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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Meh.... so no real updates lately. Have been busy with holidays and business so all my money and time and gone into them. First world problems?

    Only thing I've done is add a new sticker, visit Zen Garage and goto to the last JDMST/Downshift meet.

    Zen Garage Visit - http://omgpham.com/zen-garage-visit
    Downshift March 2012 Meet - http://omgpham.com/downshift-meet-march-2012
    More photos by other people - http://omgpham.com/downshift-meet-march-2012-others




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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    GarageStar x T3 ITB Adapters - http://omgpham.com/garagestar-x-t3-itb-adapters

    I've been a slacker... I've had my ITB parts for months now and yet to install them. Well today I've started pulling the AE101 ITBs apart to clean and possibly paint. I also took the adapter plate to Chilton Engineering, can never recommend them enough, and had them check it over to make sure everything was flat. Unfortunately, the side that bolts to the head wasn't very flat at all. This was concerning because there are water outlet/inlets on that side of the head and I didn't want to risk water leaking into the intake.

    Photos below of the amazing looking adapter and the re-surface that Chilton did for me.





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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! psulja's Avatar
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    A+ thread! Love all the detailed pictures. That's a tiny steering wheel lol! Just liked your Facebook page
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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power The Platypus's Avatar
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    Dope shiz man!
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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Thanks guys!


    Another update... http://omgpham.com/short-shifter-x-dildo

    OK so I bought myself a short shifter (short throw) a couple of months back with the intention of using a very tall shift knob. The idea is to reduce the throw enough so that using a tall shift knob will cancel each other out and the throw is close to standard. However, the shifter will be a lot closer to the steering wheel for faster gear changes. WIN-WIN!

    If using the tall knob with factory shifter, the throw was stupidly long (just too ridiculous). And using the short shifter kit (short throw) with a standard shift knob made it very difficult to select gears because of how short the throw was.

    The shift knob I'm using was a prototype I machined awhile back:
    http://omgpham.com/prototype-gear-knobs


    Obviously the first step was to remove the center console and old shifter.


    Also a little surprise... the new lower shifter boot I replaced not long ago is already ripped!



    Removed the factory plastic bush (keep this for later) and installed the supplied aluminium spacer, slot side down. Should sit just below the top, enough room for the plastic bushing.



    Then installed the supplied plastic bushing, the piece on top the supplied top spacer with the locator towards the front. Make sure the holes line up with the original.


    Secure everything with supplied bolts and top plate, top part of the shifter is then installed.


    And completed!

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift I<3flippyheadlights's Avatar
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    Love this car! But I have to ask, are you going to be daily driving with the IRTB's? Also is the price of the AE101's with an adapter plate worth the difference from the jenvey one? I heard they can be a pain compared to the plug and play jenvey kit.
    1990 Miata, she was red but now she is Spirit Green!

    http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....d-a-love-story <--- build thread!

    Also check out the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/IHeartFlippyHeadlights !!! Its a facebook page dedicated to the awesomeness which is flippyheadlights! Not me, but the actual headlights! High time someone noticed how awesome these things are; check it out!

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by I<3flippyheadlights View Post
    Love this car! But I have to ask, are you going to be daily driving with the IRTB's? Also is the price of the AE101's with an adapter plate worth the difference from the jenvey one? I heard they can be a pain compared to the plug and play jenvey kit.
    Thanks mate!

    Car isn't really daily driven, but I've talked to a few people with ITB setups that have a good tune and daily driving isn't an issue. A lot of cars come with ITB from factory so it shouldn't be too bad and I've looked into running a idle air control valve too, that will make idle a lot smother.

    Well I picked up my kit very cheap 2nd hand so definitely worth it over the Jenvey, but the Jenvey isn't really plug and play either. Still need to fiddle around when installing and definitely need to get a propery tune just like the AE101 with an adapter.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift I<3flippyheadlights's Avatar
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    Ah ok. I'm still deciding between a small turbo or an ITB setup for daily driving. Gonna cost about the same, both will be a pain... just need decide what I want. Thanks for the heads up
    1990 Miata, she was red but now she is Spirit Green!

    http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....d-a-love-story <--- build thread!

    Also check out the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/IHeartFlippyHeadlights !!! Its a facebook page dedicated to the awesomeness which is flippyheadlights! Not me, but the actual headlights! High time someone noticed how awesome these things are; check it out!

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by I<3flippyheadlights View Post
    Ah ok. I'm still deciding between a small turbo or an ITB setup for daily driving. Gonna cost about the same, both will be a pain... just need decide what I want. Thanks for the heads up
    Go turbo!! Hands down a turbo setup will give you more power and torque, the economical choice for sure.

    Only reason I'm doing ITB is because I got them for real cheap and I'm the type of person that loves to play around with different things, but later on I'm definitely going forced induction.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift I<3flippyheadlights's Avatar
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    But I only want 140-150 HP
    1990 Miata, she was red but now she is Spirit Green!

    http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....d-a-love-story <--- build thread!

    Also check out the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/IHeartFlippyHeadlights !!! Its a facebook page dedicated to the awesomeness which is flippyheadlights! Not me, but the actual headlights! High time someone noticed how awesome these things are; check it out!

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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! WASABI's Avatar
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    Great build. Thanks for putting in the extra work, with all of your detailed pictures and descriptions. You have a new follower (subscribe to thread/blog/facebook)

    -Cheers,

    Jim

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Behind The Scenes - http://omgpham.com/behind-the-scenes

    Me and a few mates have been working hard on developing a new product for our Roadsters, it's been underway for over a month now but we're getting close to finishing our first batch. Testing was a tedious process but we wanted to make sure the fitment was dead on.

    So here are some behind the scene photos =)


    The raw materials.



    The CNC lathe working hard.



    The completed components ready to be tig welded.

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Caoboy's Avatar
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    What could these be?

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    ITB Strip & Clean - http://omgpham.com/itb-strip-clean

    So my AE101 Toyota ITBs are filthy, full of grime and covered in weird corrosion stuff. I can't mentally install them without giving them a "refresh". I initially attempted to clean them by hand but to no avail, so I decided to get them professionally sand blasted.


    The dirty yuk throttle bodies.



    The screws holding the butterfly in are secured from factory by "mushrooming" the ends of the thread, this effectively prevents the screwd from backing out and getting into your engine. So I've had to drill out the screws to disassemble.


    I then cleaned the butterflies as well as the insides of the throttle bodies, easily enough with some elbow grease a scotch-brite pad.



    Because the throttle bodies use ball-bearings and seals for the main shaft, I had to tape off all openings before I take them to the sand blaster.



    All the parts prepped and sorted out so I don't misplace anything, hopefully get a chance to drop it off to the sand blaster next week.

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Decided I'm going to save up and get my head ported/machined as well as throwing in some billet cam shafts. So ITBs will be gathering more dust while I save up for the head work...


    Most of the ITB bits... all billet aluminium and murdered out

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