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edit: get yourself an ebay pos 1.8 you dont want to have to mess with the conversions
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Originally Posted by highroller101
(Post 249334)
18,
My car is a track car and I am into it for (mods alone) 12k. and there is still quite a bit to do. Basically from what it sounds like get a 97-99 1.8L with a torsen 3.9 rear end, (spend the extra money and get the 99 because that is the most sought after head). Remove the engine and get yourself a POS 1.6 for the mean time. easiest way to make power is head work and turbo. If you dont care about low end then a t3/t4 may better suit you. Thats what I am running (I love it and it has almost NO lag). There are not as many ready made solutions for it but you will find that the general consensus is a t3/t4 is a powerhouse. my car is not properly tuned and i have 195 whp @14psi on a 1.6... currently I need to dyno and tune because I am running 18psi.. Once you break 250-300whp you start running into problems... EXPENSIVE problems like a new quaffe tranny $2800. but besides that.. you can make 240 easily on a 1.8 with no headwork. but it sounds like you want to drag, and given your history, I'd say 240 wont be good enough for more than a few months. As for beating a mustang.. think about this a mustand it like 205hp and weights close to 4k, miata with a little itty bitty turbo making 160 at ~2500lbs would shit all over a stang. just food for thought As for your suspension.. everyone here will recomend a different suspension but you have to remember many people here do autox and track days. If you want to slam it down get yourself a set of ground controls with a reasonable spring rate 400/300 fr/rr and you can drop it on the screws although if you want to put a set of 16's or 17's its already pretty low. |
Nice cars, your turbos use to loolk like my house i would have about 25-30 at a time buyinh poilshing and selling them
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Nice Scoob. The 18G is a good match with the 2.5. Silentbob343 over at NASIOC as well.
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Cool cars.
Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 248196)
and ive been messing with ALOT of different turbo setups on my wrx's:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture003-1.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...Picture002.jpg -Vlad How come all your turbos are missing their metal name plates? |
Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 249444)
yeah man that really sounds like good advise. i talked to a local friend and am set on getting the 1.8L for sure. as far as the torsen 3.9 rear i didnt know ALL 97-99's have that, which is great cause thats exactly the year i am starting to look at. 99 might be a little hard but ill try to nab that year specifically. for suspension i want to try autox and road coarses, but im not HARDCORE into it like some people here, so i just want something that will be LOW and COMFORTABLE, as this will be my daily driver. im actually going to start looking for a 97-99 as soon as one of my wifes cars is sold and we have some cash to drop on a miata. come september the subaru is getting parted and sold, and THATS when the fun will begin:)
good luck! |
Correction factor-97-99 is a rare Miata, why, it does not exist!
90-93=1.6 with 6" rear end and some came with VLSDs which are dead by now. 94-95.5=1.8 obd1 came with 7" rear end, some had Torsen some didn't, but they were all 4.1, not 3.9 95.5-97=same as above only obd2 98=does not exist!!! 99-00=newer body style and better flowing head, same block 01-up=high compression and variable timing ang redesigned again Buy whatever you want! You can make around 250rwhp pretty reliably on a bone stock 1.8 motor, no need to build it, save yoursemlf money. If you buy a Miata with a blown motor, then it only makes sense to throw in at least some rods in there and get your OE pistons ceramic coated, and maybe do some headwork. The 99-00 head is the most sought after simply b/c it has better angles...why the fuck am I still typing...use the search button to learn why! $7K is a very reasonable budget IMO. but then again, I like to save a penny everywhere. Keep in mind, leave room for some 15x8's 6ULs and throw some 225's on there, anything else is just not good enough, I envy all who have them. Build your own manifold and 3" DP and exhaust (or have your dad do it) and slap one of your Subby snails in there. You can get all your flanges from WieRtech, he is a member here and makes single and twin scroll turbo flanges for just about every turbo. now quit being a pussy and go make a vid ripping it up in the Subby and come back, that or a vid of your wifey :giggle: Good Luck Search:Read:Repeat |
And only the 6 speeds in the US have the 3.9 gearing in the rear, none of the 5 speeds do!!!
and those didn't come till 01+ |
Originally Posted by boostinboy
(Post 249596)
Nice cars, your turbos use to loolk like my house i would have about 25-30 at a time buyinh poilshing and selling them
Originally Posted by silentbob343
(Post 249835)
Nice Scoob. The 18G is a good match with the 2.5. Silentbob343 over at NASIOC as well.
Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 249862)
Cool cars.
How come all your turbos are missing their metal name plates?
Originally Posted by highroller101
(Post 249942)
not ALL have a torsen but im pretty sure it was the 97-99 (correct me if im wrong) that have the 3.9. I think 94-96 has a 4.1 and so does 00-04 then the new ones i think are back to the 4.3 because of the 6spd. I may be wrong on that one. 99 is NOT a neccessity but if you want a good engine build and you want to do head work, 99 head is the head to go with. once you do autox and a road course you wont go back to a drag strip because there is just too much sitting around for a 13sec thrill. Like i said, ground control allows you to adjust your ride hieght. comfortable means go with a decent spring rate and adjustable shocks for dd and Autox. General consensus here is dont ever buy KYB-AGX, I personally have never had them and havent had experience with them. A good place to look is on Pauls homepage, he has had many different miatas and writes about each of them. his site i think its www.miatamx-5.com it may not have a hiephen
good luck!
Originally Posted by Zabac
(Post 250144)
Correction factor-97-99 is a rare Miata, why, it does not exist!
90-93=1.6 with 6" rear end and some came with VLSDs which are dead by now. 94-95.5=1.8 obd1 came with 7" rear end, some had Torsen some didn't, but they were all 4.1, not 3.9 95.5-97=same as above only obd2 98=does not exist!!! 99-00=newer body style and better flowing head, same block 01-up=high compression and variable timing ang redesigned again Buy whatever you want! You can make around 250rwhp pretty reliably on a bone stock 1.8 motor, no need to build it, save yoursemlf money. If you buy a Miata with a blown motor, then it only makes sense to throw in at least some rods in there and get your OE pistons ceramic coated, and maybe do some headwork. The 99-00 head is the most sought after simply b/c it has better angles...why the fuck am I still typing...use the search button to learn why! $7K is a very reasonable budget IMO. but then again, I like to save a penny everywhere. Keep in mind, leave room for some 15x8's 6ULs and throw some 225's on there, anything else is just not good enough, I envy all who have them. Build your own manifold and 3" DP and exhaust (or have your dad do it) and slap one of your Subby snails in there. You can get all your flanges from WieRtech, he is a member here and makes single and twin scroll turbo flanges for just about every turbo. now quit being a pussy and go make a vid ripping it up in the Subby and come back, that or a vid of your wifey :giggle: Good Luck Search:Read:Repeat haha thanx man. you are typing cause you are helping me and i appreciate it ;) and i seriously DO appreciate the input, it seems VERY reasonable. thanx again NOW.................... a couple shitty quality vids of my suby as requested, keep in mind my camera is the biggest pos photo camera so you can imagine the quality of clips, but at least you can see shit lol:giggle: first start right after 18g and supporting mods install: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture010-1.jpg starting to tune it via ecuflash and enginuity, doing the very first couple of datalogs untuned and running PIG RICH/ RIDICULOUSLY conservative at about 14psi: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture013-1.jpg whoopin up on my buddies 05 sti with a huge fpgreen turbo and front mount intercooler + all supporting mods: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...ndgearroll.jpg a guy that has a built up eagle talon with a gt35r turbo wanted to run me and see if he could keep up running only 8psi, and failed lol http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture022-2.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture020-2.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...cture021-2.jpg ill upload a couple more vids in a little bit if anyone is interested |
Originally Posted by Zabac
(Post 250145)
And only the 6 speeds in the US have the 3.9 gearing in the rear, none of the 5 speeds do!!!
and those didn't come till 01+ |
99's with the open diff have 4.30s.
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Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 250200)
haha thanx...you should see my garage the way it is now
haha nice to meet a fellow suby owner. my name is VladiWrX on all subaru sites. 18g is great, but 20g is BEST imo. Just read one of your post and see you have the 20G in. Only slightly less power than a green on pumpgas. What speed did you get up to in the race with your friends STi? |
my bad on that 98!
no need to go all alerty on me! my mistake! I take it back! |
Divac-you only beat that Talon cause he has only one headlight...
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hahha true that man. 2 headlights>one ftw.....
and i didint get it really up to speed in those races, maybe 110 or so....... today a corvette wanted to "own my family car ass"..HAHAHAHAHAH it ended sadly for him, tho he was a good sport and complimented me on my car:giggle: |
nice cars!!
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