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Phone posted:double yellow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqOBBhRpnxE MattD1zzl3 fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Phone posted:You only need a rollbar for HPDE. If you've rolled a car at autocross, half a dozen things went terribly wrong. Righteous. A dude in a Focus RS did get some 2 wheel action going on today.
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Sep 26, 2016 00:27
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So after installing a new soft top, not only will I happily pay for someone else to do this for me, but the robbins instructions are wrong (relating to which stud to put the straps on) so I get to go back and do it all again tomorrow. Just what I wanted.
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Sep 26, 2016 01:47
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 ocean beach in san francisco yesterday, 88degF miata was purchased in january a bit after moving to California and was the best life decision ever. thanks thread
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Sep 26, 2016 20:10
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I saw my first actually moving nd today, looked nice. No wave
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Sep 26, 2016 20:19
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So I did get around to changing both accessory belts on my NA8 a week or so ago and that squeal I posted about is gone. All was well until this morning there was a nasty rattle or bangign sound for 5-10 seconds on cold-start. I didn't have time to even inspect where it was going from before it went away. The car then drove normally. It was one of the coldest nights last night since I've owned the car, around 45F. Could I have buggered something up when tensioning the belts? Water pump bearing (please no)? It should be a relatively new WP, I believe...
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Sep 27, 2016 16:30
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willroc7 posted:So I did get around to changing both accessory belts on my NA8 a week or so ago and that squeal I posted about is gone. All was well until this morning there was a nasty rattle or bangign sound for 5-10 seconds on cold-start. I didn't have time to even inspect where it was going from before it went away. The car then drove normally. It was one of the coldest nights last night since I've owned the car, around 45F. Could I have buggered something up when tensioning the belts? Water pump bearing (please no)? It should be a relatively new WP, I believe... i had this going on and it was just some screws in the water pump to belt connection going loose replaced the belt since it got mangled after the banging noise, put new screws to the water pump and loctited them, it went away
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Sep 28, 2016 01:31
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More miatas in boone video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOqDhRtqxOs (hopefully i'd learned by this point in the week about those mystery lines) MattD1zzl3 fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Sep 28, 2016 11:09
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Tim Pawlenty posted:i had this going on and it was just some screws in the water pump to belt connection going loose I will check this out. Thanks. Did it happen to you after a water pump/alternator belt change?
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Sep 28, 2016 14:03
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For the low price of 8k, you too can own a 23 year old car with 163,000 miles. Granted, it is an LE with the red leather. http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/cto/5802997308.html
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Sep 28, 2016 17:02
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ethanol posted:I saw my first actually moving nd today, looked nice. No wave sorry, we can't see you because of the sun glaring past the TINIEST SUN SHADES KNOWN TO HUMANITY that DONT EVEN SWIVEL WTF still, if that's the worst thing about my ND...
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Sep 28, 2016 17:06
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Woo just managed to hit 7.5l/100km aka ~31 mpg on a 500km highway trip. I was beginning to worry the car was broken as it's been hovering around 9-10l recently, but it's probably my inability to stay away from the rev limiter more than anything else. Consistently maintaining around 120km/h, staying below 4k rpm, and keeping the roof up (I know...) were probably the biggest factors. Not sure if the cheapo winter tires are better than the AD08s though. Other than that I wasn't hypermiling at all, there were a couple of jams along the way and I took it up to 160 or so a few times to complete the passes quicker. The result is still a bit worse than the official EU numbers for a 1.8 NBFL, and although I see how I might be able to get there, considering the difference of just a bit more than  over really hammering it... I don't think I'll have the patience for another experiment.
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Sep 28, 2016 22:38
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There's about a 2-3mpg hit running super sticky summers. In order to get exceptional gas mileage in an NA/NB, you have to keep it under 4k or so. NBs have a 4.3 rear end, so that doesn't help.
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Sep 28, 2016 22:42
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What were those good BFG tires that everyone liked on 14" wheels?
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Sep 28, 2016 23:03
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Sport comp 2? Rivals?
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Sep 28, 2016 23:09
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The tires everyone loved in 14" were Falken Azenis (they're trash). You might be able to grab Dunlop Z2 Star Specs in 14" still.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:18
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I get about 10km/l with the 1.6 on Yokohama S-Drives. I could probably get a lot better if I didn't enjoy running first gear to red quite so much but it just sounds so darn good.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:20
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MattD1zzl3 posted:More miatas in boone video! Your car sounds like poo poo, you're a lovely driver, and you're an rear end in a top hat for driving like that on public roads.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:23
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Azenis are fine for $300 a set summer tires.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:38
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n8r posted:Your car sounds like poo poo, you're a lovely driver, and you're an rear end in a top hat for driving like that on public roads.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:38
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n8r posted:Your car sounds like poo poo, you're a lovely driver, and you're an rear end in a top hat for driving like that on public roads. I made it 30 seconds until the first double yellow.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:39
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willroc7 posted:I will check this out. Thanks. Did it happen to you after a water pump/alternator belt change? it apparently had been an ongoing issue and i just assumed it was the belt going bad. i can only assume when it was done last they didn't tighten enough and the screws slowly started walking out.
