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Originally Posted by dleavitt
(Post 1276677)
You can have mine!
Seriously though, remind me to never get in a car with "russ in va".
Originally Posted by russ in va
My favorite quote from Jay compares driving to racing: "I enjoy having sex, I don't want to be a porn star". I'm not sure I like what that says about those of us who like to race though.
So Keith, I find your statements paradoxical. On one hand you are quick to challenge an opponent to a duel on track confident in your ability to best them, as if that that has any pertinence to the discussion at hand. On the other hand you say you find driving at the limit difficult. I don't find driving at the limit difficult and I find great enjoyment in turning lap after lap probing those limits. However since even $pec miata is a battle of dollars over driver skill, I find my greatest on track satisfaction in the rain where my ability to handle the car at and beyond it's limit of adhesion puts me in front of drivers whose speed comes only with the comfort of traction and the benefit of horsepower. With all that said, I'm not advocating disabling traction control because it's going to make you faster on a 10/10ths run up your local version of the Dragon. If you are attacking a public road in competition with your buddies and/or with no margin for error you are foolish, that should be reserved for a closed circuit. I am saying that there are circumstances where the interference of traction/stability control can make the situation less safe and less satisfying for a sufficiently skilled driver. For me, mandatory non-defeatable traction control is the tipping point for a future of automated driving that I don't want to participate in. |
I will say one the BRZ, the TCS is horrendously over-protective....past the point of just being annoying.
I routinely turn it off just because on/off-ramps will trigger it turning steady state cornering. For backroads stuff I only go 6/10ths because of what you can't see around the next corner. Aside from a biker, sand/gravel, surface change etc. Lucky I ended up above ground still as we did NOT ride that way on the sport bikes years ago. |
According to this reviewer the NE miata should be electric so it is easier to drive in a city.
Mazda Miata MX-5 Is a Trip Into the Past - TheStreet |
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When you get your reviewers out of journalism school, this is the kind of nonsense you can expect. |
That guy should stop driving all together and ride the damn bus.
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Originally Posted by rleete
(Post 1277828)
That guy should stop driving all together and ride the damn bus.
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Mishimoto is going all out with their intake and catch can "development" threads.
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Originally Posted by Dunning Kruger Affect
(Post 1277931)
Mishimoto is going all out with their intake and catch can "development" threads.
:likecat: Lots of intake side photos. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1445631632 Is the oil baking on the top of this valve? |
no, honda... (h22 excluded)
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Originally Posted by Dunning Kruger Affect
(Post 1277931)
Mishimoto is going all out with their intake and catch can "development" threads.
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Originally Posted by emilio700
(Post 1277957)
Caveat emptor. I recall ordering a catch can from them about two years ago. it had no internal baffling, no drain or method of relieving pressure. It was however, very shiny.
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Originally Posted by emilio700
(Post 1277957)
Caveat emptor. I recall ordering a catch can from them about two years ago. it had no internal baffling, no drain or method of relieving pressure. It was however, very shiny.
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Lots of DI vw/Audi have intake carbon problems. Supose to be from not having fuel shot at the back of the valve and running exhaust valves open longer for egr. Many cars get so bad they need to be walnut blasted to remove it. ^That valve is clean in comparison.
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Originally Posted by williams805
(Post 1277984)
^That valve is clean in comparison.
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 1277997)
^ That valve has 3300 miles tho...
These guys are selling a service for cleaning it, but they include dyno results: Carbon Cleaning Service for Audi & Volkswagen Direct-Injected Engines - 034Motorsport --Ian |
I would be more interested in photos from a company that isn't developing catch cans.
Also, I haven't seen widespread issues with other skyactiv engines and some of them have been in US cars since the 2012 model year. |
Originally Posted by aidandj
(Post 1277958)
Shiny is important emilio. You can't go fast if your dull :)
:) |
Don't forget to pick up some mishimoto shift knobs too
New Mishimoto Shift Knobs On The Way - ClubRoadster.net |
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Originally Posted by aidandj
(Post 1278011)
Don't forget to pick up some mishimoto shift knobs too
New Mishimoto Shift Knobs On The Way - ClubRoadster.net Mishimoto: We got you bro https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1445656293 |
Originally Posted by Slider
(Post 1278073)
Me: Yo Mishimoto I want to shift my car like I'm holding a bmx handlebar
Mishimoto: We got you bro https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1445656293 |
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