Painter's tape is totally track legal! Looks like you are done to me.

(that reminds me, I need to take my numbers off)

 

Hey! It's a few weeks before M@MRLS so it's time to work on the car right?

I figure I'm not going to get the windshield in in time, so I decided to poke at logging data while driving.
I have a pretty powerful but really small linux machine that I plan on mounting in the car and using for logging and data display.

This evening between a bunch of resources*, I managed to get python to log decoded data over the serial connection(I'll work on CANBUS logging when my CAN hardware gets here).

What data rate are people logging at with their fancy Dataloggers? I seem to be able to log between 20Hz and 40Hz before I start getting malformed data from the MS and that seems like it would probably be fast enough?

If I get this working nicely and cleaned up, I'll post a write up and github link

*
- MS2 serial protocol docs
- PySerial docs
- MS2 3.3.2 b6 ini
- A dude on the interwebs that did this in a more complicated manner

 

I log different things at different rates, between 10 and 100Hz depending on the value. Stuff that changes rapidly I log at higher rates (MAP, brake pressure, etc), stuff that's slower I log at lower rates (coolant or oil temps, for example).

The MS3 will happily send a ton of stuff at 100Hz over CAN.

--Ian

 

Whelp it's a few weeks (or just one, who's counting - edit: apparently not me, as it was two weeks to go when I posted this) before M@WRLS, so it's time to do something to the exofish!

I finally started working on actually mounting the windsheild and it's been so easy that I feel silly for not doing it sooner. The locations for the mount holes were already marked in the cowl. So I just drilled them out and mounted the frame. I added a center brace to the dash bar for some more rigidity (not pictured).

I'll take it to a near by glass place and have the glass glued to the frame sometime this week or early next week. I ordered a suction cup mount rear view mirror and I'm excited to be able to actually see the people coming up behind my slow *** now! I also ordered a manual boost controller for more vrooms.

 

Haha! That giant mirror blocks 1/4 of the windshield!

 

Lol, yeah, the suction cup ones should be smaller

 

Well, that wasn't as bad as it could've been... Might need to add some more urethane to the edge to make it look nicer, but it's attached now.

 

 

I cleaned up the garage this evening and set aside a pretty good sized pile of miata parts to try to sell/give away at M@WRLS next weekend. Come find me if something in this thread looks interesting


Won't your fancy helmet with its chin and top spoiler work?

 

Seems like it's that time of year of again.

I'm currently in the middle of a rather large garage remodel so the exofish has been in storage for, well, a very long time. I think the last time I drove it was for Monterey car week last year?

But I paid for track time at Miatas at Sonoma, so I should probably get it out of the storage unit and check the fluids/brakes/buy a new odyssey battery.

 

In the same boat. Need to get Exocet running after its bizarro cooling problem where all the coolant turned to jello. Unfortunately I’m about to 1/2 way into the front suspension rebuild on the Suburban (tow vehicle) and getting my in-law’s house for sale in Ceres.

Its going to be a bunch of long nights.

How’s the garage ADU going?

 

Whelp, no Exofish this year :(
I am still coming, but will be tracking @Cxracer's track rat.

1.6NA vs exofish, should feel about the same right?

 

Its actually has a 94 1.8l swap but yah, a bit slower than the Exofish.

 

Cxracer vs gesso in a stock Miata at Sonoma Raceway during Miata Reunion 2023

 

The Track Rat in all it’s glory at Laguna Seca today (90db day lol)


Just to give context to our incredible lap times… 94 1.8l with a hot air intake and 205/50R15 3 year old Kumho V730s.

 

Did you know I'm still alive and this car still runs?

My ADU is still not done so garage space at home is limited. But the Exofish can't live in a storage unit forever...

So I borrowed a trailer from work and towed it to it's new home. With a little help from a battery booster it even started and drove on to the trailer under it's own power.


Trailer loaded with Exofish and many many totes of crap from the storage unit.


Anyone want to buy some lightly used tires, no issues at all!


And in it's new home!
I rented a garage at Thunderhill for less $ per sq.ft. than I was paying for storage in the bay area. With some subletting to EO2k and AFM it's almost a financial win (at least that's what I tell my spouse...)



The plan is to get some new tires, do some much needed maintenance (literally all fluids changed, check the brakes, probably a new battery), and try for a track day. Thinking maybe NorCal Shelby club on May 3rd, but we'll see if that happens.

 

Holy blast from the past! Sick, love to see the catfish closer to its natural habitat. Really cool build that deserves to be driven!

 

Stoked to see an update here, that shop looks awesome

 

Nice to see some other MT.net folks semi-nearby.

NASA will be at THill April 11-12. I’d be happy to do an annual tech for you in your garage on the 10th if you want to join.

I really wish we were going to THill more this year, that’s the only event.

 

Thanks all! It's nice to have the car back in a garage where I can work on it.

@thebeerbaron That's my daughter's birthday weekend, so no dice, but thanks!

What's the new hotness for decent oil that you can get from a FLAPS?
I've been out of the game for so long that I think it still has Rotella 15w40 t4 in it...

Also trans fluid? Is there some new magic unicorn juice to keep this aging 6 speed shifting okay?

I assume I'll do rbf600 for the brakes, unless someone says otherwise.

I'll be at Thunderhill for other reasons tomorrow and I'm going to grab the wheels off the car so I can get some fresh rubber on.
I'm gonna do a track day in it this year, I swear...