Author Topic: 10secdream's 2003 NB Mazda Miata - Choo Choo Whoosh Time (Read 23289 times)

10secdream · « **Reply #200 on:** June 13, 2019, 03:57:02 pm »

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #201 on:** June 13, 2019, 06:09:43 pm »

So gonna come to the father's day autocross?

10secdream · « **Reply #202 on:** June 14, 2019, 08:33:26 am »

Quote from: Ambystom01 on June 13, 2019, 06:09:43 pm

So gonna come to the father's day autocross?

Baby steps. The car still needs proper fluids, a tune and some km to break in the clutch.

10secdream · « **Reply #203 on:** June 14, 2019, 08:36:52 am »

The ironic mess of my rear end makes me laugh every time.

Western Satire Club

LRM_EXPORT_386332296441474_20190614_075437812 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

10secdream · « **Reply #204 on:** June 17, 2019, 08:37:52 am »

Yesterday I had an opportunity to actually drive the car on the road for the first time and start street tuning the car. Put about 140kms on her and she ran without any sort of problems. Currently the big pulley (low boost) is installed so I am only making about 6 psi at redline.

LRM_EXPORT_48927171392273_20190617_082138850 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

LRM_EXPORT_543471655236509_20190616_154446227 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

LRM_EXPORT_480764586663632_20190615_182049878 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

kijho · « **Reply #205 on:** June 17, 2019, 09:15:45 am »

This makes me happy

diamondedge · « **Reply #206 on:** June 17, 2019, 10:14:28 am »

Yeah. It's come apart and been put back together in what seems like no time at all, for a very busy man. Very proud of you Stephen.

The wheel colour combination is also super good. What are your impressions of the RS4 vs. something like the Falkens you had on the other Miata?

10secdream · « **Reply #207 on:** June 17, 2019, 10:32:24 am »

I have not pushed the limits of these tires yet but they ride very nice on the highway compared to my R Comps

. They should be a little bit better in the rain too if I get stuck in a rainstorm.

10secdream · « **Reply #208 on:** June 20, 2019, 09:13:42 am »

Another quick update but with close to 400kms on the car I am getting a bit more confident and comfortable driving the car without feeling like it will leave me stranded. I currently have the AFRs more or less dialed in and am now starting to increase the timing a bit. Next step will be to introduce the methanol injection to keep IATs at bay for track sessions. I doubt I really need it though as my intercooler setup is well engineered. I also added the small pulley on the car and it makes about 6 psi of boost in the midrange and tapers to about 10 psi at redline. Based on my injector duty cycle, virtual dyno results and comparing to other peoples car/tune the car probably sits around 200-210whp / 180 ftlb.

Here is a short sound clip of the car.

kijho · « **Reply #209 on:** June 20, 2019, 10:18:00 am »

Quote from: 10secdream on June 20, 2019, 09:13:42 am

comfortable driving the car without feeling like it will leave me stranded.

Hehehehe

Just watch out for potholes

10secdream · « **Reply #210 on:** June 20, 2019, 12:57:28 pm »

Quote from: kijho on June 20, 2019, 10:18:00 am

Hehehehe Just watch out for potholes

Low blow bud low blow (Only you will understand this reference anyways

)

kijho · « **Reply #211 on:** June 20, 2019, 01:14:46 pm »

Quote from: 10secdream on June 20, 2019, 12:57:28 pm

Low blow bud low blow.

Eh, I broke down infront of an Elementary School blocking the bus loading zone at 3pm on a Friday. You know the death glares I got? I still have scars.

diamondedge · « **Reply #212 on:** June 20, 2019, 01:37:25 pm »

Quote from: kijho on June 20, 2019, 01:14:46 pm

Eh, I broke down infront of an Elementary School blocking the bus loading zone at 3pm on a Friday. You know the death glares I got? I still have scars.

