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joe944 posted:Also, the MSM is faster than an NC. :P When you spend a couple hundred for an intake the MSM will blow it away on all fronts. My MSM with an intake only keeps up with 335's and E46 M3's up to 100.
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I have heard, but never experienced, coil pack failure as a problem on these cars. Maybe that?
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Take a look at your wires/coilpacks... or what is left of them.
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Phone posted:Take a look at your wires/coilpacks... or what is left of them. Wires are less than 5k miles old. Coil packs tend to get wonky and then die right? This went from good to near-dead. There isn't a great way to test them either, is there? Edit; had to stop working on it. The old lady next door yelled at me and it started snowing. gently caress. Tai-Pan fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Dec 6, 2011 |
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destructo posted:Do you have any good kill stories? Please tell us them, my NA is slow and I can't even humiliate minivans. I haven't really raced too many cars because I'm cop paranoid. I'll try to get some go-pro videos against a friends e46 m3 and a stage 2 2010 wrx. When I was stock I raced an s2000 and we were dead even with me maybe even slightly pulling on him. They are supposed to be a tad bit faster stock for stock so maybe my car is a freak? Since I've added the intake and cranked up the boost the only other 2 cars I've raced were a beat up looking last gen v8 camaro and the 335i. I was getting terrible boost cut at the top of 5th gear racing the camaro but still pulled on him. The 335i I raced from about 40-100. He started first and put about 1 car on me before I hit my power band; after that he didn't pull at all. joe944 fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Dec 6, 2011 |
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joe944 posted:I haven't really raced too many cars because I'm cop paranoid. I'll try to get some go-pro videos against a friends e46 m3 and a stage 2 2010 wrx. When I was stock I raced an s2000 and we were dead even with me maybe even slightly pulling on him. They are supposed to be a tad bit faster stock for stock so maybe my car is a freak? You are so fast and furious it hurts. Keep on living 1/4 mile at a time. PS tell vin to call me, he left in the morning without leaving his number. I don't want to think I was just a booty call. 
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joe944 posted:I haven't really raced too many cars because I'm cop paranoid. I'll try to get some go-pro videos against a friends e46 m3 and a stage 2 2010 wrx. When I was stock I raced an s2000 and we were dead even with me maybe even slightly pulling on him. They are supposed to be a tad bit faster stock for stock so maybe my car is a freak?  gently caress the hataz!!!
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Suniikaa posted:You are so fast and furious it hurts. Keep on living 1/4 mile at a time. PS tell vin to call me, he left in the morning without leaving his number. I don't want to think I was just a booty call. Don't be mad that you can't beat an astrovan. Edit: Also, it was pure coincidence that I was a senior in high school when the first fast & furious movie came out.. I may have made some sketchy decisions in the past but I'm pretty tame these days. In a years ownership of the car those are my only street competitions. joe944 fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Dec 6, 2011 |
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The Third Man posted:street competitions Ha
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Less retard discussion, more fixing my problems. Noticed when I started it tonight it ran fine at idle for about 1 minute, revving freely. Then, pretty suddenly, it started having the same low idle problem. Does this give us any clues? I am guessing maybe the thermosensor? Is there any way to test this without removing the coil packs?
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Tai-Pan posted:Less retard discussion, more fixing my problems. You can try jumping the ten and ground in the diagnostics connector to see if it straightens out. Would help you narrow it down to sensors or mechanical fault.
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Ever since I bought it, my 95's HVAC fan has seemed to barely put out any air. It's been a few years since I owned my '97 but I don't remember it being a problem with that car. My biggest problem right now is that the fan doesn't put out enough air to defog the windshield. It will only defog a couple of inches from the vents. I can barely feel any air coming out of them. There isn't much air that comes out of the eyeball vents either. It also doesn't matter if I switch between recirculate and fresh air. Is there somewhere I can check that might be clogged?
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Anyone heard of a review for the Flyin Miata complete intake kit for the MSM? They don't have dyno charts for it and I can't find anyone that's used it.
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You want to look for the mazda-speed forums. FM is probably the biggest miata vendor, there are loads of people with their parts there.
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joe944 posted:You want to look for the mazda-speed forums. FM is probably the biggest miata vendor, there are loads of people with their parts there. Eh. I went through all six pages of their reviews section and only found two people that mentioned the full intake kit. Neither post reviewed it in any way.
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The reviews section doesn't have most of the good info. It's scattered throughout the tech section mainly. I'd recommend a search. I believe I recall silvermiataracer posting a dyno with just an intake making 190whp.
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Suniikaa posted:You can try jumping the ten and ground in the diagnostics connector to see if it straightens out. Would help you narrow it down to sensors or mechanical fault. Shorting TEN GND did not show any error codes nor did it seem to have an impact. However, the car was idling much better today. This leads me to believe I have a transient/water related issue. EDIT: Arrggg drat it. Drove it and nothing has changed. I guess I did not let it get warm enough when I tested earlier. I changed the plugs and wires again anyways. No difference. Tai-Pan fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Dec 8, 2011 |
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My wife is stealing my covered parking spot. Can I get a recommendation for a car cover? Mostly going to be in the shade, but will get some rain. Want something fairly light and compact so I can roll it up and toss it in my trunk.
