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Old 01-25-2022, 11:08 PM
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Long time lurker, (read: freeloader of info) first time poster. A/S/L Kendall, 25, Bay Area, CA. Been driving and kinda building shitbox for the past 6 years and heavy tracking for the last 4 years. Day job is at Supertech (Everyones favorite Valve Seal Manufacturer) and side gig as an Events Coordinator for a trackday org. Now that the boring **** is out of the way lets get to the less lame stuff.





Shitbox in its current form
1994 Laguna Blue and Tan
Fully built N/A BP4W
85mm 11:1 Supertechs
+1 valves I/E
Fully ported by Tarek @ All Automotive
BP5A intake cam
6 Spd / 4.1 OSGiken

Made 155/135 on E85 @ Blacktrax Performance. Will hopefully be doing cams and SUBs here shortly once we can get something made. OTS isnt in the spirit of lighting money on fire for an extra 2hp.

Basic suspension stuff. Gears Racing coilovers that will be replaced by Shaftworks Bilanx once Swift gets my springs in stock....
15x9 Jongbloeds and whatever 205 tire is on sale or thrown at me that month.
Some old used Wilwood 11" front BBK and Sport Rear adapters.
Autokonexion Fastback
Deleted popups because fuckem
Evil Genius rollbar in Bass Boat Orange

So yea its been a long build process but the initial testing with the new motor has been going quite well. The rest of the car is falling apart around it but thats fine. Once its all dialed the car should be 2-3 seconds under SM records on street tires in a full weight street car. Driver Skill being the biggest factor here.

Will likely start a build thread to go more in depth on how to develop a shitbox for entirely too much money and way too much time. Already met quite a few members in here and will hopefully add more to that list at the track!

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OP is cool enough that we can forgive the lack of boost
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Old 01-26-2022, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 18psi
OP is cool enough that we can forgive the lack of boost
So I drove the old TCDesign car on Saturday at Laguna.... When the N/A motor dies Ill very likely boost it. Although I kinda grenaded the diff in that car but thats besides the point.....
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**** off Kendall
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Old 01-26-2022, 11:41 AM
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**** off Kendall
Sup bbg
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asl? boi what rock you been living under? lol welcome to the forum. Best knowledge source on how to go faster and not go boom for miatas on the net.
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please do not insult your car by calling it a shitbox. it looks very presentable to me.
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If you're ever at a NASA NorCal event, stop by Tech and say hi. Just ask for the Miata nerd. At this rate I doubt my car will ever actually make it to an event again, but I'll be around.
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Old 01-26-2022, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by halfdemonpyro
asl? boi what rock you been living under? lol welcome to the forum. Best knowledge source on how to go faster and not go boom for miatas on the net.
I made it go boom once already. Luckily that was just the stock motor. Next time I will cry and add boost.
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Old 01-26-2022, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by portabull
please do not insult your car by calling it a shitbox. it looks very presentable to me.
Its built for IG. Looks great in pictures, actually a pile of **** under the surface. At least now its not dogshit slow.
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Old 01-26-2022, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by thebeerbaron
If you're ever at a NASA NorCal event, stop by Tech and say hi. Just ask for the Miata nerd. At this rate I doubt my car will ever actually make it to an event again, but I'll be around.
Will do! My boss runs NASA often so maybe I will tag along for an event at some point. Id probably get kicked out if I was driving
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Originally Posted by DNMakinson
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You ask. You shall receive 😈





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Pretty sure I've seen your car at the track once or twice. Welcome

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Originally Posted by codrus
Pretty sure I've seen your car at the track once or twice. Welcome

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We met at SFRSCCA AutoX a long time ago as well! Was fangirling over your FD and the overcomplicated Bose system
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Originally Posted by _slowboi
We met at SFRSCCA AutoX a long time ago as well! Was fangirling over your FD and the overcomplicated Bose system
Heh, I only ever took that car to two of them.

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Originally Posted by _slowboi
You ask. You shall receive 😈
Nice of you to post a photo of me 🥰
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car looks slow, driver looks slower
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Originally Posted by turbofan
car looks slow, driver looks slower
Only thing fast about me is my email response time
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