stormin'norman

Probably easiest if your brother just goes in and sets everything up. It's been very busy lately and will only get worse as track season gets underway.

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curly

Fuck yeah! Last turbo parts arrived today! Boost here I come! Well, vacation here I come. Then boost.

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stormin'norman

what what! Good stuff man. I'm excited to see it all come together. Will you be hitting a dyno any time soon out of curiosity?

Vacation? Where at? Btw I think Martin and I will be doing a tech day for Lazarus the week of May 7.

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curly

Hopefully a dyno. It'll need some street tuning as well for the new setup.

Going to sunriver.

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stormin'norman

I'd be really curious to observe the street tuning sometime.

Oh and sunriver sounds amazing.

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del_barry

Does anyone have a motor they want to unload for cheap?
1.6 or 1.8, burnt exhaust valves in mine... Yeah :/

stormin'norman

Try b&r auto wrecking or of course MazToy but expect to pay Miata specialist wrecking prices through them.

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oregonmon

May be hitting Sykart tonight if anyone wants to join.

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cueball1

Curly,

Whatcha upgrading in the turbo system? Replacing the greddy with Artech stuff?

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mbrown

how was sykart?

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Flyin' 92

Would anyone be willing to take pics of my car in the next few weeks? I'd like some proper pics for both the forum and for Facebook. I want to see what the car looks like with the roll bar and Wats.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone would be willing to do that for me.

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curly

Yup, Artech. A side mount log, one piece separated gas 3" dp, rebuilt a SR20 T25, added water lines obviously, flipped my intercooler so I'm now an "around the radiator" setup, getting rid of my squished pipes...and that's about it I think.

The biggest difference seems to be a couple hundred RPM in spool, it seals, and the BOV is now a RFLBOV. It's an ebay special that Wayne_Curr sold to me, but it never lived up to it's RFL name on my choked setup. Now it sounds awesome clamped into one of silicone intakes' pipes:


Pictures don't do it justice, there's some nice flowage in that thing.

Just buttoned it up yesterday, did a little auto tuning, and it seems good to go. I'll do a few double checks before racing, heat shield, some other crap, and it'll be good to go.

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curly

And here's a pic of just the manifold and dp:



The great part is that dp ends in the stock cat's location, so once I get a stock cat, I can bolt it to any aftermarket exhaust. Even stock! Previously it was custom from the turbo back, including a welded in cat. Actually, at one point it was a one piece after the 2' dp all the way to the tip.

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stormin'norman

Very nice, Josh. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person. You'll have to explain everything to me.




I'm done with school next Wednesday. Coordinate something with your brother to bring it by AR for the Wats and tires. I'll take photos.

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Flyin' 92

Thanks man!

I'm going have my bro take the car back in a week or so (depending on Eddie's availability) and have him do a mount and balance. I also asked him to find out why my right turn signal isn't working. I'm hoping its a simple fix.

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JennB

I cannot wait to get back to the PNW. It's been too long.

I'll be in Seattle, Vancouver and Portland later this month and it looks like Mike will be in PDX the first weekend in June to go tour Portland State.

Starting to seriously look at housing options and get mentally prepared to sell a house and move across the country in a year

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stormin'norman

Right on! We should plan something for June?

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Flyin' 92

Gah!!!! I wish I could be there

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mbrown

ohh whaattt! about time!hahaha

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Doppelganger

O hai guys!
If anyone wants to meet up thursday 5/31 around lunch time, I'll be flying in before Jenn drives down from Seattle. I'll probably end up walking around downtown with a Voodoo doughnut in one hand and something from a food truck in the other lol

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JennB

Vancouver. I'm not driving from Seattle passing through, yes.

Anyone go to the Friday night drags or any other car stuff? Doing City Fair and the Starlight 5K and parade on Saturday with some Cars and Coffee in the morning.

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curly

I think Cueball1s done some Friday night drag stuff at PIR, that or Woodburn. Not the greatest scene from what I've heard. And I'm too afraid of my transmission going boom.

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JennB

We've been before just to watch. Weather was good so it's nice to just chill.

But if there is something else going on, I'm down.

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mbrown

im down for friday night drags hahaha! been running 16.8's due to a slipping clutch do'h

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Woodburn drags are cool. Casual group, fewer cars and they even seemed to appreciate the Miata being there. You are able to get a bunch of runs in in a short period of time too. With a 5 speed and 1.6 rear end don't launch hard and you'll be fine. 1.8 rear and you can give it the beans if you aren't wheel hopping too bad. I've done 10 runs in less than 45 minutes with street tires and didn't fear breaking stuff with my 94 1.8. Drag radials or slicks and you'd want a beefier rear end.



FYI, I've run much quicker times in woodburn than in PDX. The Woodburn track is stickier. PDX and I'm spinning in 2nd and 3rd on street tires if going all out.

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cueball1

Dopple,

You and Jenn end up landing in Seattle? Been out of touch with the Miata forums the last few months. Didn't know if you'd ended up there or the Portland area.

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stormin'norman

Looking for NA shock mounts or fully assembled NA shocks,springs, hats.

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curly

I think I have a few NA top hats if that's what you're referring too. I gave my full coil over set away

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mbrown

did you wanna run a little sometime soon at woodburn?

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did you wanna run a little sometime soon at woodburn?

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