New Guy, ready to learn, got some questions
10-12-2020, 05:03 PM
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New Guy, ready to learn, got some questions
Hey guys,
I'm Jon. I've got a pretty clean 2001 Miata LS. It has been slowly upgraded over time with FM front and rear sway bars, koni yellows and sport springs, wilwood 4 piston front and rear brakes. k&N CAI, racing beat exhaust, mishimoto aluminum radiator, happy meal clutch kit, miata roadster short shifter, hard top, lots and lots of maintenance. The car is higher mileage, nearly 170k (this is a bit of a concern, not sure if I need to worry about this). I drive 110miles every day, so did my boss who I bought the car from. He never tracked it, but I have a few times. I actually have my competition racing license and do vintage racing with VARA in a 1963 triumph spitfire. I've driven the Miata a few times with VARA and some track days at willow springs the car is a blast, it performs very well, drives and shifts smooth...…. but I do wish it had more power.
I am seriously considering doing the FM stage 1 turbo kit. Primarily because it comes with that all important CARB sticker... and their support is pretty top notch from my experience with their other products. As I understand, at 8 pounds of boost, it should be close to 200hp with their voodoo box. While this is probably enough to put a permanent grin on my face, I can never leave well enough alone and would like to get my hands dirty and learn to do some tuning and push those numbers up a bit. I'm a flight test engineer in the aerospace industry, and have a masters degree in drone stuff/unmanned systems. I am confident I can learn to tune and have started my research, but still have lots to read. I am in California, so emissions are a concern and I understand from my reading that the voodbox allows for California compliance as not being "tunable" per say and just piggybacking off the stock ECU. I would really like to get to the 220hp range as long as it remains reliable since the miata is my daily driver. I was thinking I would buy the FM stage 1 kit, keep the voodoo box for emissions testing purposes, and then add a megasquirt MS3Pro pnp to tune up to a little more boost and do the fun stuff like launch control and FFS. Again I'm brand new, so if this is a dumb idea let me know, or if there is a better way to get the FM stage 1 kit to that magic 220+hp number I'd be happy with that too.
Ill get some pictures posted soon of my miata, and my spitfire racecar for your viewing pleasure.
I really look forward to learning from you guys. Thanks for all you have already posted for us new folks to search.
Jon
I'm Jon. I've got a pretty clean 2001 Miata LS. It has been slowly upgraded over time with FM front and rear sway bars, koni yellows and sport springs, wilwood 4 piston front and rear brakes. k&N CAI, racing beat exhaust, mishimoto aluminum radiator, happy meal clutch kit, miata roadster short shifter, hard top, lots and lots of maintenance. The car is higher mileage, nearly 170k (this is a bit of a concern, not sure if I need to worry about this). I drive 110miles every day, so did my boss who I bought the car from. He never tracked it, but I have a few times. I actually have my competition racing license and do vintage racing with VARA in a 1963 triumph spitfire. I've driven the Miata a few times with VARA and some track days at willow springs the car is a blast, it performs very well, drives and shifts smooth...…. but I do wish it had more power.
I am seriously considering doing the FM stage 1 turbo kit. Primarily because it comes with that all important CARB sticker... and their support is pretty top notch from my experience with their other products. As I understand, at 8 pounds of boost, it should be close to 200hp with their voodoo box. While this is probably enough to put a permanent grin on my face, I can never leave well enough alone and would like to get my hands dirty and learn to do some tuning and push those numbers up a bit. I'm a flight test engineer in the aerospace industry, and have a masters degree in drone stuff/unmanned systems. I am confident I can learn to tune and have started my research, but still have lots to read. I am in California, so emissions are a concern and I understand from my reading that the voodbox allows for California compliance as not being "tunable" per say and just piggybacking off the stock ECU. I would really like to get to the 220hp range as long as it remains reliable since the miata is my daily driver. I was thinking I would buy the FM stage 1 kit, keep the voodoo box for emissions testing purposes, and then add a megasquirt MS3Pro pnp to tune up to a little more boost and do the fun stuff like launch control and FFS. Again I'm brand new, so if this is a dumb idea let me know, or if there is a better way to get the FM stage 1 kit to that magic 220+hp number I'd be happy with that too.
Ill get some pictures posted soon of my miata, and my spitfire racecar for your viewing pleasure.
I really look forward to learning from you guys. Thanks for all you have already posted for us new folks to search.
