Second Annual Miataturbo NE Dyno Day!!!
 

Trying to gauge interest in an early spring dyno day for us guys to test out the mods we've done to our cars during the winter. I know it's early, but gotta start planning early. (And yes, I have permission from the wife who just delivered....which is why I married her :) )

Shooting for a Saturday in late March/early April. And from lessons learned from the last dyno day some changes to the schedule.

1) Dyno is in Delaware. Website here: http://www.aca-performance.com/default.htm They were really nice to us last time and it was $60 for 4-5pulls with time to tweak inbetween. They were pretty loose about the number of pulls so it was like a mini-tuning session. We should not abuse this and wear out our welcome, but if enough cars come, I'm pretty sure they'll probably cut the price but I'd need firm commitments. This time we will start dyno'ing at 8am regardless of who's there b/c last time we ran late with only 6 cars (well, not including the one 8 second mustang that squeezed in). If enough people are interested (more than 10), I would also like to keep this an all miataturbo affair for the dyno time, not b/c I don't welcome the company (people are welcome to come), but once we get over 10 or so, we're going to start running out of time to do other fun stuff unless we just sit at the dyno all day.

2) This time we are just ordering pizza to the dyno so we have more time for more fun stuff instead of wasting time getting to the restaurant and eating there.

3) After dyno time, we have a choice between going to a nearby dragstrip in the northernmost part of Maryland (that also has race fuel :bigtu: ) assuming that there are no events there at the same time to do 1/4 mile runs. Website here: http://www.cecilcountydragway.com/ OR go the the nearby kart track for some kart racing action. Website here: http://www.midatlanticgrandprix.com/...COME_RACE_FANS

Please PM me if you are interested, dates that work or do not work for you, and your preference in terms of post-dyno activity. Also, I'll have to clear it with my wife, but as long as you don't mind two little rugrats, I'll tentatively offer a futon in my house for any peeps willing to either drive a long ways or fly out. If you do fly out, I live near the Philly airport and would include airport drop off/pickup. This offer is only open to oldtimers and people that I know reasonable well from this board. Sorry newbies, but I ain't housing a complete stranger.

hah, thats awesome, to bad I'm not turbo yet, and its a little far for me...maybe next year :)

I'm in, unless cjernigan decides to buy my car and I don't have a replacement yet.:gay:

Either after event is good for me.:bigtu:

me and brad will be down for sure....

I'll probably drag a few other local turbo miatas.


BTW Cecil is the fasest track around here by far if you're looking for kick-ass ETs.

well fu*ksti*ks. now I have to get my turbo back on by then.

I'm definitely in this time!

If I have a set date.... I should be able to get off of work...... sounds like fun!!!!!!!!!

Why would I buy your car, I love mine. Hell i just ordered new pads and am getting ready to get my Megasquirt... Think you have me confused with someone else.
I'd do it, but that's one hell of a drive for me down here.

cant have my build finished by then....not enough money :(

you dont want to blow this one either... :ugh2:


btw, whatcha doing with the old engine?

I'll probly pull it, do a mild rebuild on it and sell it. thats a ways off though, I'm gonna run it on 3cyl until the fe3 is done. Hopefully it doesnt give out before then.

i should be in. even if i have to work i should be able so switch if i get at least a few days notice

I probably will come again :) If I do any mods this winter I will definitely dyno it too. I vote for carting over drag racing.

Sorry, that was ckandes1. Starts with a "c" and I can't pronounce either:sadwavey:

Chad Jernigan = C Jur-ny-gan
Old English

Thought maybe my girlfriend gave me some roofies and I ended up telling you I wanted to buy ur car or something.

i might be in.

The news of a dyno day and everyone else getting stuff finished up motivated me. Just ordered my new 190hp pump and begi afpr. the last 2 things should get me where i should be. :bigtu:

my goal is keeping from falling apart untill then...maybe duct tape is in orde.

Okay for those of you interested, I added a poll. You can vote for more than one day so vote for those days that you can make it.

i put yes for all until I hear otherwise.

Too early to get the car out up here :(

I may be able to attend future events, my daughter is moving from TX to DE in the next month or so..

I vote for .. moving it to NOVA! :) It will save on my towing bill when I blow up the car.

What's the deal with this dyno day? Are we still shooting for early April?

are any of our cars ready ;)

It's warming up outside, the natives are getting restless:bigtu:

Sorry for the delay. This is postponed due to quite a few cars being out of commission. :sadwavey: To be rescheduled in the NEAR future!

My car is ready:bigtu: I'm curious to find out what my gt25r is laying down at 12psi. Let's get these winter projects finished and cars back on the road! My schedule is filling up quick and I don't want to miss out on this dyno day again.

we can't do it til mine's ready. waiting on the begi charge pipe!

mine should acutally be driveable again this weekend. funny thing is, it's because i like projects i can't ever drive it :gay:

so... when is it?

to publicly answer tom's question:

BEGi is building me one last custom IC pipe. Then I gotta re-wire the hydra and replace the injectors and that's really it. The latter I can do this week but the pipe is kinda, um, critical and it should be "any time now" whatever that means.

After seeing the "corky guarantee" thread on m.net though, custom parts can be a bit of a wildcard. those guys just dont know how to bug steph!

:wavey: :dancegay: :D

um short answer: a week or two? plus a few hours of shakedown time.

the later this happens the more likely i am a=going to be able ot attend.

Yah, did it happen the other two weekends, or is it this coming Saturday. If it's the 7th... there's a good chance that I'll be in. It's a 3.5hr drive, but if it's good weather, a cruise up the Eastern Shore isn't so bad.

oh PS I'm in so cal tax weekend.

so when is this actually going down?

no date yet, whenever we all get our shit done hopefully soon.

oil feed and drain are installed. I hate taking my intake manifold out.

yeah, my car could use a bit of tweaking