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Nope. I'm a half hour away from the only corn station near me, but I'm on a farm. I'm going for a blended tune since I'll have to buy corn monthly & store it. Mixing down suits my situation better than swapping injectors.
Well, I sold my 2019 Sport to a family member. I already miss it. My 2018 Abarth is great for the looks, sound, and power potential. The miata was great for throttle response, agility, and mpg. I want a quicker car, so I kept the Abarth. It also helps that the Abarth is loaded and the Sport is obviously a base model. I have tons of parts for it left. I might keep them all and pick up another one down the road lol
Well, I sold my 2019 Sport to a family member. I already miss it. My 2018 Abarth is great for the looks, sound, and power potential. The miata was great for throttle response, agility, and mpg. I want a quicker car, so I kept the Abarth. It also helps that the Abarth is loaded and the Sport is obviously a base model. I have tons of parts for it left. I might keep them all and pick up another one down the road lol
Sell the parts and stop waffling man! You've been thinking about this for years and finally made the decision. You'll be able to pick up the parts new/used down the line when you're ready. Move on for now.
Congrats on the sale. Atleast you'll be able to see the car around! Not sure that'll make it any easier though.
I installed my JBR short-shift kit yesterday evening. The OEM shift quality in the ND is excellent but it's not quite the rifle-bolt experience I get in my track-mostly MSM with MiataRoadster long, angled short-shifter. The JBR kit, by all accounts, avoids the vibration issues found in some of the competition.
The second-worst part of the install was removing the trim piece around the shifter. By all accounts, you should be able to pull it out a corner at a time but I just wasn't able to. I resorted to using plastic trim removal tools but was paranoid that I would scratch the surrounding parts. As it turns out, no scratches but I did manage to snap a few locating pins in the process. Oh well, worse was yet to come but at least it was expected. By all account, removal of the shift turret (held on by silicon) is a bear and they weren't wrong. I used a pry bar, BFH and copious amounts of profanity and it still caused me an ulcer. When it finally let go, there was much reliefs.
Then it was general clean-up of the old silicone (trying not to contaminate the now-open transmission. The duct tape was to protect the edge of the transmission tunnel when I was applying the BFH to the pry bar.
The rest was pretty easy:
Just about ready to put the center console back:
I took the car for test drive before installing the boots and insulation (to, you know, make sure I had six forward gears and one reverse). You wouldn't believe just how much DI clatter comes through the open console - it sounded like an old diesel Mercedes. Mazda did a great job in attenuating noise in this area.
So, with a thorough test drive this morning, I pronounce myself extremely satisfied. Throws are shorter, as expected, but the action is now bolt-action-like (as I'd hoped). Not only that, it's precise and completely intuitive, with no "what gear am I in?" issues whatsover. Also, no vibration at high revs. One of the best mods I've made to the car thus far and highly recommended.
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Goodwin sells a mounting bracket for Lifepo4 batteries, but I just don't trust lifepo4 for street use. However, it also accommodates an odessy pc625 agm battery, which I ran in my street turbo NA for years. I did have to buy 2 new bolts (m8x60x1.25 & m6x60x1). 12.75 lb weight savings.
Put on the Progress sways and got it back out to the track. It's fun now! Takes a set without too much waffling and slides around like crazy on the skinny OEM tires. Body roll is light-years better. I think these stiffer sways should have been part of the Club package from Mazda.
Here's something interesting I noticed. When I was by myself, the car was neutral to slightly pushy (I used Progress's recommended initial settings for the sways). When I took a student out, the push got a lot worse. It seems that with how far rearward the seats are, adding passenger weight really affects CG. I never noticed this in other Miata generations, but they are styled differently. Planning to adjust the rear sway to the stiffer position as I like a looser car.
Done modding for now. Car is meeting my needs (wants actually) of a great DD that I can occasionally take to the track.
Carbon Miata Spyder Grille
On my personal car. Really nice piece. OEM like fitment. We brushed on some flat black enamel for the bumper support behind the grill. Lip spoiler is a Legsport.
Updated the valving on ND Xida. We learned some stuff while developing NC Xidas that would allow us to increase the damping adjustment range on the ND. Took a few iterations to get exactly what we wanted. Same damping on the stiffer end of the adjustment range for track and auto-x but much better street ride on the soft end of the damping adjustment range now. We had stopped shipping ND Xidas while were working on the update so we had a flood of orders when we announced the new spec last week. Next batch should be here late July, which we're taking pre-orders for. Also switched from 2.25" springs to 2.5" to improve NVH.
Ok, so does that also apply to the ACE's? I currently have 400/200 and I never liked the street ride. Will this valving adjustment allow me to go up to 600/300, but still ride better on soft than my current ones?
Ok, so does that also apply to the ACE's? I currently have 400/200 and I never liked the street ride. Will this valving adjustment allow me to go up to 600/300, but still ride better on soft than my current ones?
Email us about spring rates but yes, this will make ACEs ride better too.
Have any of you added a strut tower brace? I deleted mine, and I'm looking for an extra set of the 3 oem mounting brackets that I can shave down. This is both the shock top brackets that the various ECU brackets attach to, and also the center firewall plate that doesn't have the integrated strut tower mounting brackets. Hit me up if you want to sell them.
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