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Laranzu posted:Ditto.
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Blinky2099 posted:I want to go get the California legal limit for tint across all windows (so my black leather seats stop getting so hot, mostly), and drop the car a few inches. Any recommendations for specific places in the south/east bay to do this, or general advice for who to go to? I don't want any stupid bubbles/peeling.
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Really, tapping a guard rail shouldn't have hosed the compressor unless the impact was bad enough to smash the front end in far enough to wreck it. No squealing or hammering before that? I'd check your wiring too and see if maybe something is dicking up the clutch engagement. In the end it's probably the compressor though it sounds coincidental to have the issue and impact at the same time. I'm not looking forward to making my AC work again either. Removed power steering so unless I track down an idler pulley, i have to shim in a belt directly to the compressor. Laranzu fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 28, 2016 |
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May 28, 2016 20:13
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I've got an idler pulley sitting in my shed I'd be willing to sell to you  [e] pm me if you're interested Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 22:30 on May 28, 2016 |
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May 28, 2016 22:20
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Laranzu posted:Really, tapping a guard rail shouldn't have hosed the compressor unless the impact was bad enough to smash the front end in far enough to wreck it. No squealing or hammering before that?
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May 28, 2016 22:57
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-Inu- posted:So the AC in my car is having problems, and it was 90 today, so I may actually die if I don't fix it. AC worked fine until late last year when someone else was driving and lightly kissed a guardrail at speed. Now if I turn on the AC, it makes a squealing sound and the RPMs immediately drop to 0 and stall out the car. I have a compressor I can sell you for cheap. I ordered a replacement from RockAuto (4 seasons refurbished) but ended up going with an OEM part my mechanic had on hand. I still have the 4 seasons in its original sealed box from RockAuto. Hit goonplates@gmail.com if you're interested.
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May 28, 2016 23:04
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-Inu- posted:Yeah, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either. AC was working earlier that day, guard rail was tapped, next morning it wasn't working. Gonna get under the hood this weekend and check fuses and whatnot. Did you check your lines going into the condenser and the condenser itself? Because those are in front of the car, all it would take is enough to crack a line and you lose all the refrigerant. If you look under the car in the front you'll see it, that's the only thing I could think of related to hitting the front of the car, but it still doesn't explain why the car would stall out. The compressor will still turn with no refrigerant however so it's probably just a coincidence.
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blk posted:I have a compressor I can sell you for cheap. I ordered a replacement from RockAuto (4 seasons refurbished) but ended up going with an OEM part my mechanic had on hand. I still have the 4 seasons in its original sealed box from RockAuto. Hit goonplates@gmail.com if you're interested. leica posted:Did you check your lines going into the condenser and the condenser itself? Because those are in front of the car, all it would take is enough to crack a line and you lose all the refrigerant. If you look under the car in the front you'll see it, that's the only thing I could think of related to hitting the front of the car, but it still doesn't explain why the car would stall out. The compressor will still turn with no refrigerant however so it's probably just a coincidence. This is what it's doing (I intentionally bumped the revs up): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMQL4gNhpF0 I guess the compressor is probably seized, so the belt tries to spin it, but slips, and just slows everything else down to the point where it stalls out?
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May 29, 2016 01:14
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craig588 posted:Are you okay with spending a few thousand for a not really well refined package? The ND is too new for people to have really gotten favorite settings dialed in into mass produced kits. I'd wait for a year or so for people to shake out the good from the bad.
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http://949racing.com/ND-xida-coilover-miata.aspx "preorder" He releases high quality parts, but his preorders are famously long. I agree though, Xidas are what I'd get. Fake edit: Oh, I see it's just a 3-5 week lead time. Go for it!
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May 29, 2016 12:56
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-Inu- posted:I may take you up on this after I troubleshoot anything. Yep.
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I'm moving to Utah from Boston and we are renting a truck. We've got 2 cars, a Fiesta ST and an NC Miata and we'll be towing one of them on the trip behind the U-Haul and driving the other. Neither of these cars are considered particularly comfortable for long distance drives but which one do you think will be the least uncomfortable? The Fiesta is on stock tires which are pretty low profile and have no give, and the miata is on stock suspension and 16 inch wheels so there's more sidewall, but the seats aren't exactly comfortable. I'm really at a loss as to which I should drive and which I should tow. It's literally just 2 roads the whole way there. I-90 to I-80, then I-80 all the way to SLC.
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May 29, 2016 21:09
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Tow the Miata, drive the Fiesta.
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May 29, 2016 21:25
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Having owned both and driven both on road trips, even with the Recaros the ST is much more comfortable and easier to lay down miles in. Tow the NC
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May 29, 2016 23:29
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My Focus ST was great on road trips. No contest here
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May 29, 2016 23:41
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Have you tried fitting both cars on a trailer?
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The trailer will be attached to a 15 foot u-haul truck and we've got a baby and a dog and another passenger so I don't think towing both would work but I've been convinced now the Fiesta is the right choice. Luckily I have the base seats in there.
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May 30, 2016 01:17
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Is a Miata actually that uncomfortable long distance? I test drove an ND Grand Touring about 2 months ago, and I remember it being suprisingly comfortable. I drove the Club last week, and I could see it being pretty uncomfortable/tiring after an hour or two, depending on the road surface. Then again, the last car I had with leather seats got pretty uncomfortable after a couple hours.
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May 30, 2016 04:15
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My GT NC2 gets uncomfortable after about hour 6 for me, as my knee can't move much and will start to ache.
