DBXJ

I have a 97 NA that I eventually plan to turbo or keep it NA if I happen to like this build as it is, I picked up a 99 NB motor complete accept manifolds for a couple hundred and upon tare down found no problems, now I want to build a track reliable engine that can be street driven as well so I have to maintain the OBDII system for emissions in my state, so I'm leaning towards 84mm 9:1 supertech pistons with Manley rods along with a super damper and a upgraded oil pump and since I have it swap the bp4w head and get a NB intake , I haven't decided on what clutch and flywheel to run and I already have cooling upgrades in place, is there anything else I should be looking into while I have it apart or any parts recommendations.
Thanks

shuiend

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8.6:1 pistons. Are always the correct choice unless you only use e85.

DBXJ

I'm not going to be running a whole lot of boost I was told by the guys at Flyin Miata that I'm limited by my injectors since I have to maintain the OBD2 system figured I could offset that by running it at stock compression with increased displacement

Lexzar

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18psi

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Your very first mod should be English spelling/grammar/punctuation lessons.

Carry on

DBXJ

Three reasons, one because I can I'm a mechanic and have access to a machine shop,
two the 97 started burning oil worse than my Rx7 after a month of my girlfriend driving it.
Pulled the motor apart found cyl 1 and 3 had broken piston rings and destroyed cylinder walls.

And three guy I bought the 99 engine from left it out over winter with no spark plugs in it and I don't see any reason to put stock components back into it if I'm going to track it.

shuiend

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If you are staying OBD2 compatible then building a motor is really not worth the money. I also would not base my decisions on only what FM says.

ryansmoneypit

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yep, if staying compliant is a must do, than anything but milling the head and running the 99 seems like a waste.

figure out what you ARE going to do. saying you might stay NA or might go turbo is like saying" I'm going to live in Africa or Antarctica, I haven't decided."

DBXJ

The only thing they look for is the OBDII plug in and monitoring system they don't even pop the hood, I have my 2g in the state I know what the compliance laws are here and FM VOODOO system shouldn't cause a problem since there's a 99 and a 03 running them in my area.
Now if there was a legal way to do it then I would run a stand alone in a heartbeat but as it stands I have another year before I can go classic plates on the car and be smog exempt as for now I'm building the motor for when that time comes.

18psi

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Had the pleasure of tuning this car this weekend. It's a beast. Made way more power than most other 2560 setups. I'm thinking the 9:1 comp helped

DBXJ

Yeah its come a long way from asking questions, thanks again for coming up to tune it know it was a bit of a drive though....if ya move up here won't be a problem the next time hahaah

LeoNA

Dyno plans?

bAsEDnancy

nothing to say other than that thing looks incredible