Edmunds tests my LeMons Miata
#5
Where's the radiator?
My favorite part:
"Slithering through the slalom at 70.4 mph makes the Miata faster than a 2009 Porsche Carrera S Cabriolet. Road-holding, on heat-cycled, flat-spotted rubber, was better than other $500 cars we've driven, at 0.89g. Braking, at 135 feet from 60, is 14 feet shorter than a 2009 Honda Pilot and that's without ABS and on those same crap tires."
I also recognized the Author's name: Josh Jacquot, cool.
Chris
My favorite part:
"Slithering through the slalom at 70.4 mph makes the Miata faster than a 2009 Porsche Carrera S Cabriolet. Road-holding, on heat-cycled, flat-spotted rubber, was better than other $500 cars we've driven, at 0.89g. Braking, at 135 feet from 60, is 14 feet shorter than a 2009 Honda Pilot and that's without ABS and on those same crap tires."
I also recognized the Author's name: Josh Jacquot, cool.
Chris
#11
To keep fuel pressures down to a level where we can beat on the car for an entire race with inpunity without risking a hose rupture. We're running a Vortech FMU that a mt.net member sent me for free, or something close to it.
When we first ran the turbo, boost would creep to 7-8 psi by redline. Our fuel pressure would go off the charts, well beyond what the fuel supply hose is rated for.
Then I "tuned up" the wastegate port in the turbine housing using a die grinder. Now we have a rock-solid 3.5 psi boost all the way to redline and fuel pressures that we can live with for an entire endurance race.
When we first ran the turbo, boost would creep to 7-8 psi by redline. Our fuel pressure would go off the charts, well beyond what the fuel supply hose is rated for.
Then I "tuned up" the wastegate port in the turbine housing using a die grinder. Now we have a rock-solid 3.5 psi boost all the way to redline and fuel pressures that we can live with for an entire endurance race.
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