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Sep 28, 2016 23:40
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MattD1zzl3 posted:More miatas in boone video! I don't know if you realize this, but double yellow means "do not cross" hth
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Sep 29, 2016 00:00
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Here is the cold start rattle I was discussing earlier. It only lasts here for around 2 seconds, the first time it was longer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6uiTAXoerQ
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Oct 2, 2016 00:00
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Are you sure that's from the front of the engine and not the top? It sounds like when I have used up oil and need an oil change. The old oil getting too thin and while sitting it can drain out of the hydraulic lash adjusters, when the oil pump pushes it back in there it's all quiet again until it gets another couple of hours of rest to let it all drain out again. Time for the Rotella T6 bandwagon. I used it in every HLA Miata I've had because putting in the cheapest store brand or Mobile 1 or whatever's on sale has so consistently lead to rattly HLAs for me, lots of people like T6 so I tried that and it seems to work for me too. You also could take them out and clean them, but that's a lot of labor for something that doesn't lead to any further failure other than rattly startups.
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Oct 2, 2016 00:31
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No, I'm not sure. I'll try an oil change since that's easy enough. The car has always been on dino oil. Is it ok to switch to synth? I have a bunch of Mobil 1 0w40 around...
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Oct 2, 2016 14:25
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Anyone know of any decent miata clubs in central FL that aren't full of idiots or dicks?
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Oct 2, 2016 14:44
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Pretty sure "full of idiots and/or dicks" is an essential property of car clubs. Hth
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Oct 2, 2016 15:18
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GEMorris posted:Pretty sure "full of idiots and/or dicks" is an essential property of car clubs. Hth Quoted for posteriorority
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Oct 2, 2016 15:34
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grumplestiltzkin posted:Anyone know of any decent miata clubs in central FL that aren't full of idiots or dicks? Nope.
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Oct 2, 2016 17:57
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My 90 NA has a shimmy at 65mph. I'm going to get my tires re-balanced, what else should I check? This car also does not have a seat belt brace, if anyone has one lying around I would be interested in purchasing it.
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Oct 3, 2016 19:20
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Gorson posted:My 90 NA has a shimmy at 65mph. I'm going to get my tires re-balanced, what else should I check? The 65mph Shimmy is pretty famous. Alignment and Balance generally fixes it.
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Oct 4, 2016 01:30
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Driving faster (or slower) also fixes it.
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Oct 4, 2016 01:38
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Has anyone gone to Deals Gap for miatas at the gap (or anything else, really)? I'll most likely finally be able to go next year, but having never been have no idea what I can expect to pay for a hotel room in the area. Any other things I should know to plan for that aren't common knowledge/sense?
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Oct 4, 2016 03:23
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Go to those places by yourself rather than with a large group of people which will contain a non-zero number of idiots who will do unsafe things and encourage others to do unsafe things which will result in everyone in your group targeted by local leo
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Oct 4, 2016 03:35
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grumplestiltzkin posted:Has anyone gone to Deals Gap for miatas at the gap (or anything else, really)? I'll most likely finally be able to go next year, but having never been have no idea what I can expect to pay for a hotel room in the area. Any other things I should know to plan for that aren't common knowledge/sense? There's a campground nearby that rents cabins, that's what we did. Tapocco Lodge is right there but is expensive and probably booked. If you don't mind being around a bunch of Miata nerds and barely being able to drive or park anywhere you'll be good.
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Oct 4, 2016 05:20
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Gorson posted:My 90 NA has a shimmy at 65mph. I'm going to get my tires re-balanced, what else should I check? New tires, balance and alignment ... moved it up to a 70mph shimmy. Feh. Just do this: Phone posted:Driving faster (or slower) also fixes it.
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Oct 5, 2016 00:52
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RoadForce balancing fixes it but it will come back in 6 months to a year.
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Oct 5, 2016 04:37
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The payday parts list keeps on growing and inspection is in December.  I think I need to go crawl under it at the weekend and
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Oct 14, 2016 08:26
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Just put 2 fresh zip ties under mine the other day. Thank God antiques don't need to be inspected here.
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