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marlonthegreat
11-17-2012, 07:35 AM
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maharaj
11-17-2012, 07:43 AM
Daaaaaamn! Your car looks sweet! What size rims and tires do you have?! Those things are massive!
iKhanh
11-17-2012, 02:15 PM
absolutely love what you've done to your car. pretty inspiring.
RotorNutFD3S
11-17-2012, 07:00 PM
Wow! That looks good!
Ciotti
11-17-2012, 08:18 PM
Holy crap, who makes it?
morr
11-17-2012, 10:23 PM
Dang, that looks amazing! I'm guessing it's custom since it fits perfectly around your muffler and tow hooks...
Phatmiata
11-18-2012, 09:51 AM
That has to be the best looking diffuser ive seen for a Miata yet!!! :frantic:

Where did you find this? Jet Stream or something? Its a work of art!
marlonthegreat
11-18-2012, 10:09 AM
designed by yours truly :)

but a lot of credit goes to my fabricator

...and to all miata community that I'm privileged to be a part of just like this site. you guys had all of these ideas, I just made it a reality :)
nickpic83
11-18-2012, 01:05 PM
Great work. Best one ive seen yet. U should be very proud. I would be just to own it and u not only own it u made it!
iKhanh
11-18-2012, 03:47 PM
how much time and money did you spend on this? just curious. maybe you could make some more and sell for profit?!
marlonthegreat
11-18-2012, 06:03 PM
about two weeks work of mold making and final product
CMP
11-19-2012, 11:57 AM
Shut up and take my money!
Demon I Am
11-19-2012, 01:13 PM
wow, that is so nice
Roadster
11-19-2012, 02:24 PM
Well done pare'!!!
marlonthegreat
12-17-2012, 03:08 AM
I had the chance to try and test the diffuser in the last leg of our Miata Cup.

It may have contributed somehow to bringing down lap times coz in Leg 1 best time was 2:59.965 while in Leg 3 best time was 2:45.053 SAME TRACK. No other mods installed between races except with the addition of this diffuser.
Mr.Woolery
12-17-2012, 06:47 PM
This is cool, but I gotta ask...how do you keep the diff cool? This looks like it'd trap heat in the rear end, eventually cooking gear oil and the diff.
wannafbody
12-18-2012, 10:08 PM
I had the chance to try and test the diffuser in the last leg of our Miata Cup.

It may have contributed somehow to bringing down lap times coz in Leg 1 best time was 2:59.965 while in Leg 3 best time was 2:45.053 SAME TRACK. No other mods installed between races except with the addition of this diffuser.

I have a hard time thinking the diffuser could drop 14 seconds from your lap time or am I misunderstanding something?
m00se
12-22-2012, 02:21 PM
that looks really hot, but a functional diffuser needs a flat underbody. Its against physics if this thing works. But it looks damn hot indeed :D