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Ryan_G 07-27-2014 10:33 AM


Originally Posted by Jeffbucc (Post 1151706)
Vlad I'm trying to find a stretch of road I can really let it stretch its legs, but I don't want to do it anywhere close to people/houses/cars. Still looking for a good spot.

It's called a drag strip or a race track :party:

Fireindc 07-27-2014 10:49 AM

Wow, glad to see a video of it running right! It looks properly fast, now get some 1/4 mile times :)

Jeffbucc 07-27-2014 11:46 AM


Originally Posted by Fireindc (Post 1151754)
Wow, glad to see a video of it running right! It looks properly fast, now get some 1/4 mile times :)

Dude you are alive! I too hope to disappear in a myriad of mountain biking trails eventually. Get that 2860 rolling in the smurf soon...

hornetball 07-27-2014 01:58 PM


Originally Posted by Ryan_G (Post 1151747)
It's called a drag strip or a race track :party:

This is really the right answer. But my recollection is that there aren't many of these in Utah. There's always Bonneville, right?

Jeffbucc 07-27-2014 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by hornetball (Post 1151788)
This is really the right answer. But my recollection is that there aren't many of these in Utah. There's always Bonneville, right?

*edit* Bonneville would be awesome but I hear it absolutely destroys your car if you don't protect the shit out of it. I can't imagine trying to get all that salt out of the nooks and crannies.

Yeah we aren't blessed with a ton of autox/race courses in Utah. We have Miller Motorsports in SLC and then Vegas Speedway. We only have a few autox events. Both are about the same distance. Vegas would be insane to even attempt during the summer. I'd probably die from heat stroke.

Trust me guys, I know the video shows me doing a little bit of unsafe driving but I haven't gotten a ticket since I was 17, and I rarely do more than 5 over the posted speed limit.

Due to a HUGE misunderstanding(power complex Idaho cop), while on a Ducati, I was held in the county jail for a weekend with 10+ Mexicans going through crystal meth withdrawals and a guy who had just stabbed someone several times. This has made me a giant sissy about breaking the law. No, the soap was not dropped.:rofl:

hornetball 07-27-2014 02:23 PM

Those silly ID Mormons. They're just jealous.

When I lived in Boise, I was about 3 miles away from the Firebird drag strip. That was fun.

Jeffbucc 07-28-2014 01:01 PM

Why the hell do I keep commuting 45 miles each way in the Miata rather than my 1-gallon-each-way TDI.

This car is so addicting to drive. I've driven some very fast cars before, but there is something nervously exhilarating about doing it in a 2100 lb car. Even though the acceleration matches some other german cars I've driven, it is your perception/connection to speed that is skewed. You feel like you are going double the speed you really are going. I can't explain it properly, my brain is fried after a long morning of baking.

No restoration/buyers remorse is present. Having a hellish day? Go take the Miata out for a spin and you'll feel better guaranteed.

18psi 07-28-2014 01:27 PM


Originally Posted by Jeffbucc (Post 1152068)
Why the hell do I keep commuting 45 miles each way in the Miata rather than my 1-gallon-each-way TDI.

This car is so addicting to drive. I've driven some very fast cars before, but there is something nervously exhilarating about doing it in a 2100 lb car. Even though the acceleration matches some other german cars I've driven, it is your perception/connection to speed that is skewed. You feel like you are going double the speed you really are going. I can't explain it properly, my brain is fried after a long morning of baking.

No restoration/buyers remorse is present. Having a hellish day? Go take the Miata out for a spin and you'll feel better guaranteed.

Yep, know that feel.
Love that feel.

EO2K 07-28-2014 01:52 PM

Jeremy Clarkson was not wrong when he said: "Put simply, an MX5 feels more alive at 30mph than most other cars feel at 100."

I wonder what he would say about a boosted one?

Jeffbucc 07-28-2014 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by EO2K (Post 1152091)
Jeremy Clarkson was not wrong when he said: "Put simply, an MX5 feels more alive at 30mph than most other cars feel at 100."

I wonder what he would say about a boosted one?

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1406570320

Tekel 07-28-2014 02:40 PM

Well at least now if someone steals it and goes hooning they will end up killing themselves.

Braineack 07-28-2014 03:09 PM

maybe itll have enough power to land upright this time.

ScottyP3821 07-28-2014 03:29 PM

Your spool up looks good too

Jeffbucc 07-28-2014 04:43 PM


Originally Posted by Tekel (Post 1152105)
Well at least now if someone steals it and goes hooning they will end up killing themselves.

Lets hope I get the satisfaction of catching them dead in the car. Morbid, yes, I know.


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 1152120)
maybe itll have enough power to land upright this time.

I have LeMans images running through my head of them losing their connection to earth. Can only imagine what that feels like.


Originally Posted by ScottyP3821 (Post 1152127)
Your spool up looks good too

Not too bad. There is still a bit of a pulsing feel though, or juddering. Still feels like there is something off causing some oscillation in pressure as it is accelerating. Minor, but it is there.

ScottyP3821 07-28-2014 04:46 PM

Just needs more I probably

Jeffbucc 08-01-2014 06:33 PM

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7+ years in Utah with out ever getting a window chip. 1 month in a Miata and game over. Damn I got nailed hard.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1406932407

Also while auto tuning around town, is there any way to have it stop adjusting my idle fuel cells? Really annoying to enter the correct values.

curly 08-01-2014 06:37 PM

Set your autotune values to stop working below 1500 rpm.

18psi 08-01-2014 06:37 PM

bummer about the glass.

yes, just set the parameters in autotune

I always have it set past 1300 and past 35kpa and tune the bottom manually. It has never worked properly down low for me on any of the megasquirts

Onyxyth 08-01-2014 07:31 PM


Originally Posted by Jeffbucc (Post 1153656)
Also while auto tuning around town, is there any way to have it stop adjusting my idle fuel cells? Really annoying to enter the correct values.

I use custom filter

"rpm < 1500 && map < 35"

this should stop VEAL from messing with those cells.
as 18psi just said, it really likes to mess up the low KPA cells. I added a && tps < 3 parameter as well I think (I don't have it infront of me) to stop it from completely leaning out my bottom row.

Yezzir 08-01-2014 08:51 PM

Go to harbor freight and get a windshield repair kit!


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