Hello from NC
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Hello from NC
Hello All,
Just joined so complete noob. Am enjoying reading through forums. Lots of wonderful ideas so my head is reeling a little.
About me: 55+ bloke, electrical/electronics engineer, with more of a bent towards wrenching in my spare time vs tinkering with the electronics in a car. Get enough of that at work!
I have a 96 M-edition miata that has been repurposed as a track day car while remaining street legal. My county has emissions checks so OBDII port must remain intact. I drive to track days (Yay VIR!) and that is a hard limit for me. Its 'arrive and drive' or nothing. No messing with trailers. I hope one day to add FI, but still looking for a good emissions compliant solution. Am a little leery of 'powercards' and other piggyback solutions. Just seems a little too band-aid-y for me. Feel free to convince me otherwise though. Am always open to any kind of ideas/suggestions/updates.
Cheers y'all!
Just joined so complete noob. Am enjoying reading through forums. Lots of wonderful ideas so my head is reeling a little.
About me: 55+ bloke, electrical/electronics engineer, with more of a bent towards wrenching in my spare time vs tinkering with the electronics in a car. Get enough of that at work!
I have a 96 M-edition miata that has been repurposed as a track day car while remaining street legal. My county has emissions checks so OBDII port must remain intact. I drive to track days (Yay VIR!) and that is a hard limit for me. Its 'arrive and drive' or nothing. No messing with trailers. I hope one day to add FI, but still looking for a good emissions compliant solution. Am a little leery of 'powercards' and other piggyback solutions. Just seems a little too band-aid-y for me. Feel free to convince me otherwise though. Am always open to any kind of ideas/suggestions/updates.
Cheers y'all!
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Welcome to The Forum. There's lots of track guys here.
You are right, powercards are not a good idea. I haven't done anything emissions compliant but I believe a megasquirt might work well for you in a piggyback situation controlling a secondary set of injectors and ignition timing. Or you can do the emissions test swap trick.
You are right, powercards are not a good idea. I haven't done anything emissions compliant but I believe a megasquirt might work well for you in a piggyback situation controlling a secondary set of injectors and ignition timing. Or you can do the emissions test swap trick.
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Are there a good bit of NC/SC folks? I am (very) new to the Miata lifestyle. I'm definitely looking to get more involved and get to know other owners in the relative area. I dont do any of the fun racing or track stuff since the car is my daily, but it's still fun to learn and get to know people
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Welcome to The Forum. There's lots of track guys here.
You are right, powercards are not a good idea. I haven't done anything emissions compliant but I believe a megasquirt might work well for you in a piggyback situation controlling a secondary set of injectors and ignition timing. Or you can do the emissions test swap trick.
You are right, powercards are not a good idea. I haven't done anything emissions compliant but I believe a megasquirt might work well for you in a piggyback situation controlling a secondary set of injectors and ignition timing. Or you can do the emissions test swap trick.
Alternatively run in piggyback mode to handle injection and timing, but still poor results compared to standalone. Or so I am lead to believe.
Anyone running MS in piggyback mode want to give me some pointers?
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Are there a good bit of NC/SC folks? I am (very) new to the Miata lifestyle. I'm definitely looking to get more involved and get to know other owners in the relative area. I dont do any of the fun racing or track stuff since the car is my daily, but it's still fun to learn and get to know people
Yeah you're a couple hours away from the good stuff but it's worth the trip. MATG is going to be a hike but it's worth going at least one time.
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If you can't find anything at Fontana Resort then you can possibly find someone here to let you crash on their cabin floor or rent a room to you. We usually end up with a lot of people in each cabin splitting the cost.
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