Originally Posted by highrideTOY
(Post 1017788)
yea, I'm trying. I'm usually on M.net most of the time. still rarely every post, unless i'm having a problem with my car.
on a side note, I have been trying to figure out what my next mod up to $500 needs to be. I don't think i can find a MS for that price. I also don't have any tuning shops closer than 3 hours away. I have been thinking a oil cooler and more gauges for my DDM works radio surround. Thoughts?? Gauges for what? If i had $500, i'd throw it in the bank and save more for worthwhile modifications. You should be able to find a Megasquirt for that price quite easily. Spam more posts and you'll be able to see the classifieds.
Originally Posted by highrideTOY
(Post 1017789)
only if you bring your own helmet and life jacket.
Wanna buy a built 1.6 before i throw it in the trash? |
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1017791)
The Miata.net thing really explains the silly 1.6 fanboi-isms.
Gauges for what? If i had $500, i'd throw it in the bank and save more for worthwhile modifications. You should be able to find a Megasquirt for that price quite easily. Spam more posts and you'll be able to see the classifieds. Seems like a lot of work. Wanna buy a built 1.6 before i throw it in the trash?
Originally Posted by thenuge26
(Post 1017790)
You don't say...
You can easily get an MS for <$500 and who cares if there are no shops around to tune it, you have a PC don't you? |
If you are on a budget and you don't want to tune it yourself, it's probably better just to quit at this point.
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let me rephrase, I would like to learn more about the tuning process. I just want to make sure i don't do a stupid mistake and then blow my engine up. I know i need get a wideband to monitor the a/f ratio for tuning and also having other gauges to monitor the motor helps as well. I just really don't want to have to swap motors for the third time in a year.
just to clarify, i bought 93 with a bad motor and had it rebuilt. The engine builder screwed up the piston rings and ended up burning a quart of oil a week. I then had to swap a used motor back into that car to get it running. |
So you paid someone to do something you didn't want to screw up, and they screwed up.
Now you want to pay someone to tune your car? |
well, after i go turbo, then yes. i would like to learn to tune an N/A engine, but i want to learn more about it first.
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Then get a megasquirt and get to tuning.
Then gently raise the spoon that you have delicately just filled with delicious cow's milk and Lucky Charms to your mouth, opening your mouth as you do so, and deposit the contents of the spoon into your oral cavity. NOTE: Do not attempt a deposit until the concave portion of the spoon has entered your gaping maw in its entirety. |
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1017805)
Then get a megasquirt and get to tuning.
Then gently raise the spoon that you have delicately just filled with delicious cow's milk and Lucky Charms to your mouth, opening your mouth as you do so, and deposit the contents of the spoon into your oral cavity. NOTE: Do not attempt a deposit until the concave portion of the spoon has entered your gaping maw in its entirety. |
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i'm sorry that i have never once messed with an ECM or ECU. the car is my DD and i don't really want to mess it up. I will look up the reviews and such on the megasquirt and see if there are any disadvantages the MS has,that others don't have. I will check out any install threads as well as initial setup threads. Are there any particular members' threads i should look up?
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Originally Posted by highrideTOY
(Post 1017814)
i'm sorry that i have never once messed with an ECM or ECU. the car is my DD and i don't really want to mess it up. I will look up the reviews and such on the megasquirt and see if there are any disadvantages the MS has,that others don't have. I will check out any install threads as well as initial setup threads. Are there any particular members' threads i should look up?
https://www.miataturbo.net/megasquirt-18/ |
been reading them. thanks
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Ah, then you're in the right places, then. :)
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I see NO problems at all with keeping your 1.6, boosting it properly, and having fun. However, trying to convince yourself that the 1.6 is better than the BP4W that comes with the 99 is full retard. Maybe the NA miata is more fun than the NB to you? That would make more sense. A BP4W in your NA would blow your mind.
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If "don't talk about how much you like your 1.6" is the first rule of Miataturbo.net, the second rule is "don't turbo your DD without a backup car".
If you don't want to mess up your DD, leave it stock or get another DD. |
yea, i said earlier that it is just more fun to me. It's not always about speed. It's the enjoyment factor as well.
I will agree that his will blow pass mine everyday of the week. Mine will never be better than a 1.8. I know this, but I just like the underdog kind of thing. i have a backup vehicle, but it won't be running for a little bit. |
Originally Posted by highrideTOY
(Post 1017829)
I know this, but I just like the underdog kind of thing.
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I put a megasquirt in my my DD having never used a soldering gun let alone touching an ECU. It really is not as complicated as it seems. You can get a good base map for a stock engine and you should only have to tune the fuel which tunerstudio can do automatically while you drive. Sometimes you just have to jump in head first. You will also be starting out N/A where there is much more wiggle room without blowing the engine.
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Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 1017849)
That is fucking stupid. Reminds me of the ------s on CR who say they'd rather lose a race with ITB's than win a race using a turbo. Like somehow the visor tilted bro in the mustang is gonna give you mad props for not keeping up.
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