Jon
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10-12-2020, 05:39 PM
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Hey guys,
I'm Jon. I've got a pretty clean 2001 Miata LS. It has been slowly upgraded over time with FM front and rear sway bars, koni yellows and sport springs, wilwood 4 piston front and rear brakes. k&N CAI, racing beat exhaust, mishimoto aluminum radiator, happy meal clutch kit, miata roadster short shifter, hard top, lots and lots of maintenance. The car is higher mileage, nearly 170k (this is a bit of a concern, not sure if I need to worry about this). I drive 110miles every day, so did my boss who I bought the car from. He never tracked it, but I have a few times. I actually have my competition racing license and do vintage racing with VARA in a 1963 triumph spitfire. I've driven the Miata a few times with VARA and some track days at willow springs the car is a blast, it performs very well, drives and shifts smooth...…. but I do wish it had more power.
I am seriously considering doing the FM stage 1 turbo kit. Primarily because it comes with that all important CARB sticker... and their support is pretty top notch from my experience with their other products. As I understand, at 8 pounds of boost, it should be close to 200hp with their voodoo box. While this is probably enough to put a permanent grin on my face, I can never leave well enough alone and would like to get my hands dirty and learn to do some tuning and push those numbers up a bit. I'm a flight test engineer in the aerospace industry, and have a masters degree in drone stuff/unmanned systems. I am confident I can learn to tune and have started my research, but still have lots to read. I am in California, so emissions are a concern and I understand from my reading that the voodbox allows for California compliance as not being "tunable" per say and just piggybacking off the stock ECU. I would really like to get to the 220hp range as long as it remains reliable since the miata is my daily driver. I was thinking I would buy the FM stage 1 kit, keep the voodoo box for emissions testing purposes, and then add a megasquirt MS3Pro pnp to tune up to a little more boost and do the fun stuff like launch control and FFS. Again I'm brand new, so if this is a dumb idea let me know, or if there is a better way to get the FM stage 1 kit to that magic 220+hp number I'd be happy with that too.
Ill get some pictures posted soon of my miata, and my spitfire racecar for your viewing pleasure.
I really look forward to learning from you guys. Thanks for all you have already posted for us new folks to search.
Jon
I'm Jon. I've got a pretty clean 2001 Miata LS. It has been slowly upgraded over time with FM front and rear sway bars, koni yellows and sport springs, wilwood 4 piston front and rear brakes. k&N CAI, racing beat exhaust, mishimoto aluminum radiator, happy meal clutch kit, miata roadster short shifter, hard top, lots and lots of maintenance. The car is higher mileage, nearly 170k (this is a bit of a concern, not sure if I need to worry about this). I drive 110miles every day, so did my boss who I bought the car from. He never tracked it, but I have a few times. I actually have my competition racing license and do vintage racing with VARA in a 1963 triumph spitfire. I've driven the Miata a few times with VARA and some track days at willow springs the car is a blast, it performs very well, drives and shifts smooth...…. but I do wish it had more power.
I am seriously considering doing the FM stage 1 turbo kit. Primarily because it comes with that all important CARB sticker... and their support is pretty top notch from my experience with their other products. As I understand, at 8 pounds of boost, it should be close to 200hp with their voodoo box. While this is probably enough to put a permanent grin on my face, I can never leave well enough alone and would like to get my hands dirty and learn to do some tuning and push those numbers up a bit. I'm a flight test engineer in the aerospace industry, and have a masters degree in drone stuff/unmanned systems. I am confident I can learn to tune and have started my research, but still have lots to read. I am in California, so emissions are a concern and I understand from my reading that the voodbox allows for California compliance as not being "tunable" per say and just piggybacking off the stock ECU. I would really like to get to the 220hp range as long as it remains reliable since the miata is my daily driver. I was thinking I would buy the FM stage 1 kit, keep the voodoo box for emissions testing purposes, and then add a megasquirt MS3Pro pnp to tune up to a little more boost and do the fun stuff like launch control and FFS. Again I'm brand new, so if this is a dumb idea let me know, or if there is a better way to get the FM stage 1 kit to that magic 220+hp number I'd be happy with that too.
Ill get some pictures posted soon of my miata, and my spitfire racecar for your viewing pleasure.
I really look forward to learning from you guys. Thanks for all you have already posted for us new folks to search.
Jon
Track day at streets of willow
Racing my spitfire at willow springs
Racing my spitfire at buttonwillow
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10-12-2020, 06:51 PM
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Love that Spitfire. I had one back in the 70's, but I was too young and stupid at the time. So I sent something or other through the wall of the crankcase. I never did find out why. I can't even remember if I ever changed the oil on that thing. So it's always nice to see a conscientious owner using a beautiful machine in the manner that it was intended.
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