my ebay turbo'd miata video
 

mods are on my vbgarage. its at 13psi of boost on 91 octane. i just stopped at 75ish because it was as fast as i wanted to take it. its the first video i ever made of it, just thought i'd show how the ebay kit is working. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gORHuvfLloM

not bad 6 secs 0-60 musta babied it out of the whole. :bigtu:

oh yeah i did. it was nursed out of the whole. i didnt really floor it until i was started in 1st. i wanted to check to see if it was clear before spinning the tires and such. according to gtech i've pulled 5.4secs on less mods.

A very nice.

Makes me want to get this project going a bit faster!

what turbo does the ebay kit use?

a 16g knock off

ooooh, I want one.

nicccccccce.

well, something died today... my diff decided to blow apart. haha. 1.8 diff time. i noticed after i shot that video there was this wierd kind of tapping sound that got worse as i increased my speed. it would come and go, then today, boom, diff metal salad.

oooo ouch... sorry to hear :werd:

at least you got the nice video... and more proof... 13psi+stock rear end=metal salad :)

Vid looks good to me. Sucks on the diff turning itself to salad, but at least you'll be able to launch it. Also, it did have 172K on it, so not bad eh.

Oh, do a before and after with the new diff. Sweet.

yeah, i'm not really complaining. i know if the car was making stock power that thing would probably never break. it went out in good fashion... getting sideways in 2nd. hopefully i can get my 1.8 carrier, rx7 lsd, frankendiff done tomorrow. since the miata is my only car. i'll try to snap some pics if i get a chance to. and i'll get some pics of my diff metal salad with gear oil dressing. we'll see what happens, at least my clutch and transmission are holding.

Dude...thats pretty sweet...I really want to get my car on the road now.

At what point did you get traction in that video? lol

hehehe 3rd :)

hah...thats awesome.

well my prototype mr mazda frankendiff is ready for testing. we shall see how it works. i just picked up all of my shafts and such today. now the only 2 things that are left in my drivetrain that are stock are the pressure plate, and the flywheel.

wow that sounded really sweet in the video. Ill be doing my 1.8 frankendiff next week sometime hopefully, ill bet it makes a major improvement in traction with that sort of power.

Sounds badass is this the same setup you ran those 440cc's + RX7 AFM?

yep, rx7 afm and 440s. stock fuel pump for now. i'm probably going to go with a walbro sometime very soon. so i can run higher fuel pressure, boy, my car is increasingly becoming more and more rx7.

lol your running the non turbo AFM right?

yeah, just the normal fc flapper afm. i bought it from a junkyard for like 25bucks.

Damn, post your whole setup please

You have a wideband to tune A/Fs with?

Really badass!

Edit: Doh, vbgarage for mods, its still badass though.

Jesus fucking christ, man. That car is FAST. Gimme a ride. :D

Wow, that makes me want a turbo even more.

makes me feel like a bigger fucking failure! I really need to figure out my problems.

haha

souds bad ass. btw I killed my stock 1.6 diff on stock power, so Im a little surprised not everyone running a 1.6 diff hasnt blown it yet.

looks like you shifted into 2nd twice?

zoom2zoom: i only went into 2nd once. i babied first gear, then floored it.

fireindc: the afr's are around 11.2:1 at wot and full boost. idle moves around, but it idles fine.

my frankendiff works great, i still rip all of 2nd though. instead of peeling out in a straight line it now goes all over the place. the frankendiff has the 1.8 miata housing, miata pinion bearing, 1st gen rx7 lsd, 1st gen rx7 3.90:1 ring and pinion, and miata stub shafts with the stock miata clips. this one should hold for awhile.

heh, are you not totally raping your stock clutch by now?

edit: Nevermind, went back and read in vb garage...your using a 6 puck w/ stock pressure plate...how is that working out?

stock pressure plate with the six puck works well. its holding daily driving at 13psi. my stock clutch died after 5 days of boost. and it had tons of meat left on it. now that i've replaced all these drivetrain components, i wonder what will break next.

lol that looked pretty redic fast. Looked like ur speedo literally jumped like 10-15 mph lol

Ummm... 230hp and you have never seen your speedo jump under wheelspin?

I've made my speedo jump from 0 to 25+mph before. 5500rpm clutchdrop.

You think I was looking at the speedo while I was doing that, though? ;)

you guys need wider tires, lol. I run 225's on the rear and they stick pretty good.

Lol, I'm usually looking at the road. I'm running 205's right now. I want to get some drag radials for my other rims. My current tires are getting pretty low. I really want to get those 6UL rims, and throw on maybe some 245's :eek5:

my 225's are getting balder by the day i still spin into 3rd even with longer gears. it did it with the stock 4.30 and now with the 3.90 lsd. oh well, maybe i should get some corvette 295's on there :rly:

245/45 15's will be going under mine once I wear out my 225's.

damn. I am in the process of piecing together a DYI turbo kit for my 1.6 and i am still running the stock rearend and clutch.... fook. I hope I don't blow my rearend or clutch the next day lol.

just don't turn up the boost. resist.

is there a way to identify a 1.6 from a 1.8 diff visually from the outside? I wonder if one of the previous owners of my car may have ever put a 1.8 diff on the car. I was never exactly delicate on my car before the ring went bad and I didnt have a diff failure.

Does anyone make that size? Tire Rack doesn't show anything. 225/50-15 is the next logical progression.

Heh, I picked up a Torsen a week after putting the turbo on my car. I started piecing together the rest of the rearend anticipating that I'd just blow out my stock at some point. Here it is almost three years later and I'm still running on my stock diff.

Anybody know a good source for reletively cheap half-shafts for the 1.8 Torsen?

just post a WTB for 94+ halfshafts... on .net shouldn't be much at all.

:bigtu:

i've been working on ways to get my 100+ mph performance improved lately. but other than that, the car is humming along still.