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Tai-Pan posted:EDIT: Spent all last night pulling off the Coil and replacing the Thermosensor. Pulled and cleaned the throttle (which was a HUGE bitch) and replaced the TPS. Then I found the problem: bad gas. BAD. loving. GAS. In a fit of self pity I drove to the gas station stumbling and bucking all the way. I popped the gas cover and saw the thing was filled with rain water. I only had 1/8th of a tank of gas when this all started so I guess the car was running on a lovely 20% water mixture. Filled it up and so far so good. gently caress THE RAIN.
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dema posted:My wife is stealing my covered parking spot. Can I get a recommendation for a car cover? Mostly going to be in the shade, but will get some rain. Want something fairly light and compact so I can roll it up and toss it in my trunk.
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Yeah, $200 or so is fine. Thinking one that's "custom" for the car would be good.
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I'm going to be looking at this on Sunday: http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/2743444868.html I've been wanting a Miata for a while, and have a little excess cash so I'm going to take a look at it. The man with the car says it runs fine and everything, has 150k miles. Edmunds says in average to clean condition and 150k the car is worth $363-$710 though... is that accurate? What sort of issues with the car should I be considering other than the usual engine/trans/brakes/etc? Dolphin fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Dec 9, 2011 |
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Dolphin posted:Edmunds says in average to clean condition and 150k the car is worth $363-$710 though... is that accurate? Edmunds is worthless. There are no running Miatas for $363 anywhere. Maybe ones on fire, but even then unlikely. You might get him to come off a couple of hundred bucks, but not more than that. Spec miata guys will give you a nearly grand for clean shell and block. As for other things to check; rust in the shock towers and floor pans. Date of change for the timming belt and pumps (it will need a new set soon) and whether the CAS rings have been changed. If not, expect to be replacing some rubber in the read of the block.
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dema posted:My wife is stealing my covered parking spot. Can I get a recommendation for a car cover? Mostly going to be in the shade, but will get some rain. Want something fairly light and compact so I can roll it up and toss it in my trunk. Well you could just hide the body in a tarp, why buy a car cover for that?  Tai-Pan posted:Then I found the problem: bad gas. How did you determine this, popping the fuel line off and getting something obviously not-fuel out of it?
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You'll probably scratch the paint up more taking on and off a cover all the time.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Well you could just hide the body in a tarp, why buy a car cover for that? Well, I should have done that, because it was 1 am and I was in at a gas station. What I did was mop up all of the water in the fuel filler neck and then remove the cap and there was water dripping off of it. It wasn't on tight enough and water had been draining into it for days.
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Hurr, for some reason I envisioned you going to the gas station and popping the cap off of one of their tanks and seeing it full of water  That would make sense. Throw some HEET in it if you're worried about any water still in the tank.
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Dolphin posted:I'm going to be looking at this on Sunday: http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/2743444868.html Looks like it has bad rusty rockers, which is highly indicative of rust elsewhere. I lost my first 91 miata to rust like that, though I was still able to get more than 1500 selling it disclosing the rust issues. Check under the carpet to see if the floorboard along the door frame up to the clutch pedal is rusted and/or missing on both sides. It should still be fun to drive for a bit, but its not a good example. You might have to head fairly far south to find one though.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Well you could just hide the body in a tarp, why buy a car cover for that? I would but she cooks and cleans! n8r posted:You'll probably scratch the paint up more taking on and off a cover all the time. Yeah, you're probably right. Does sound like a hassle. It's not like the car is in excellent condition right now.
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Which one of you keep parking their rat Miata next to mine?
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Ordered some of these: My poor car's ongoing identity crisis plunges deeper into  territory.
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Piano posted:Ordered some of these: 
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Just ordered the FM downpipe for the MSM. Can't wait to try it out! I was wavering between the complete intake kit, but I figured the DP would be a good first mod and will complement the intake kit well once we finally get that (+50 HP according to FM!).
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dema posted:Yeah, $200 or so is fine. Thinking one that's "custom" for the car would be good. The material is called "Evolution". It really works to keep dust and snow and stuff off while letting it breathe so it dries out too. I don't remember where I ordered from but it may be here. You specify not only year make and model, but type of mirrors and stuff so that the fit was perfect in my case. http://www.carcoverusa.com/Technalon-Evolution-Car-Cover.html The bottom will hug the tailpipe, at least on the NA, so if you've been driving it you have to leave the corner uncovered until it cools or it will melt the cover.
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I'm probably going to get poo poo on for asking how to/wanting to do this, but how big of a job is it to swap out the steering rack? I have 2 identical NA's, one with a power steering rack and one with a manual steering rack. I want the power steering on my DD (I know I am a huge pussy), so to swap them I'll have to do the job twice. Any advice?
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-Inu- posted:I'm probably going to get poo poo on for asking how to/wanting to do this, but how big of a job is it to swap out the steering rack? I have 2 identical NA's, one with a power steering rack and one with a manual steering rack. I want the power steering on my DD (I know I am a huge pussy), so to swap them I'll have to do the job twice. Any advice? Swapping in the manual rack looks pretty easy, but what's your plan for retrofitting the components to add power to the other car?
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Dr JonboyG posted:What tires are people going for these days in a 185/60 R14? I was positive that Bridgestone made RE960A/Ss in that size but according to their webpage they don't now. 195/60/14 star specs. Not sure whats still on the market for good a/s in 14, maybe Pilot Exalto A/S?
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