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Old Apr 30, 2017 | 12:11 PM
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Go Aidan go! I know that push you're in right now, don't forget to eat and drink water, it keeps your head clear!
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 03:34 PM
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Wooooo. Just did engine break in. Start up video coming soon.
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 03:39 PM
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Drain plug after first start

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Old Apr 30, 2017 | 03:58 PM
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Old Apr 30, 2017 | 06:11 PM
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Wow dude, that was immediate...

Lot's of cranking without the injectors?

Grats!

Engine bay looks good...digging the red, white and blue.

Merica!

Eff....... oh you know
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 06:49 PM
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The miata community weep with joy, at the birth of its new son!

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Old Apr 30, 2017 | 06:57 PM
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Too busy driving. Will reply later
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 07:36 PM
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I call bull ****. Car started way too easy for a first start, plus it's on the ground with the wheels on, ready for a drive. I think you already knew it started.
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 07:45 PM
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Hehe. Curly got it. 2nd start.

Old Apr 30, 2017 | 08:30 PM
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your drain plug looked WAY better than mine after the first run. congrats on getting it going. I am about to pop on my new BE pump and get mine running again now that i am back from panama.
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 08:31 PM
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The rings on the lights look good! How was it??? Awesome to see it back alive!
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 09:56 PM
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congrats!!!!


I also suspected that wasn't the "real" first start based on how cleanly it sprang to life
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 10:15 PM
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It actually wasn't much different on the first start. I didn't want to video it and jynx it. But it popped right to life and then died. Turns out I had idle VE on and it was tuned all sorts of fucky. But it runs good.

The good:
Put 100 miles on it. All backroads. Lots of fast driving. Damn I missed this car.
EFR with a wastegate wired open makes ZERO boost. None. All the way up to 7500 rpm.
It pulls real good for no positive pressure.
Pulls stupid amount of vacuum compared to the old 1.6. Idle is like 16-19kpa, pulls down to like 10-13kpa on high rpm lifts.
Racepak is AWESOME. Love just swapping through the pages when I need to see something.
EGT and trans temp are also cool.

The bad:
Something is fucked with the coolant sensor. Had to turn off all temperature corrections for all the tuning I did today.
There is a weird noise. Thats totally random. Buzzy kind of. But I can't figure out what its connected to. Its rpm independent. Sometimes goes away when the clutch is pushed in, sometimes doesn't. Don't know where its coming from.

Oh man I missed driving this. it revs SOOO fast. Cannot wait for boost.

I turned VVT off for initial tuning. I'm going to try and enable it and play around with it tonight.

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Old Apr 30, 2017 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
It actually wasn't much different on the first start. I didn't want to video it and jynx it. But it popped right to life and then died. Turns out I had idle VE on and it was tuned all sorts of fucky. But it runs good.

The good:
Put 100 miles on it. All backroads. Lots of fast driving. Damn I missed this car.
EFR with a wastegate wired open makes ZERO boost. None. All the way up to 7500 rpm.
It pulls real good for no positive pressure.
Pulls stupid amount of vacuum compared to the old 1.6. Idle is like 16-19kpa, pulls down to like 10-13kpa on high rpm lifts.
Racepak is AWESOME. Love just swapping through the pages when I need to see something.
EGT and trans temp are also cool.

The bad:
Something is fucked with the coolant sensor. Had to turn off all temperature corrections for all the tuning I did today.
There is a weird noise. Thats totally random. Buzzy kind of. But I can't figure out what its connected to. Its rpm independent. Sometimes goes away when the clutch is pushed in, sometimes doesn't. Don't know where its coming from.

Oh man I missed driving this. it revs SOOO fast. Cannot wait for boost.

I turned VVT off for initial tuning. I'm going to try and enable it and play around with it tonight.
M12 GM-curve sensor ftw
http://www.mouser.com/search/Product...r=829-12146897
Old Apr 30, 2017 | 10:55 PM
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I think the sensor is fine. It seems intermittent. Going to try rewiring it first.
Old May 1, 2017 | 12:08 AM
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Grounding issue?
Old May 1, 2017 | 12:10 AM
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Possibly. But it's a 2 wire sensor so it shouldn't matter.
Old May 1, 2017 | 12:15 AM
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Congratulations!

Is the buzzing perhaps from the hydraulic clutch line behind the intake manifold​? Since it goes away sometimes stepping on the clutch.
Old May 1, 2017 | 12:54 AM
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Congrats on getting it running! Looking good. Question, what RPM are you idling at to have 16-19kPa?
Old May 1, 2017 | 01:51 AM
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Don't really have idle even tuned. I'm seeing it in idle transitions.

Found some oil leaks. One might be related to this:
https://www.miataturbo.net/engine-pe...-inside-93037/


So probably will replace the front seal with OEM.

And then hoping the other one is just loose oil cooler lines. But might be the pan. Well see.

Trans is also leaking. But whatever, I'm not pulling that apart.

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