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Old Jul 9, 2016, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by nemsin
Swing and a miss. He has an NC. That's an NB.
Old Jul 9, 2016, 11:55 AM
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I saw this number in a random YouTube vid I was watching

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good news, bad news, ok news, and $$$ news

good news is I got an alignment
bad news is my front camber bolts are seized
ok news is its still a decent camber setting in the seized position
$$$ news is I might as well buy poly bushings for the lower control arm when I get the camber bolts cut off and replaced by new ones


Old Jul 13, 2016, 01:20 PM
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...and it begins.
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track day on Friday
Old Jul 16, 2016, 06:06 PM
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some pics and vids from my track day yesterday


best lap was a 2:06.64. so that puts me 0.65 seconds behind my best time on the RSX. not bad for a car thats 10 mph slower on the front straight and shot synchros... although I never really had any track worthy brake pads on the RSX, I'm thinking with proper pads I'd be able to knock off another .25-.5ish seconds.

Turns out the CSF radiator I bought was a waste of money... I never even got into the 200's at any point on track for coolant temp


did a couple highways pulls against my sister driving the RSX (which has a better tune now then when I was tracking it, about another 20-30whp) and I was really surprised, the Miata pulls on the RSX pretty easily in 3rd gear. I get a full car length by the end of 3rd, and then the Miata is dead in 4th... it barely accelerates at all. but the RSX has a higher VTEC cross over now since its a daily, so it starts the race on the small cam. I'm thinking the results would be a lot closer if it started on the big cam. might have to race again from a speed that puts it on the big cam and see how it goes.

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This 458 was insane. he was running on Hoosier R7's, the pace he carries is nuts! I went on a ride along with him and honestly its have for me to even comprehend driving this fast. he's not that far behind the cars in the pic above...
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sorry for crap vid quality, this one was snapchat

fastest lap:

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some horsepower arrived today... no fancy merge collector though




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Is that like 4hp gainz?
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lol, actually closer to 20 when combined with an exhaust (which I already have). thanks to a horrible oem header design

this one will lose low end though, it has 1.875" runners. I got the bigger one to get ready for my 2.5 swap over the winter
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20hp on a Miata? I don't believe that for a second
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Quality placement on that O2 bung
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Originally Posted by razorlab
20hp on a Miata? I don't believe that for a second
you have to do a bit of ricer math so don't get your panties in a bunch too much

the link below had 2 before/after dyno's. first one shows a stock car before/after tune and the second shows stock before and tune + header/exhuast after. the difference between the 2 is 20 hp. and the header I have is bigger (both same brand though), so I'll have a bit more on top and a bit less on the low end

http://www.tdr-mx5tuning.com/how-doe...lashing-works/


also here's a pic of the stock header

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Quality placement on that O2 bung
at least there are 2 haha
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yea that is some serious ricer math for sure, and the fact of two different dynos between the two. LOLZ

And +13whp/+6wtq from just a tune. Watch out!
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Originally Posted by razorlab
yea that is some serious ricer math for sure, and the fact of two different dynos between the two. LOLZ

And +13whp/+6wtq from just a tune. Watch out!
no one has tested this header on an otherwise stock miata, its made for SC and 2.5 applications. so ricer math is the best available right now

haha, its NA, what do you expect... there isn't much to gain out of a tune out of an NA 4 banger..

I kinda wanna do a before/after dyno, but at the same time don't really wanna waste the money... idk, might do it


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back to the stock header pic, the cat starts right after the runners pinch/merge. so I'm also getting rid of 1 of the cats.


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