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May 30, 2016 04:24
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I haven't had a car that's comfortable on the freeway... like ever. Road noise and having something that's kind of twitchy that follows the crown of the road gets extremely tiring after a while.
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May 30, 2016 04:28
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My NC1 has sort of hard seats but since I am a tiny little manchild I have no real issues space or being cramped. The MS6 is pretty good on the highway.
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May 30, 2016 04:29
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I drove my NB from Atlanta to Detroit a few months ago and my only complaint was the lack of cruise control in my car.
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May 30, 2016 04:50
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I drove a NA Miata from Tampa to the Gap and back, about a day's drive one way. Not exactly fun but not horrible either. Having an rear end pillow helped.
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May 30, 2016 05:01
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I would tow the lighter car to make going up mountains easier.
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May 30, 2016 05:12
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An NC weighs 2550lbs (min) and a Fiesta (note: not ST) weighs 2600lbs. It's a wash.
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Got rid of all my turbo garbage (a pretty nice FM kit) and finished my paint-by-the-numbers Miataturbo.net VVT + 6speed swap this weekend. I wish I had never gone turbo, this is seriously the best. Later this year I'll finish putting in the bigger cams and the headwork, but for now, I'll just be driving.
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Just wondering, what didn't you like about the turbo?
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mariooncrack posted:Just wondering, what didn't you like about the turbo? -miata.net
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destructo posted:It was fun on the street but ruined the character of the car. Could you elaborate a bit more? Like what prompted you to go back to n/a, also how much did the swap cost if you don't mind.... I imagine the simplicity is also nicer, but I'm a minimalist dork.
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leica posted:Could you elaborate a bit more? Like what prompted you to go back to n/a, also how much did the swap cost if you don't mind.... $1500 vvt motor+6speed (I got these for "free" parting out a 2002SE last year $800 MS3Basic $500 Refurb parts (OEM all gasket motor rebuild kit + random hoses, ancillary garbage like nice crimps/etc). $450 Racing Beat header $350 Squaretop IM $200 K&N intake $350 boundary engineering oil pump (not required) Sold the turbo kit for $2000 along with the old DIYPNP for $500, so out of pocket I'm not out terribly much. If I had to start from scratch and didn't harbor any dumb feels about keeping it all Mazda I would have swapped in an Ecotec, as the kits exist now and it'd be marginally more expensive and make close to what a built BP does out of the box. Regarding why, the simplicity was a big part of it. The turbo always seemed to require a little bit of work here and there, plus I couldn't really beat on it with impunity (SNC 1.6 had a good bit of crank wobble too). The turbo was immensely fun on the street but for back roads driving and autocross it wasn't nearly as easy or rewarding to drive. For example, going part throttle through a corner, the car will actually try and build boost, so you're actually lifting slightly to keep the speed constant. I admit this could be tuned out with EBC, but I never could seem to get the closed loop control on the megasquirt to work quite right. Power wise I suspect I was making about 180whp with the GT2554r on the 1.6. After I put in the 264/264 cams,upgrade the valve train/shave the head on the BP, and add the flex fuel tune for E85, I should be within spitting distance of that. That being said, I suspect I am at around 135-140whp with my current setup and don't miss a thing. tl;dr cars are not about numbers. destructo fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 30, 2016 |
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Did you put a Variable TPS on that 1.6? I'm not FI yet, but closed loop is working pretty drat nicely for mine. Granted, the turbo throws a whole bunch of complication into that, but still.
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Laranzu posted:Did you put a Variable TPS on that 1.6? I'm not FI yet, but closed loop is working pretty drat nicely for mine. I'm talking closed loop boost control, not sure what you are referring to?
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destructo posted:Yep, had a BMW vtps. For some reason I was only thinking of Closed Loop Idle control. Derp.
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destructo posted:Ooof, that is a bit tough regarding cost. I ended up selling a bunch of parts during the swap, but I'll try and sum up the big ones. Thanks for the write-up. I have a 90 as well. I drove behind my friends '99 and it was feeling a bit slow. Turbo was always in the back of my mind but this kind of swap seems like a better idea, especially if the SNC ever kills my motor.
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Oops. Was rolling up my windows in the driveway and the little box that holds the window switches came out. It clicked back into place in the front but the rear wont go in quite right. Oh well.
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Some nerd was on SlipAngle: http://www.tracktuned.com/feed/2016/5/31/slipangle-episode-77-andrew-kidd-of-trackspeed-engineering
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How hard is doing a top replacement on an nc, this guy wants over 1k to do it
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mariooncrack posted:Thanks for the write-up. I have a 90 as well. I drove behind my friends '99 and it was feeling a bit slow. Turbo was always in the back of my mind but this kind of swap seems like a better idea, especially if the SNC ever kills my motor. If you're going to wait out the SNC for a while, consider looking for deal on a used 1st gen MSPNP. I'm having a pretty great time revving the snot out of mine.
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For you non-damus' out there, Savington is on the podcast Phone linked. P good stuff. Bud posted:If you're going to wait out the SNC for a while, consider looking for deal on a used 1st gen MSPNP. I'm having a pretty great time revving the snot out of mine.
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I feel like I've seen people unloading the old mspnp's for cheap. I tend to notice since I have one and like to keep track of what I should expect if I try to sell it, and my first though is uggh not much. But yeah running a nice map and ditching the afm, plus some exhaust if you are so inclined and I'm satisfied enough to focus on suspension for the foreseeable future.
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