3/16th steel with 2 holes in it for the driverside mount. So from valve cover bolt to normal mount point on Coil pack holder.

I don't bother with PCV stuff on turbos... I'll be running the intake side valvecover vent to a catch can[/QUOTE]

Eh?

Oh... we tried the other day to 'downgrade' my gt28 from an 83 turbine housing to the normal 64 turbine housing... but it didn't fit. Seems like I might have bought a gt2871rs instead of a normal gt28rs :p

Of course... we checked the housing on the turbo... after we welded the internal gate shut... and grafted a 3" Vband onto the housing itself. Anyone want a custom gt28rs turbine housing with a 3" Vband outlet?

Man, I love this build, I check this thread every chance I get to salivate at the photos. Thanks for the coverage.

Glad I can entertain while I build. The pictures are only a fraction of it... the wrenching is the best part :)

Whoops, so what is your power gaol? This is gonna be a track machine right?

I'm thinking 250 will be quite fun. Possibly 300 on tap. Considering it'll be mainly on track abuse... I'm not really going to push limits often.

Is this slow ass build almost done? Where are the pictures?! I'm hoping you didn't take off July 4th.

I worked on our condo the 4th... we are amidst prepping it for sale... i have 0 spare time :p.

So... I've got MS harness done (i think). I've got IM on for good, fuel rigged up and plugged in. Exhaust on and done... radiator mods finished... just doing hoses today, coolant fill... oil change... and maybe startup?

Still have seat/harness to finish... have to finish pulling abs junk. Also have roof air scoop to finish up. Then mount up my driving lights, bleed brakes and clutch slave... slowly getting there

:gay:

All buttoned up.... leaks from rear fittings for coolant reroute. Took off... "fixed" leaks again... so i'll tackle that later.

No spark/fuel from car... either ground I can't find is off (car turns over) or I fugged up my MS harness.

make sure your fuel lines didn't get hooked up backwards.... that's probably the #1 offender.

yea, i let my friend hook up the fuel lines and wasted a day figuring out that b . s.:vash:

try running fuel only first to see if the MS spark is the issue.

Where did the pics go??

Oh i had the fuel lines backwards :p Fixed that. My issue is something else, I'll be back at car this coming weekend.

Pictures are hosted on www.we-todd-did-racing.com . they are on/off stable :p

I'll see about posting them up on imagestation tomorrow.

Until we-todd hosting comes back... I'll put pictures into an imagestation album also...

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2090492708

Still lookin good dude! :bigtu:

More pictures please

Vash-

Sweetness!!

Well I came.

Where are the O2 sensors in the exhaust?

Just one O2 (wideband). Its just past where the external WG merges with the DP.

see man thats what a vmount is supposed to look like. thats pretty rad.

Thanks to some MS help from neogenesis... I'm up and running :) Got car to start up and idle on the 550s without an IAC. Fixed coolant leak also. It's basically ready to drive... but down at buddies warehouse up on his car trailer... which takes 2 people to get it down.

Oh... I took video and fresh pictures of bay... but forgot the usb cable attached to the MS in the car... so it'll have to wait.

So I'll have it down and tuning tomorrow night... or sometime this week.. or something like that... :)

It's ALIVE!

Oh... here is the first datalog of just idle and some quick revs.

If you want to view it... download it and change the extension to .XLS

Woooo!!!!!

that gets me so hot!

hey if you are using the map I posted, I am not sure how accurate it is, I have a newer one that is a bit more updated, but still not quite there. You gotta change it to .msq though before loading as our uploader does not accept .msq files.

Right now I am running around 12 psi, and fairly rich in boost (around 11:1) and I have had to retard the ignition timing a bit to keep it from pinging on Cali gas in the heat, should be better than the other map I posted though.

That map ran a bit funky for me. Ignitor started getting hot and tach started glitching.

I did however... pull the car outta the warehouse and pull back in on it. Sounds mean and the clutch engagement is quite sudden.

Anyways... quick MS startup video... its off of a digital camera... so not the greatest video.
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Video audio sucks... I'll get some better ones.
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Holy ticking valvetrain, batman!

Sweet setup, though.

-Mike

It was first startup in over 6 months... HLAs needed some oil time :p

Sounded much nicer last night when I drove it in/out of warehouse. Once I find time... I'll be down there for tuning.

nice job man top mount IC ftw much better than FMIC GL

Wth you do for a living to know this much? So much functional work, looks like a custom shop job...gj guys

? TMICs suck... luckily his is a v-mount, which is nice.