so my crappy cast manifold kept warping and bolts kept stretching...

[Nails]

Congrats on a successful weekend at Hallett. Sure sounded sweet coming by us on the back stretch before turn 10!

[Miatamoto]

It was great to see your car running all weekend!

Everything looks top notch.

[Sharpie]

Way to go Trey! Congrats!

[SirHustlerEsq]

I think everyone was excited to see a fix for a chronic problem...and possibly see the first turbo Miata in Dallas show some form of reliability.

Congrats on a successful weekend at Hallett. Sure sounded sweet coming by us on the back stretch before turn 10!

Thanks. I know its childish, but the noises sure add to the fun factor. It sounded NASTY in 4 with lots of throttle modulation making the wastegate and blow off growling/barking/cracking.

this is my new drama:

and I desperately need a real differential.

[channelmaniac]

THAT is one f***ed up wear pattern on the pad.

[TurboDuane]

Wow, just read this thread for the first time. Where have I been? Great looking setup, that manifold is just SICK! I'll bet your rotors were glowing around Hallet.

[SirHustlerEsq]

black wastegate is now funky red:

mad heat, son.

[SirHustlerEsq]

got the manifold back today with new gussetting on the primaries and wastegate flange:



Nothing broken but reinforcements were added because the builder was worried about harmonic damage.

[SirHustlerEsq]

my garage neighbor builds guitars in his wood-shop and all the dust comes over, and he leaves the radio on the country station so I have to listen to white-trash sing about how they love their momma and miss their dog:

but I did the "real water temp" cluster retrofit today


thought about taking apart my RX7 clutch diff, but became annoyed and moved on

I really need this diff for the track, bad. I basically have no LSD action unless pointed straight/gay-ly forward
and put my Absurdflow stuff half way together awaiting the CHRA delivery on Friday:

[VFR750]

i thought they loved their dog and missed their momma...........

BTW, nice hardware. I would love a ride in that thing when you have it going again. You still in Lewisville?

[SirHustlerEsq]

i thought they loved their dog and missed their momma...........

BTW, nice hardware. I would love a ride in that thing when you have it going again. You still in Lewisville?

I think its a formula of loving x and missin y, so you can substitute whichever value you see fit.

The car should run tomorrow and yes, still in Lewisville. My boss has a GT-500 now so I must get the boost controller on it and run 18psi, rather than the measly 11.5.

[SirHustlerEsq]

so today I installed a tow hook

safety wired the compressor and turbine housings

took a pic of the garage

took a pic of the new gauge

and a motor shot with the new gusseting

[SirHustlerEsq]

new oil drain:

shots of the most recent manifold mil-spec structural fortification:


some shots of the sleeper:



I love this car.

Looks like I'm pulling 0-60 at 4.6 or so, 0-100 at 7.8 on 205 Nitto NeoGens on 15x8s according to pocket-dyno and a neighbor with a stop watch. I'm still walking it off the line because I don't like working on cars enough to try to break it. I can go full throttle at about 5200rpm, lol.

[VFR750]

Nice progress. Hope you don't need that tow hook any time soon.....

[SirHustlerEsq]

Nice progress. Hope you don't need that tow hook any time soon.....

After watching the Veyron swimming vid, I bought the hooks, lol.

[SirHustlerEsq]

New brake kit featuring $22 rotors and $70 Hawk DTC-30 pads:

[MiataMike]

Very nice. I would like more details on this.

[trickyrix]

I love this car.

Looks like I'm pulling 0-60 at 4.6 or so, 0-100 at 7.8 on 205 Nitto NeoGens on 15x8s...

"It's fun to do bad things..."

[SirHustlerEsq]

Very nice. I would like more details on this.

The new "Trackspeed" kit that uses corrado rotors. Its been track tested by a man so those of us who also drive like men can rest assured that it works. I'd get the Goodwin kit but well, the rotors are $320.00 more per set, lol.

[MiataMike]

Are the wilwood calipers the same as the ones on the GoodWin kit or are they different?