Well, just though i'd poke in here.....finally. Some of you may recognize me from other Miata forums.

Im Mike, im 24 and currently on my 3rd Miata.... a nice green 99. The daily grind is computer engineering and on the weekends i see how many miles i can put on the car. I previously had a heavily modd'ed 96 that ended in a bad rollover :( Like a few others, im jaded on the M45's potential and looking for the next step.... and i gotta stay ahead of my GF's 05 MSM lol.

Hope i can bring in some useful information/experience and learn some new stuff from you guys as well!!!

Anyway here are some pics of my car now...






And some of you might recognize the car when it looked like this...



And my old 96....

 

I remember seeing you and talking a bit at Miatas at The Gap last year when you had all the vinyls on. If you're switching to turbo, you'll need a bigger intercooler for sure. :gay:

 

Nice stuff man and welcome we need more NB people here all the newbs drive us NA guys nuts

 

Dammit

I thought for sure i crammed the biggest intercooler a Miata can take :(

lol.



(its not really that big.... 24x8x2.5)

 

that IC looks like....

 

Why'd you decide to ditch the 787b get-up??

I think your car looks great either way. Very clean now.

 

holy wing, did it fly? ha ha!! which front bumper is that?

 

needs lift, not downfore

 

Nice very clean, got picts of engine bay for the '99 ? ;-)

 

Welcome Mike. I look forward to watching the swap from SC to turbo.
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I've seen your car around. Didn't realize that big *** intercooler was for a M45

This picture rocks!

 

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Drifting = not optimal airflow to front + engine running at full bore makes for lots of heat. So i wanted to get the intake charge temps as low as possable. Also wanted to leave plenty of headroom for later mods/boost

 

Have one... but it was before i refined some of the intercooler clams/pipes.... so i'll get a new one before posting it up

 

Hey! I know you!

 

It's listed in the sig... Garage Vary.

 

Wonder if air:water IC would be better for drifting...
You can reduce the type size in your sig if you really want to list everything.
Where's your turbo project parts list?

 

^ Im here for research.BTW, i have heard about your car from a buddy of mine. Do you go to RA much? I think he might have gone up there and talked with you.... or something like that. Anyway, i know he is on here... name is Bryan aka wildfiresomethingoranother.

I was looking at the Turbo Specialties kitfor the mani/turbo/dp/oil lines and sell off the rest. But then i started looking around at what i can piece together and this is what i have so far

BEGI Cast mani
BEGI DP w/seperated wastegate
Not sure which turbo i want to get, i'd assume since i want to use the BEGI DP, im going to need to go with a Garrett T25XX series turbo because of the exhaust flange... unless BEGI has different flanges or most of the T25 series uses the same DP flange. Looked at the price of a new GT2560 and they are around $800-900. I was also thinking about some of the DSM turbos, but since they work well with the 2.0, im not sure how they'd act to the 1.8.Or maybe even a Nissan BB S15 turbo. Im looking to run 9-10psi and want something that will be making 5-6psi by 3k rpms as the day is my daily driver. Power? If i can get to the 220-230rwhp i'll be happy. Since im running a voodoo box, i doubt i can get to 250rwhp unless 305cc injectors can support that much power.


And something tells me i should have posted all that in the DIY section lol. I want to look around before just jumping in and asking a question that has been asked 3498574576 times. (we all know how that goes)


As for the w/a ic, i dont think it would be good for drifting as it would heatsoak quickly. Between runs, there is quite a bit of idle time sitting still... and many events are run in warm weather (ok...HOT weather).

 

I race at Rd. Atlanta about 2-3/year now that I have two babies at home. I will be there for the ARRC in the Scottish flagged ITA Miata aiming for the podium in the enduro.

Many righteous deals pass through the classifieds here. A lot of them are components already paired up, which can save a lot of work and time.