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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power druz's Avatar
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    I haven't had a lot of garage time lately, the only thing I've been able to do was get the new hubs on the spindles. I have had a tiny bit of time sitting around at my desk so I was able to do a write up on the front repack in the DIY section

    I also got in touch with Adam @ revlimiter.net for some stuff to kind of celebrate getting the car on the road.



    I'm going to put the badge on the rear, on the GV tail light panel. I need to actually clean the car before it can go on so that'll be a bit. There's a few things higher on the priority list. There's one on the car now though. I searched high and low for a billet oil cap that would be able to accommodate an insert like the Project G Miata caps. You'd think it would be a pretty easy thing to find for a Vette but most are flat or just ugly. I stumbled upon this one used and I think it works nicely.





    Of course Adam was fantastic and I couldn't be happier with the results.
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    AWESOME!!! That oil cap looks so good!

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    Looks good. What is the Carbon fiber part in the background.

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    The cf is just a sheet I made but never used that I have laying around my workbench. It had a couple flaws so I use it as a mat for whatever, makes a nice background too

    Thanks again Adam!

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    A long overdue update. I took a break around the holidays and then just never got back into the garage. When I finally did there wasn't much to really update on, just little things so now I'll catch up here.

    First order was to get the car a little more road worthy. I started by getting the windows to roll up. I replaced the roller guides but that didn't fully cure it, turned out the channels were really gunked up and needed a cleaning and some new grease.

    Next was alignment. Before I could do that I needed to set my height. The last test I did resulted in a few hits to my cats on some very minor road imperfections and the resonators also scrape on my driveway. The FM exhaust hangs a bit lower than optimal but I don't want to get into modifying it or fabbing a whole new system yet. I'm at about 4" to the pinch welds now which is pretty low but unfortunately with the flares it looks quite high, almost 3 finger gap. One of the drawbacks of the N2 flares. Then it was off to Auto Innovations in nearby Milpitas and they performed a spot on alignment in less than an hour

    This week I got around to some real work, the brakes. Driving around on stock 1.6 brakes during my initial test drives was very unnerving but I couldn't decide what I wanted to do with the brbrakes. have a pair of Dynapro 4 pot radial mount calipers that will go in the front with 11.75" rotors and Sport rotors for the rear but they won't fit my 14" Star Sharks. Obvious answer is to get wheels that fit but until I find some I like in the size I need, I'm holding out. Ideally that'll be a set of 15x9/10 SSR Mk-III but that will most likely require doing a rebarrel. I've considered Meisters, as there is a set of S1 for sale locally in the right sizes but I'm back and forth about them. I finally decided to run the FM LBBK with 11" sport rotors up front and 10" 1.8 rear. This will be just a temporary setup for the street so it should be sufficient, hopefully.



    The install was very straightforward. I do need a 10mm spacer though, luckily I have plenty of room under the fenders. The pads for the Wilwood Powerlite calipers are tiny! No wonder they are more commonly used as rear calipers for FM's 4 wheel kit. I'm going to try the Poly E compound pads they came with matched with Hawk HPS out back since again, it's just for the street. When it's time to hit the track I'll have to swap in the big kit with Carbotechs. I could run the powerlites in the rear or maybe just sell the LBBK.

    Finally, I did a mock up of my track setup since I had the wheels out doing some reorganizing. I have a set of 15x10 +12 Diamonds wearing old 250/590 Yokohama slicks. I also have a set of 245/580 Hoosiers waiting for a home.



    The Diamonds don't have much of a wheel pad so they don't clear the LBBK either. It looks like a 3mm is all that's needed. I tried the 10mm spacer that I have and there was interference in the back of the wheel well at almost full lock for the inside wheel. Makes me a bit nervous trying to clear the bigger calipers.



    I've had my eye on the new 15x10 Jongbloeds so if the Diamonds don't fit that'll make my decision much easier.

    Next is getting the Stack gauge cluster wired up. Currently I'm just running the Torque Pro app and it actually works quite well, except I haven't figured out if it can read fuel in my application, I don't think so.
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    This was another thing I was worried about, obviously you need good stopping power with all that extra horsepower, but it seems none of the Big Brake Kits fit inside 15" wheels?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phatmiata View Post
    This was another thing I was worried about, obviously you need good stopping power with all that extra horsepower, but it seems none of the Big Brake Kits fit inside 15" wheels?
    Incorrect youngin

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    There is a pretty big variance between wheels for bbk clearance but I think most clear the popular 11 or even 11.75" kits with at most a small spacer.

    I did a little wiring this week. Got most of the indicators and warning lights, except the ebrake warning since I don't have the switch hooked up. Still need to get the senders in too.

    Just a little preview.


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    Package arrived today. Don't have time to unbox it.



    I was planning on sending my AD shocks out for a rebuild and was thinking of picking these up later in the year but then decided to blow a bunch of money now I'm going to have a liquidate a few pieces in storage to offset it.

    The Stack will have to take a back seat so I can get these installed and tested.

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    Just read thru it and i love everything you have done! A v8 miata is my realistic/obtainable dream car. I can't wait to see what is to come!

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    Xidas live up to the hype! I've been contemplating it for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger.



    They are the Gen 2 with 700/400 lbs/in dual springs with NB hats. At 8 clicks from full soft out of 20 and 4.0"/4.25" at the pinch welds, they ride tremendously well. I could go even lower and not worry about bottoming out if it weren't for my low hanging FM exhaust. It's hard to believe how well behaved they feel, and that's just on the street and hitting some pot holes. Can't wait to feel how they really perform where they were designed for.



    The orange knobs match nicely I installed a GarageStar MC brace also. Nice piece, the pedal really feels firmer at the bottom.

    Back to the Stack, can't get the tach to read. Got a bunch more resistors to try for the pull up.

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    My XIDA impressions are the same. I can't believe how well they work.

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    Rooster has XIDAs also, on twisty backroads they are IT. Steve knew what he was doing when he put them on the car.

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    Still working on the Stack. I made a wiring harness for the lights so I'm almost done with that.



    Still so many little odds and ends that take up so much time. I was hoping to do a shake down day at Thunderhill this week but only working on the car 4-5 hours in the last month isn't going to cut it. It's probably a blessing since it looks like it going to be 100F out there, but there really isn't another track day close by that I can make before MRLS in October. I'll have to figure out another way to work the bugs out.

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    The annual Miatas @ MRLS is 2 weeks away so I'm in a bit of a rush to get the little things done. Working on the dash and making a passenger seat mount, fire extinguisher mount and oil pan skid plate right now.

    I'm also going to try something new to get some traction.



    That's over 1 meter of Maxxis tread, 42" of section width. The wheels should be in tomorrow, nothing special, just something to experiment with.

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