Well Spec Miata racing is some of the best racing I've seen so I think they're fine.
[QUOTE=bradley;34637696]*347[/QUOTE]
I actually knew that but it's just easier saying 350 as it's common. Now I look dumb :v:
[QUOTE=Watevaman;34637761]Well Spec Miata racing is some of the best racing I've seen so I think they're fine.[/QUOTE]
We're looking at the Mk2 models, probably the UK 'Sport' spec too which has the 1.8L engine with a tad more power and has a LSD and Bilstein Suspension which should make a good foundation for a project.
[QUOTE=edberg;34635698]use code reader[/QUOTE]
Its a city vehicle so I cannot, by law, do any maintenance on it.
Do it anyways. If they ask, SHOVE IT UP THEIR ASS.
[QUOTE=Milky;34638035]We're looking at the Mk2 models, probably the UK 'Sport' spec too which has the 1.8L engine with a tad more power and has a LSD and Bilstein Suspension which should make a good foundation for a project.[/QUOTE]
I owned a '99 NB, 1.8L sport for about 5 years. Absolutely fantastic car.
You definitely want the BP4W(1.8) and not the B6(1.6). there is much more aftermarket support for the BP.
Depending on what kind of racing you plan on getting into, the best recommendation I can make is to sort out tuning and turbocharge it. The Mazda B series are not like Honda motors, you can drop 10 grand (US$) in the engine and be lucky to make 160hp NA, but with a fraction of that you can make ~250hp reliably. It makes sense seeing that the B6/BP was [I]designed[/I] to be a turbo engine.
If you want to get the straight facts about these cars I would recomend signing up to MiataTurbo.net. But be warned, if you make posts asking dumb questions you will be made fun of and banned veryt quickly.
There are other forums out there such as Miata.net and clubroadster.org but they are full of misinformation.
[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;34636960]It'd be a WS6 with a LS1. And actually the Trans Am puts out around 40-50 more hp than the GT does with a bigger engine. Honestly, I'm not too concerned with safety, just enough so my parents will be satisfied.[/QUOTE]
That depends on what year GT youre talking about. The S197s from 05-09 made about 300 even, in '10 it increased by a couple ponies, and '11+ is over 400. Also, used GT500s can be had for not much now if you search around.
Either car is a good choice. With the LS motors you get a ton of aftermarket parts and can build up some pretty impressive NA power on the cheap, then throw a little nitrous on it if you need more power. With the 4.6 Mod motor youre usually going to be looking at forced induction to get real power. The good news is that you can turbocharge an S197 pretty easily. From what I understand, south of 500 can be done reliably on a stock 4.6 bottom end.
Throw some rods and pistons in there and a 4.6 can make some impressive numbers:
[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/lightblade543/z999.jpg[/img]
(Im pretty sure this is bone stock heads/cams and on pump gas. Im not sure how much boost though.)
I look forward to having my transmission fluid changed, but i don't look forward to doing it -_-. It's so fucking cold outside (to me). 35f, feels like 26f. Hopefully it fixes my transmission. If not, then i might just kill myself.
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Also, i learned that the transmission has been rebuilt in the past..
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638238]Do it anyways. If they ask, SHOVE IT UP THEIR ASS.[/QUOTE]
Cause driving a squad car into a auto shop and having them pop the hood isnt suspicious. It went into maintenance today.
[QUOTE=areolop;34638326]Cause driving a squad car into a auto shop and having them pop the hood isnt suspicious. It went into maintenance today.[/QUOTE]
You can go to autozone and have them read codes, and you don't even have to go under the hood to do it. Reading CELs is far from "performing maintenance".
[QUOTE=Disco_Potato;34638302]I owned a '99 NB, 1.8L sport for about 5 years. Absolutely fantastic car.
You definitely want the BP4W(1.8) and not the B6(1.6). there is much more aftermarket support for the BP.
Depending on what kind of racing you plan on getting into, the best recommendation I can make is to sort out tuning and turbocharge it. The Mazda B series are not like Honda motors, you can drop 10 grand (US$) in the engine and be lucky to make 160hp NA, but with a fraction of that you can make ~250hp reliably. It makes sense seeing that the B6/BP was [I]designed[/I] to be a turbo engine.
If you want to get the straight facts about these cars I would recomend signing up to MiataTurbo.net. But be warned, if you make posts asking dumb questions you will be made fun of and banned veryt quickly.
There are other forums out there such as Miata.net and clubroadster.org but they are full of misinformation.
That depends on what year GT youre talking about.
Used GT500s can be had for not much now if you search around.[/QUOTE]
Well my time frame is 05 and up (the Trans Am will be a hopeful exception) so I can't afford the new ones.
We're exchanging our Jaaaag X-Type 07 (which has plodded on happily for 51,000 miles bless it) tomorrow for a XF 2009 3.0D Portfolio S with all the bells and whistles installed, the test drive was awesomely smooth and we basically fell in love with it. There's one thing though: any tips when it comes to using keyless entry on cars nowadays? This is going to be our first keyless car, and we've already set the alarm off a couple of times by trying to open the doors while it's unlocked but the key is too far away (which results in a frantic dash to get the keys)
Put the fob in your pocket, make sure you touch the sensor or button on the handle. You're golden then.
