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Another lurker de-noobing himself...
Figure I'd finally post an intro to myself... I bought myself a shitbox 90 1.6 miata to get back into racing... I've owned turbo hondas, and a few subarus including my SM class STi that was stolen... :(
I love the car, but it needs t3h boost... So I recently just purchased: 1.6 Greddy manifold, turbo, oil lines, and elbows TurboTony Downpipe Tan Top Injectors Vortech FMU Heat Wrap for the downpipe Trying to decide if I should get an o2 clamp or not, as I do a lot of mountain driving... Also just need to pickup a wideband, and a 3/8 barb for the return, and I think i'm ready to install.. I plan on running 5psi on the kit, and will be adding a bov because the wife wants the psshh sound :giggle: Am I forgetting anything here? |
hi bro
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sup bro
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nm bro. you?
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ssdd bro. (This would probably be a little less awkward if i had any idea who you are IRL lol)
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any pics of your car?
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What mountains? Pics of wife?
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Originally Posted by pusha
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any pics of your car?
The day I brought it home... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 Fixing the hail damage... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 The start of painting it matte red with chalkboard paint.. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 More chalkboard red... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 I ended up not particularly liking the way the chalkboard finish was going on, so I'm now in the process of vinyl wrapping the car... No pics until its done though... ;) My green for the money door panels... (The fabric was on sale... I couldn't resist) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 My insulated floorboards to lessen the shwetty feet on those long summer drives...
Originally Posted by matthewdesigns
(Post 892304)
What mountains? Pics of wife?
As far as the wife's mountains... Not yet... I don't put them out there for just anybody... You gotta earn the right to see those mountains.. :giggle::giggle: |
Originally Posted by nperkins
(Post 892315)
My green for the money door panels... (The fabric was on sale... I couldn't resist)
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340123197 bro that is awesome |
Chalkboard paint is great. I have a spare trunk lid that's flat black, and have thought about tossing it on the car and riveting a bucket of sidewalk chalk to it so people could draw on it. But that could end badly lol.
Glad you have the sense not to post wifey pics :D |
Originally Posted by pusha
(Post 892344)
:bowrofl:
bro that is awesome
Originally Posted by matthewdesigns
(Post 892349)
Chalkboard paint is great. I have a spare trunk lid that's flat black, and have thought about tossing it on the car and riveting a bucket of sidewalk chalk to it so people could draw on it. But that could end badly lol.
Glad you have the sense not to post wifey pics :D And I post pics of the wife on some forums... Once they earn the right.. ;) |
Originally Posted by nperkins
(Post 892354)
No.. The awesome part is that it was $7 to do both doors. :rofl:
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Originally Posted by pusha
(Post 892358)
my friend had an old shitty Taurus and redid his entire interior in gay firemen fabric. I don't have any pics but I guess I could check his MySpace.
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Pushy does.
As far as ur build thread, why not just run a real standalone like megasquirt and get rid of all the failaids? |
I'm going to build myself an MS one of these days, but for now with what i'm going to be doing with the car, at 4-5psi, it will be fine with the FMU...
I bought a wideband, and this isn't my first turbo rodeo, so I know if my foot is on the thin pedal and the wideband says 12.XXX or higher to let off... I also know if I hear marbles rolling around in the engine to let off too lol.. I think I may have a J&S safeguard laying around in a box somewhere too i can throw in.. I was also debating an MS sooner, but we just booked a cancun vacation in september, and then the next day found out we have termites lol. |
Originally Posted by nperkins
(Post 892374)
Really? People still use Myspace?
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Originally Posted by triple88a
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We used to run FMU's on hondas years ago too for long periods of time without issues... I see your point, and I know that MS is better... Hell, i've even tuned it (I was a honda/subaru ECU tuner in a former life), but right now, I just don't feel like doing it. |
Welcome, nperkins. Check out the Miata Gallery and post up some pics!
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Holy crap I never updated this...
Lets see... I got the car running on the Greddy kit with FMU & O2 Clamp. It worked okay, but I didn't like the mid 12 AFR's up top with the Tan top injectors... I also had a misfire that was giving me some issues, I think because the coilpack got wet. So I made up a COP conversion.. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Then I had a friend's shop make me up a 2.5" exhaust to mate to the TurboTony downpipe... Its pretty much the same as a DP6061 exhaust. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Picked up an autopower roll bar, threw that in, and made an obnoxious cover for it. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 I got a great deal on a half finished DIYPnP, along with some RX7 550 injectors, and retuned it, and eliminated the AFM... Also picked up a PLX Wideband. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 I was able to get to 150whp and 140wtq with the DIYPnP on the dyno, but I was seeing 200 degree intake temps due to no intercooler on a 90+ degree day & weak dyno fans, so I had to finish up the tuning on the street. I also couldn't take the awful chalkboard paint anymore, so my friend let me use the booth at their shop and I painted it flat black with autozone paint shop paint... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Here's two shots on the dyno... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Oh, and I wanted to be able to Datalog without the laptop, so I modded my tombstone to hold my tablet, and got a Bluetooth Serial dongle for datalogging. I still need to get a TTL converter so it works reliably though... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Did my first long distance road rally in August, with no issues at all... Even after going 200 miles in 2 hours including a fuel stop... Spent 100+ miles over 5000 RPMs in fifth gear, and over 20 miles straight over 6000 rpms... Car took it like a champ. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 That's about it for the rest of the year... This year, I haven't done anything other than change the oil and drive it... I did go to my friend's shop's dyno day last weekend, and they made me throw it up on the rollers... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367254925 Not too shabby. I love the torque curve, even though its a little low. I'm very conservative on my timing since I beat the crap out of the car so much... I'll be adding an intercooler soon... I think that about covers it for now. |
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Added a secret weapon for more power...
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1374493387 Just waiting on two more couplers to come in then I can start the retune. |
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Did a little more work to the wing...
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 Today I need to make the wing mounts/pivots. Also finished the intercooler install this weekend.. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1375098537 starting the road tune tonight... |
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