Noob here, Strato Blue 1.6 NB2 from Greece, NA for now... Been watching the forums for more than a year, decided it was time to give it a go!

Ultimate Noob 1st Post!!!
 

Harry, this isn't the thread where noobs should post. I know there may be a translation barrier but this is a joke thread. You should begin a new thread for your own introduction.

Oh crap! Apologies for the fuck up, off to a new thread!

My name is Sam, stop making fun of me :sad2:

Hi, I am not Peter, definitely not a friend of Harry, and sure enough I did not post here to introduce myself, as this is a joke thread.

hi new guy from okc ok
 

hi I am 27 male from okc ok I have a 2002 miata all stock.
I have a msm motor and harness and ecu and a turbo kit
deen doing reseach about installing the msm in the nb

Oh jeez. I've been hanging around here too much. Now I'm starting to enjoy this :laugh:

Don't. Buy a real turbo setup and a real ECU and go from there. You will be much better off long term this way.

^ What he said.

Also, you're posting in the wrong place.

Is this thing on?

Is what on? The ban hammer?

I just wanted everyone to relive the glory of this thread.

Hello all,

Planning to buy a 96 Miata NA from Norway where im from. it got 235 000 km(146022miles) on it. is it dumb to start turboing/tune a car with such a milage?

This is my first post, im new to working on miatas as i used to drive a e46 bmw :) Thanks for all tips and respons :D

-Toby/Tobben

Intro
 

Hi everyone my name is Chris. I'm looking at buying a 1999 Miata with a 1.8 l 5 speed. The head gasket is blown but has not been overheated. The game plan is to have the block decked and machine the head. I wanna do a boost build with this and it will be my first. I plan on doing the block and head first and doing a gasket and timing set will I have it ripped open. Then I wanna get my tuning skills down while it's na. How much am I looking at for rods and pistons. Im on a budget but I wanna build it right and have it be bullet proof reliable. I plan on running e85 as fuel. What are all the supporting mods I'll need to run like 20+ lbs of boost. I've read a little about the cooling system changes and oil coolers. Is there anything else. Water meth is also something I wanna throw in. And eventually a 100 shot of nos. Please guide me 🤓.

Nos

2 big ones

It sounds like you're off to a good start. Maybe just put it back together with a new head gasket and see how you like it first. Once you've done a few hundred hours of reading on here you'll be ready to ask some more questions :party: Also, I made the same mistake as you and posted in this thread but it's like a noob trap. I suggest you lurk for a bit and get to know who the qualified people are and see how they do Miatas. Cheers

What kind of power levels are you looking for? Keep in mind the miata is a low weight, short wheelbase car. IIRC 250whp from a turbo is good enough to keep up with z06s at the racetrack. 250whp, unless you really abuse it on track can be done on a stock block, as long as it's tuned well. There are plenty of 300whp miatas that will easily kill you if you make a small mistake in the wrong spot. Really think about your abilities, and see if there are any local turbo miatas you can ridealong in to get a feel for them.

Dont bother with nitrous, it is dumb. With a small turbo TSE EFR 6258 kit you can easily hit 300whp which is more than enough to be a deadly handful when the boost comes on.

Unless you have hookups, and lots of skills (which no offense it doesn't sound like you are skilled) it will be cheapest in the long run to go with a complete built longblock from Trackspeed Engineering. They run 4500 dollars, and are rated at sustained 500whp. You dont even have to think about anything, just save up, get it, install it, and follow Andrews break in procedures exactly.

Also, there is a saying, i dont know who first said it, but... reliable, cheap, fast, pick two. You can have fast and reliable, which is expensive (10 thousand dollars in engine mods alone gets you 300whp reliably) fast and cheap (you can get 230whp for maybe 3000 if you are lucky, but it isn't reliable enough for the track, or driving it hard) or reliable and cheap (180ish for 3000 and that is still fun on stock engine)

Boost pressure doesn't really mean much. You can have a small turbo, with a lot of intake and exhaust restrictions at 14psi and make 250whp, or a large turbo with low restrictions at 14psi making 400whp. Psi is literally just pressure, thats what the "P" in psi stands for. Dont think in terms of psi, think in terms of what power level you want, then plan from there.

If you want reliability with any turbo setup, you'll need a coolant reroute and supermiata radiator, or the trackspeed 600 dollar radiator to not overheat. Even then, there are people only at 300whp that have to vent their hoods, build custom duct work, and still have overheating issues. Turbos waste around 100% of the engines power as heat, or something like that.

There are so many aspects of your post that SCREAM uneducated, unintelligent, and under researched on a broad automotive and physics scale. I'm not very educated, smart, or researched, but many people on this site will agree with me and say "learn first, stop being dumb, dont post on the forum, and come back when you learn how to type and use adequate sentence structure"

That could be stickied.

:likecat:

That's very good info, way better than I could have said it. I especially like the "choose 2" part. So true.

I have a 1993 Miata. The ac compressor kicks off and on at highway speed. I put a new dryer and compressor on it. It was already converted to 134a. The old compressor was doing the same thing before it locked up. I know it is charged up right. All my pressures read fine. Could this be the high pressure switch doing this?

