How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
08-18-2011, 02:03 PM
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These ******* are cast aluminum and weigh about 50-60lbs a piece. I would NOT want to get hit in the lip by one of these. lol
If I knew where that was I'd sell it.
I went back and forth on the number a few times for these, but I finally settled at $2000. So now I wait the 7 day wait.
If I knew where that was I'd sell it.
I went back and forth on the number a few times for these, but I finally settled at $2000. So now I wait the 7 day wait.
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08-19-2011, 04:16 PM
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(snap.)
Sidebar: I drive the turbo car today for the first time in nearly a year. And holy crap, I had really forgotten how much better the off-boost throttle response was on this car as compared to my stock, naturally-aspirated vehicle!
(In fairness, this is mostly due to the MS vs. stock ECU, but I still have a solid datapoint which says that a turbocharged car has better throttle response than a non-turbo one.)
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08-19-2011, 07:21 PM
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On another note, how do I not weigh 500lbs. Decided since I was spending the night in, I would order myself some Domino's. I ordered an Italian sandwich, bread bowl pasta and a cinnastix, and ate all of it. Actually a typical dinner.
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08-19-2011, 07:58 PM
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Sidebar: I drive the turbo car today for the first time in nearly a year. And holy crap, I had really forgotten how much better the off-boost throttle response was on this car as compared to my stock, naturally-aspirated vehicle!
(In fairness, this is mostly due to the MS vs. stock ECU, but I still have a solid datapoint which says that a turbocharged car has better throttle response than a non-turbo one.)
Also SJMARCY would say you are wrong about throttle response. He has used tape and string to prove over and over again you can not beat naturally aspirated throttle response.
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08-19-2011, 09:01 PM
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Today did NOT go by fast. Goddamn this day seemed like it would never end. I did however get fed well today, and won our monthly raffle and got a $50 gift card.
On another note, how do I not weigh 500lbs. Decided since I was spending the night in, I would order myself some Domino's. I ordered an Italian sandwich, bread bowl pasta and a cinnastix, and ate all of it. Actually a typical dinner.
On another note, how do I not weigh 500lbs. Decided since I was spending the night in, I would order myself some Domino's. I ordered an Italian sandwich, bread bowl pasta and a cinnastix, and ate all of it. Actually a typical dinner.
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08-19-2011, 10:24 PM
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2522 calories (not including my big glass of chocolate milk), in about 5 minutes. 
GO ME! Somehow I eat like that and still maintain 170-180lbs at 6'. Oh well, I will spend most of the afternoon and night tomorrow out in the woods hiking and exploring for a hidden artesian well located somewhere off the trail in a local nature preserve. It will be burned away, plus I doubt I will eat much tomorrow.
GO ME! Somehow I eat like that and still maintain 170-180lbs at 6'. Oh well, I will spend most of the afternoon and night tomorrow out in the woods hiking and exploring for a hidden artesian well located somewhere off the trail in a local nature preserve. It will be burned away, plus I doubt I will eat much tomorrow.
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08-19-2011, 10:32 PM
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My ghetto fabrication skills have failed me. For whatever reason when I did my rebuild a few years ago, I went with a tiny K&N, 3.5'' flange to fit over the larger lip on the AFM, but for whatever reason I only got the one that was 3'' long. I purchased another one last week, a 7'' long version, hoping to simply replace it in the same location, but K&N must have poor quality control, because this one has a flange roughly 1/4'' larger in diameter and will not clamp down on the AFM. I tried building up the AFM lip with several materials, hacking up and old AEM intake from my ricer Honda days, but nothing I do can adapt the 3.5'' filter to the correct AFM size. The actual flange I need to put the filter on is really only around 2.5''. I'll just have to live with the old filter until I get the MSPnP in the next few weeks and build a proper intake, without the AFM.
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08-19-2011, 11:12 PM
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Bidding ends tomorrow at 10:17 AM Pacific time / 1:17 PM Eastern.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item2eb7261cc6
Also SJMARCY would say you are wrong about throttle response. He has used tape and string to prove over and over again you can not beat naturally aspirated throttle response.
Turbochargers improve throttle response. You step on the throttle, and it responds with boost. That's an improvement.
In all honesty, this is more a testament to how much the stock 1.6 ECU sucks. When the engine is cold, climbing any sort of an incline is absolutely riduculous- there's a dead spot in the throttle from 10% to 90%, and then the engine suddenly remembers that it's supposed to be producing power and wakes up.
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08-20-2011, 12:22 AM
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Someone named jjakek. Bidding has actually been pretty quiet the past few days. It jumped to $2,600 within the first 24 hours, then slowly inched up to $3k where it sits now. But there are a total of 73 watchers, of whom only 10 have actually bid, so I expect that there will be a snipefest at the end.
Bidding ends tomorrow at 10:17 AM Pacific time / 1:17 PM Eastern.
Bidding ends tomorrow at 10:17 AM Pacific time / 1:17 PM Eastern.
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08-20-2011, 12:26 AM
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Someone named jjakek. Bidding has actually been pretty quiet the past few days. It jumped to $2,600 within the first 24 hours, then slowly inched up to $3k where it sits now. But there are a total of 73 watchers, of whom only 10 have actually bid, so I expect that there will be a snipefest at the end.
Bidding ends tomorrow at 10:17 AM Pacific time / 1:17 PM Eastern.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item2eb7261cc6
Bidding ends tomorrow at 10:17 AM Pacific time / 1:17 PM Eastern.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item2eb7261cc6
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08-20-2011, 01:01 AM
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I already have another Miata. This one has just been sitting around collecting dust for the past year. See here: https://www.miataturbo.net/insert-bs-here-4/all-has-happened-before-45377/
Because Space Cat.
In all seriousness, it's because I'm 6'2". No rollbar that could fit under the stock top would prevent my skull from being split open in a rollover, and with a helmet on, I fail the broomstick test by several inches.
Uhm, ok. That's kind of an odd thing to say.
Wait... You're jjakek? Just out of curiosity, did you know it was my car before you bid on it?
Because Space Cat.
In all seriousness, it's because I'm 6'2". No rollbar that could fit under the stock top would prevent my skull from being split open in a rollover, and with a helmet on, I fail the broomstick test by several inches.
Wait... You're jjakek? Just out of curiosity, did you know it was my car before you bid on it?
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