yep, one of the best uses for rubar.

 

Actually, I did the cat punching two years ago.... But with a motor that was probably burning a lot of oil.... it didn't smell good. Hopefully with a better tune available from the MS.... it will be "stand-able". Otherwise, it sucked when you had people behind you... that you actually liked. <G>

Dave,

 

I think that's your best photo to date

 

Haha that is a nice pic though.

BTW, you still need an ignitor.

 

damn i thought you already took care of the cat yeah cats are evil your pic proves it

 

wow, i'd been watching this thread but couldn't come up with something you didn't already try, never would have thought of that, luckily i have no cat

 

nope cat wasnt to blame....testing my ignitor tomorrow.

if it's not it, then im machine the pare head and trying again....nothing else i can think of.

 

Wow...Wasnt the cat. I just got done reading the whole thread for the first time, and you sure do have alot of my symptoms...So Im now guessing My ignitor is bad too for some reason. And When I saw your cat, i thought forsure that was the culprit, but I guess not, I cant wait to see your results on that ignitor.
Good Luck

 

yeah seriously, if your cat was red hot and not clogged your cylinder temps must insanely high, pop the stock ecu back on with stock injectors and maf and see how it is

 

well the cat was busted, but didnt solve any problems.

 

Are you still getting the glowing pipe?

 

nah, idled the car without the cat completely. loud, but still shitty.

 

Winner.

 

Yea,h Ben is going to have a field day with this: my ignitor would not start Rappdan's miata. Plug his back in, vroom.

 

WTF is that stuff coming out of your cat-converter? Is that the matrix clogged solid? Eeek!

Cheers,

Jeff

 

its a hairball


<------ Clever

 

I remember that look.... I don't think mine was quite that bad, but almost. <G>

Dave,

 

Did you try his igniter in your car?

 

New ignitor installed.

Idles good and doesn't hesitate when I rev it, but still low on vacuum. Idling at 16~hg. vs. 20~hg. like I usually run. Car was jacked up so I didnt drive it....doesnt overheat at idle anymore.....

I dunno.

 

since I'm not good at fixing problems...I finally modded my front splitter thing. The way it was before it was cut straight across and the bottom (3) runner did not get airflow from the front mouth, they only were exposed form underneath, and since I have the R lip, I doubt air was acutally flowing through it. Just needs a little bit of black duct tape or something to seals up the edges a bit better (i think I have some leftover weatherstripping). Next task is the underbelly and a splitter.




FWIW, I'm going to go back and redo my timing belt for the third time, I think it's to blame for the low vacuum. I'm going to have to rely on my diptick in #1 to verify TDC, since obviously I can't line up a notches or somthing.


here's a video of my idle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxCO3EVoQtI