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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Caoboy's Avatar
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    At first, I was not a fan of the Morette tail lights. But now seeing them on your car, holy shit they are awesome.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift theothersawyer's Avatar
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    Looking good! Glad you got it back!

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    Small update, last weekend I installed an MSM/BP5A intake cam, no crazy amounts of added power to report but mid-range power has improved as well as a bit more on the top end. Passing is a little more peppy now. Only shot I have of the work is the missing stock intake cam:

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    I also finally got around to powdercoating my tow hooks:

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    And just a quick shot of my car at work parked next to a friend's car, he just started working at the same facility:

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    Next I'll be getting around to cutting open the front of my valve cover, powdercoating it, and installing a set of Toda adjustable cam gears. Going to try to make being naturally aspirated as fun as possible.
    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    Super Moderator RotorNutFD3S's Avatar
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    Oops, I haven't updated this in 4 months. Not that I've really done anything to the car at all except drive it.

    Anyway, it's almost time for emissions and last year I had an issue with two stations not being able to see the CEL in the KG Works cluster, it was dim and not easily visible. Decided I didn't want to have to deal with that again this year and I haven't been pleased with the light output from behind the Revlimiter gauges (this is no fault of Adam's work whatsoever!, the bulbs were just old), so I bought some LED bulbs from V-LEDS and swapped things out today.

    This is what I started with, this is turned all the way up. They are a bit brighter to the eye and especially at night, but still pretty dismal overall:



    Notice the very dim CEL over to the right above the temp gauge:



    Comparison of the incandescent bulb and the surface mount 3-LED bulb (the main bulbs are 5-LED bulbs, just didn't take a picture of them):



    Incandescent on the left, LED on the right:



    Same again left and right. There's some light spill from behind the needle which accents the rings on the KG Works cluster, which is pretty neat looking IMO:



    Both sides done (the 2 in 20 isn't dim, the Revlight got in the way):



    All of the indicators are definitely brighter as well:



    And in the evening light the lighting is still very visible:



    Overall, much improved.
    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power pacman 99's Avatar
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    Looks way better with LED'S !

    Which reminds me, I don't think I ever upgraded my bulbs to LED's on mine....even though I have some from my gauge testing days.
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    1,000 rpm - releasing the clutch Radiohead's Avatar
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    Dude, I'm so envious! Positively meticulous attention to detail, very, very clean! I can only aspire to get mine looking half as nice! Keep the posts coming!
    99' White Miata

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    I finally got an Enthuza XR Lightweight muffler which I've wanted for a while. Excuse the filthy car pictured below, the weather here has been terrible lately.

    The car had a Cobalt muffler, which sounded great with a nice deep tone and just slightly louder than stock, but it just wasn't very aggressive. This muffler is the other side of the coin for sure, but I like it.

    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    Wow! Thanks for posting. I hadn't visited your build thread before. I really like what you have done. That nose really sets this car apart in my opinion.

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    Thanks for the compliments!
    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    Hey I know that XR exhaust................ It looks really good Eric!!!!!!!!!!
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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift theothersawyer's Avatar
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    Can't wait to hear it in person!

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone Hyper's Avatar
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    the car looks really good. great job putting it together

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    Thanks guys!

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    Hey I know that XR exhaust................
    Yes, yes you do! lol
    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    I was thinking about the timing belt job that I'm going to have to do soon and when I got home I saw the stripped valve cover I've had. Suddenly I decided I wanted to have exposed cam gears so I pulled out the cutoff wheel, eyeballed what I wanted, and cut:



    Originally I was going to do a two-stage powdercoat on this cover, the result would be a translucent dark red/black, but now I'm not sure what I want to do. Need to figure it out soon I suppose.
    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift theothersawyer's Avatar
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    Paint it!!!!

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