They are supposed to cycle on and off. Is there a perceived problem with the frequency?

:bowrofl:

I'm not much better as far as noobs go I guess. I KNOW that I have Google at my finger tips, but Google isn't always right. I go to this page to get advice from people with experience to save me the headache of getting something wrong because the Google Gods were not in my favor. I feel bad asking my poor husband a million car questions (because he is a motorcycle guy) so I go to the car experts :hustler: You need a thick skin and a sense of humor to hang with you guys LMAO ;)

noob
 

hey im a miata owner preparing to turbo my car next summer after deployment. came here to start gathering info about the parts ill want/need within a $7200 budget. im an old black guy and i love cars and my family, and beer.

Awesome!
We love beer and cars too.
Cats too.
You should make an introduction thread in the newbie section.
This is a joke thread.

*Classifieds Posting Permission*
 

(Might be the wrong place to ask a question but I cant find somewhere else to do it.)

I have been a member for a while now and bought a couple things off connections here. However due to changes in plans I want to trade all my turbo parts (96-97 NA 1.8) but I do not have permission to post. How do I go about it? Anyone I need to talk to?

How does this total cat thing work?

This thread is goddamn flypaper for noobs.

:party: :party: :party:

A v6 Camry is faster than a stock MSM, so I wouldn't be losing sleep over it.

Noob-Need-Cali
 

Hi, noob from south haven michigan, looking for some aem advise/consultation for an 99 NB with PNP Boomslang , 12+1 wheel, stock ignition my customer bought all the stuff from a company but not having much luck for three weeks to get a start cali, guess i should go to the aem room and ask there, but in the meantime, if you know a go to vendor that handles AEM, i would really appreciate it as well.. thankyou JuanR

Greetings - Justin the Noob here
 

Hi guys, I'm Justin. I have a 1999 Miata in Emerald Green Mica - but you don't care about the color. Here's the mod list:

• FMII Turbo kit, installed ~5k miles ago
• ACT stage 1 clutch and 13lb flywheel
• FM SS 3" exhaust
• Wilwood big-brake kit
• Koni/FM shock/spring set
• FM bracing: strut tower, brake master cylinder, butterfly, cannon (subframe) and Paco Motorsports Strong Arms
• Hard dog roll bar
• Kosei 15x8s and Yokohama 205/50/15s
• Lotus Elise seats on custom-fabricated mounts (mounted to factory sliders)
• Nardi wheel
• MiataRoadster shifter

Basically bill cardell's whole catalog :-)

Installed by Bill Cooper of Coop's Miata in Maple Valley, WA and tuned to 248 WHP at 11.5 lbs by Josh at Corvettes of Auburn

Good to be among friends...

Lurker here.
 

Hello! My name is Justin, I've been lurking on here for a few years, finally decided to make an account because I have to move on and sell my 95' FMII Turboed Miata :(

Hey there. I have a 1990 Miata pretty stripped down. Just started my own youtube channel focused on building the car to be more track ready. Classified here look like they will be a treasure chest of goodies.

Welcome. I would highly suggest posting as many meaningless posts as necessary to gain access to the classifieds, as quickly as possible. After all, this site is your own personal Craigslist!

Advice heard loud and clear!

Hello all!
My name is Ted, and I'm a Subaru freak. Unfortunately, I do not own a Miata. :( However, I respect them. They're a real challenge to catch on the RallyX courses I race on out here in Southeastern Arizona! LOL
I joined this forum for the awesome content in the MegaSquirt portion of these forums. You see, my '99 Legacy Outback (daily/RallyX car) has a turbo added onto the existing 2.5L powerplant and for EM, I chose the MicroSquirt. I'm finding I keep returning here when I am seeking for good, solid, and well written information on the MegaSquirt platform and TunerStudio. There's a wealth of information in these forums and I plan to glean as much as I can in order to tune my Subaru properly and... hopefully find some ideas on displaying critical data in a compact package. :D
Anyway, I'm glad to be here! And who knows.... maybe I'll catch the Miata virus and get one. ;) LOL

Hi!

I am a long-time lurker. I built DIYPNP 3 years ago now and finally got around to installing it with my [recently bought] turbo kit! 91 chassis, 99 motor. FM kit

My Son and I both have new to us 96 Miata's. We hope to soon Turbocharge them. I a m here to gather additional knowledge on parts lists, Vendors, and successful builds.

Make an introductory thread in the meet-and-greet section, please.

First post but been following forum since 2010. Best info for miata on the web.

Hi, thanks for the add! Just bought a NC MX5 and am on the path to turbocharging it. There is some great info here!

No one added you

Hello all. I've got a 94 1.8 miata 5spd part car that I'll be using as a base for an exocet build over the next year. If anyone on here is in Pittsburgh, I'd like to get synced up with the locals when I move there this winter.

NB NOOB
 

hey guys, im from south florida and currently in the process of rebuilding my FMII 2000 Miata which ive owned for 3 years, will be bothering people with dumb question in no time.

You're off to a great start.

On second thought we will not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

newbe
 

hi im gal miata 1.6
looking for info :]

Member since 2014 but haven't posted much

This thread is hilarious lol