Is a Mazdaspeed Miata not the best choice for me?
#41
Everything 96+ is OBDII and does in fact hook up and "read"
At least here in CA it does. Not sure about the Fed spec cars, but I highly doubt they're any different.
*EDIT: also keep in mind that given our "wonderful" CA laws, everything past 75 gets a full visual inspection as well as the sniffer.
At least here in CA it does. Not sure about the Fed spec cars, but I highly doubt they're any different.
*EDIT: also keep in mind that given our "wonderful" CA laws, everything past 75 gets a full visual inspection as well as the sniffer.
#44
Everything 96+ is OBDII and does in fact hook up and "read"
At least here in CA it does. Not sure about the Fed spec cars, but I highly doubt they're any different.
*EDIT: also keep in mind that given our "wonderful" CA laws, everything past 75 gets a full visual inspection as well as the sniffer.
At least here in CA it does. Not sure about the Fed spec cars, but I highly doubt they're any different.
*EDIT: also keep in mind that given our "wonderful" CA laws, everything past 75 gets a full visual inspection as well as the sniffer.
lol jk. thanks for correcting me on that one. I knew there was something weird to that generations ecu.
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As Savington pointed out, you can always try to register the car in a non-emissions county. This is one of those concepts that you hear people discuss in the abstract, but nobody can ever actually seem to point to a specific example of where it worked. In the 8 years I lived in CA, I only ever met one person who actually had an "exempt" car, and that was because of a rather bizarre (and unintentional, and likely nonrepeatable) series of paperwork errors at the DMV which took place during the process of importing a salvage-titled car, which had not been re-registered in its home state subsequent to the writeoff, into CA from elsewhere.
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EErock, what about getting pulled over? Plus the one I have now has a stripped spark plug that I did not find when buying and the oil pan is leaking... I couldn't just throw a turbo on it without worrying about the engine. The previous owner sucked :/
#50
Thepass has an insane car that he street drives to the track and hasn't gotten pulled over in a long while, if ever.
It's all about how you drive the thing. I used to have a completely modified mini that would have resulted in a part out of pulled over and hood popped. Drove that car on socal roads for 4 years without a single issue, pull over, or hood pop and most of that cars life was up in the canyons of malibu in CHP hunting grounds.
Just don't drive like an *** and don't roll around with street racers and you should be fine. Prepare yourself for the possibility of going back to stock if you get busted, or move out of state LoL. That's the game we play here.
#51
I'm curious:
Who here has ever had their hood popped by a cop on the street when:
1) you weren't street racing/speeding
2) your car wasn't a crazy looking racecar
3) car wasn't loud enough to wake the dead
I know plenty of people that had it happen, but all couldn't meet the above categories.
Who here has ever had their hood popped by a cop on the street when:
1) you weren't street racing/speeding
2) your car wasn't a crazy looking racecar
3) car wasn't loud enough to wake the dead
I know plenty of people that had it happen, but all couldn't meet the above categories.
#52
I'm curious:
Who here has ever had their hood popped by a cop on the street when:
1) you weren't street racing/speeding
2) your car wasn't a crazy looking racecar
3) car wasn't loud enough to wake the dead
I know plenty of people that had it happen, but all couldn't meet the above categories.
Who here has ever had their hood popped by a cop on the street when:
1) you weren't street racing/speeding
2) your car wasn't a crazy looking racecar
3) car wasn't loud enough to wake the dead
I know plenty of people that had it happen, but all couldn't meet the above categories.
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Even though I think we've killed the topic, I just wanted to add my input.
I drove a grey '04 msm yesterday, bone stock, 157,000 miles. It was fantastic. Everything I love in an NB for DDability, plus torque and even some high end power. I don't find myself rev'ing to 7000 on a consistent basis, and if the wife's in the car and I'm that high, it's partial throttle because she gets car sick. So the 6500rpm redline wasn't even noticeable.
For $9k I would of bought it in an instant just from how much I liked it, although he said "no bullshit, you could probably walk out the door with it for $7.5k".
Value just isn't there for my current DD, an '08 Lancer. Need to sell that first for $6k and walk in with $4-5k cash.
Although I did not see a reason to go with the $9k MSM over the $6k '01 6spd/torsen.
I drove a grey '04 msm yesterday, bone stock, 157,000 miles. It was fantastic. Everything I love in an NB for DDability, plus torque and even some high end power. I don't find myself rev'ing to 7000 on a consistent basis, and if the wife's in the car and I'm that high, it's partial throttle because she gets car sick. So the 6500rpm redline wasn't even noticeable.
For $9k I would of bought it in an instant just from how much I liked it, although he said "no bullshit, you could probably walk out the door with it for $7.5k".
Value just isn't there for my current DD, an '08 Lancer. Need to sell that first for $6k and walk in with $4-5k cash.
Although I did not see a reason to go with the $9k MSM over the $6k '01 6spd/torsen.
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Could you not do a MSM and then the new MS3PNP that DIY is selling? Just plug in stock ECU every 2 year for testing?
Dyno plot -- bone stock MSM Miata with 100k miles. Dotted line: Stock ECU. Solid line: MSPNP ECU. No other changes made. MAF still in place. No boost control added (stock IHI wastegate)
The difference in power and drivability is really impressive. This was the first stock MSM I had ever driven, and it frankly was dreadful on the stock ECU. It was a lot of fun after the MegaSquirt. It would really wake up with other bolt on upgrades (injectors, intercooler, intake, exhaust), and the MSPNP can be tuned to accommodate them.
The difference in power and drivability is really impressive. This was the first stock MSM I had ever driven, and it frankly was dreadful on the stock ECU. It was a lot of fun after the MegaSquirt. It would really wake up with other bolt on upgrades (injectors, intercooler, intake, exhaust), and the MSPNP can be tuned to accommodate them.
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There must be huge differences between different MSMs, I could not be happier with how the '04 drove with 157k. I've heard similar opinions. Everywhere from bone stock to bolt ons, they all drive very differently.