It's okay. You came and saved me that same winter when mine let go on the Stoney off ramp.

kijho · « **Reply #213 on:** June 20, 2019, 02:24:10 pm »

Quote from: diamondedge on June 20, 2019, 01:37:25 pm

It's okay. You came and saved me that same winter when mine let go on the Stoney off ramp.

The one and only time I got to actually put my diode dynamics emergency strobing hazards relay to proper use!!!

But in all seriousness I'm really stoked to see and hear this thing this weekend!! Been tryna' cut back on the McDonalds this week so I can fit into the bucket seat if I'm being honest....

10secdream · « **Reply #214 on:** June 21, 2019, 08:23:39 am »

We will see how this journeys to Calgary and back this weekend.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #215 on:** June 21, 2019, 08:28:27 am »

Yes. Come tune my Honda.

kijho · « **Reply #216 on:** June 21, 2019, 09:03:16 am »

Safe travels ~

10secdream · « **Reply #217 on:** June 24, 2019, 09:25:10 am »

Drove the car to Calgary this weekend and I made it there and back without any major issues. Tuning is bit tricky with the throttle body location and the intercooler which makes it weather dependent. I am going to play with it a bit more and see if I can get the car to recover easier when I push in the clutch and come to a stop.

Tuning is getting pretty close to complete as far as WOT goes. I am going to rewire my methanol injection to be controlled by the ECU and start playing with that a bit. Ideally I want to tune meth for just a bit of a timing increase but more so to keep IATs at a reasonable level when tracking the car.

Saturday night we had the opportunity to take some great pictures of the car. Here are a few of my favorites. Once again big shout out and thanks to Spencer for organizing the photoshoot.

2019-06-23_10-07-23 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

2019-06-23_10-07-05 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

2019-06-23_10-07-16 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

2019-06-23_10-41-13 by Stephen Mitchell, on Flickr

diamondedge · « **Reply #218 on:** June 24, 2019, 10:37:05 am »

Thank you 10secdream for letting me drive this thing. Absolutely spine tingling when the you hear the supercharger whine and exhaust and the way it turns.

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #219 on:** June 24, 2019, 12:48:54 pm »

This thing has come together so nicely. Looks fantastic, and the power level seems just right for a car like that. Great work!

jellynuts · « **Reply #220 on:** June 25, 2019, 09:31:29 am »

Beautiful rolls. The video on IG was great too.

10secdream · « **Reply #221 on:** June 25, 2019, 10:44:44 am »

Quote from: jellynuts on June 25, 2019, 09:31:29 am

Beautiful rolls. The video on IG was great too.

I am going to see if I can get that rendered in a high resolution for my Youtube channel

10secdream · « **Reply #222 on:** June 27, 2019, 08:43:32 am »

Thanks again Spencer (Kijho) for putting this together.

10secdream · « **Reply #223 on:** July 25, 2019, 08:23:44 am »

Here is a little bit of an update. The past few weeks have been full of ups and downs with the car. First issue I encountered is a mysterious miss on a cylinder that happened once the car was warmed up (about 10 minutes). Once the car cooled off for a bit she would fire right back up like normal running on all 4 cylinders. Initially I thought this was an ignition problem so I ordered new coil packs and spark plus but these did not fix the issue. Next order of business was to isolate the problem. Determined that the injector on cylinder #3 was the issue. I ending up swapping injector #3 to cylinder #1 and it seems like the problem has more or less resolved itself. My guess is that the EV14 to denso adapter clip wasn't seated properly.

Now that the car was more or less back together and running properly I thought I would try and hit an ASA track event to give the car a proper shakedown. I didn't push the car too much but she ran all 3 20 minute sessions without too much issue. The only issue I had was a ruined supercharge belt due to a slightly damaged supercharger pulley. I have a new pulley on order that will fix this issue though. All that is left for the summer is install my stainless steel brake lines and really just enjoy the car.

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #224 on:** July 25, 2019, 11:48:07 am »

So coming to Sunday's autocross?