College Noob Finally Introduces Himself
#1
Oregon College Noob Finally Introduces Himself
Hi guys, I have been lurking around here for quite a while now and have decided that it is time to formally introduce myself. Around October I believe in 2016 I picked up 1994 black and tan miata with a torsen diff. It also came with a hardtop equipped with the headliner and defrost.
Here was the car the day after I bought it.
Paint could be better, but it had everything that I wanted (torsen diff, ABS, etc) so I am happy with it. I drove the car through my senior year of high school and also got some friends to get Miatas as well which was fun.
Drove it all winter (Portland Oregon Area)
I just wanted to get the car baselined and take care of the interior since it was still decent.
By the end of the summer, I did the timing belt, water pump, front oil seals, coolant reroute, new radiator, and new coolant hoses.
Last week of summer before college.
After my summer ended I went away to college and left my car at home (about 6.5 hours away).
Since I have been back for a little I started doing real mods. So far I have put in my flying Miata Vmax extreme sport coilovers, front and rear sway bar with heavy duty sway bar mounts, and a DIYPNP Megasquirt with an AEM wideband.
Here is my current tune if anyone wants to look at it, I have been on megasquirt for about a month now I'd say. MT.Net dglb99 current tune 07-14-2018.msq.
Also putting in screenshots of the tune if you don't want to download it.
My end goal for this car is a street car first, autocross second, and I don't think it will ever see track time (at least not while turboed, maybe I'll go before that.) Next summer I plan on hopefully doing the clutch and fuel injectors. I plan on going with the flyin miata stage 1 clutch and flow force 640cc injectors. Then hopefully the year after that I can get my turbo kit and finish the car. I plan on going MKTurbo at the moment but I have time to change and think about it. Ideally, I get all the turbo stuff done for 2500 excluding the megasquirt, injectors, and clutch. I want to just kiss 200whp so that I can brag about it but no more than that. That is pretty much my plan for the next 2 or 3 years. Hopefully, you guys approve of my first post and don't roast me!
Here was the car the day after I bought it.
Paint could be better, but it had everything that I wanted (torsen diff, ABS, etc) so I am happy with it. I drove the car through my senior year of high school and also got some friends to get Miatas as well which was fun.
Drove it all winter (Portland Oregon Area)
I just wanted to get the car baselined and take care of the interior since it was still decent.
By the end of the summer, I did the timing belt, water pump, front oil seals, coolant reroute, new radiator, and new coolant hoses.
Last week of summer before college.
After my summer ended I went away to college and left my car at home (about 6.5 hours away).
Since I have been back for a little I started doing real mods. So far I have put in my flying Miata Vmax extreme sport coilovers, front and rear sway bar with heavy duty sway bar mounts, and a DIYPNP Megasquirt with an AEM wideband.
Here is my current tune if anyone wants to look at it, I have been on megasquirt for about a month now I'd say. MT.Net dglb99 current tune 07-14-2018.msq.
Also putting in screenshots of the tune if you don't want to download it.
My end goal for this car is a street car first, autocross second, and I don't think it will ever see track time (at least not while turboed, maybe I'll go before that.) Next summer I plan on hopefully doing the clutch and fuel injectors. I plan on going with the flyin miata stage 1 clutch and flow force 640cc injectors. Then hopefully the year after that I can get my turbo kit and finish the car. I plan on going MKTurbo at the moment but I have time to change and think about it. Ideally, I get all the turbo stuff done for 2500 excluding the megasquirt, injectors, and clutch. I want to just kiss 200whp so that I can brag about it but no more than that. That is pretty much my plan for the next 2 or 3 years. Hopefully, you guys approve of my first post and don't roast me!
Last edited by dglb99; 07-16-2018 at 12:00 PM. Reason: Add location
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Welcome to the forum. There's a few regulars on here from your area. You should change it to Oregon College Noob in the title to get the attention of the locals.
I'm glad you have a megasquirt already. And you can't go wrong with MK Turbo.
Where are you going to school?
I'm glad you have a megasquirt already. And you can't go wrong with MK Turbo.
Where are you going to school?
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Welcome to the forum. There's a few regulars on here from your area. You should change it to Oregon College Noob in the title to get the attention of the locals.
I'm glad you have a megasquirt already. And you can't go wrong with MK Turbo.
Where are you going to school?
I'm glad you have a megasquirt already. And you can't go wrong with MK Turbo.
Where are you going to school?
I'm at Washington State University .
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Nice to see a fellow student doing the same! Just FYI you can use 400cc+ injectors for ~220whp so ~250 crank hp. That could save a bit of money. I just bought some rx8 injectors (440cc) (2004-2008). That's a really affordable way to go about it, and it's straight plug and play! Good luck
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