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638725]Put the fob in your pocket, make sure you touch the sensor or button on the handle. You're golden then.[/QUOTE]
What about if the driver goes off for a cup of tea and purposely leaves it unlocked, in our experience that sets the alarm off while allowing access
They should just have a piezo beep then eventually it will shut off and lock the doors.
That's what the new Optima does, not sure about Jaaaggs.
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Heh, look at this:
[url]http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/2844926905.html[/url]
Are they actually rare?
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638846]They should just have a piezo beep then eventually it will shut off and lock the doors.
That's what the new Optima does, not sure about Jaaaggs.[/QUOTE]
Aha, looking through the manual (which jaaaag provides on their website which is fucking awesome) there's this thing called passive locking:
[quote][b]Passive arming[/b]
This vehicle is fitted with a passive arming feature which can, if enabled, automatically arm the anti-theft system. Passive arming will automatically arm the perimeter alarm system 30 seconds after the driver's door is closed, provided all doors, bonnet and luggage compartment are closed, the ignition is switched off and there are no valid Jaguar Smart Keys inside the vehicle.
It will also automatically arm the perimeter alarm system 30 seconds after the vehicle is unlocked, if none of the doors or the luggage compartment are opened.
Passive arming will not lock the vehicle, although access to the luggage compartment via the interior or exterior release buttons will be inhibited and the fuel filler flap will be locked.
Passive arming can be disabled/enabled using the touch-screen. See PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE CONTROL (page 21).[/quote]
Sounds like something that's getting disabled right away
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638846]
Heh, look at this:
[url]http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/2844926905.html[/url]
Are they actually rare?[/QUOTE]
I believe they are, I've only seen one other one on sale, I think it was in the UK.
One time my civic locked me out. I unlocked the doors with the fob, and got in and put my keys in the ignition and turned them all the way to the position right before it will turn over the engine, and then opened my trunk and got out. Well, the doors will automatically lock after x amount of time if you don't start the car. So i did that, got out of my car to get a rubber floor mat out of the trunk (had my dirty rc car to sit in the passenger floor board), and shut the door behind me. I immediately realized it had locked and i was had my friends house with no spare key (at all).
FORTUNATELY i had opened the trunk to get that mat, and pulled the lever to collapse the back seats and crawled through the trunk. It made me look like a genius.
[QUOTE=Dylan_94;34639339]One time my civic locked me out. I unlocked the doors with the fob, and got in and put my keys in the ignition and turned them all the way to the position right before it will turn over the engine, and then opened my trunk and got out. Well, the doors will automatically lock after x amount of time if you don't start the car. So i did that, got out of my car to get a rubber floor mat out of the trunk (had my dirty rc car to sit in the passenger floor board), and shut the door behind me. I immediately realized it had locked and i was had my friends house with no spare key (at all).
FORTUNATELY i had opened the trunk to get that mat, and pulled the lever to collapse the back seats and crawled through the trunk. It made me look like a genius.[/QUOTE]
reminds me of my brothers celica, he had shaved doors so we couldn't open them from the outside, I don't remember why, but we pulled over and stopped, engine running, got out of the car...
we ended up jumping through the sun roof... :v:
[QUOTE=Disco_Potato;34638302]I owned a '99 NB, 1.8L sport for about 5 years. Absolutely fantastic car.
You definitely want the BP4W(1.8) and not the B6(1.6). there is much more aftermarket support for the BP.
Depending on what kind of racing you plan on getting into, the best recommendation I can make is to sort out tuning and turbocharge it. The Mazda B series are not like Honda motors, you can drop 10 grand (US$) in the engine and be lucky to make 160hp NA, but with a fraction of that you can make ~250hp reliably. It makes sense seeing that the B6/BP was [I]designed[/I] to be a turbo engine.
If you want to get the straight facts about these cars I would recomend signing up to MiataTurbo.net. But be warned, if you make posts asking dumb questions you will be made fun of and banned veryt quickly.
There are other forums out there such as Miata.net and clubroadster.org but they are full of misinformation.[/QUOTE]
It will be used for the odd track day, I have a Racing Puma but that's my daily and we want a project car that hasn't already had everything done to it that it needs. Yea we were definitely getting a 1.8, and as you said we were looking into turbo-charging it somepoint down the line, handling and breaks would be sorted first though I think.
[QUOTE=Dylan_94;34639339]One time my civic locked me out. I unlocked the doors with the fob, and got in and put my keys in the ignition and turned them all the way to the position right before it will turn over the engine, and then opened my trunk and got out. Well, the doors will automatically lock after x amount of time if you don't start the car. So i did that, got out of my car to get a rubber floor mat out of the trunk (had my dirty rc car to sit in the passenger floor board), and shut the door behind me. I immediately realized it had locked and i was had my friends house with no spare key (at all).
FORTUNATELY i had opened the trunk to get that mat, and pulled the lever to collapse the back seats and crawled through the trunk. It made me look like a genius.[/QUOTE]
One time Jap left his keys at a cafe we went to and when we got all the way back to his car across town we learned that my EF key worked in his EG. :v
[QUOTE=Milky;34638035]We're looking at the Mk2 models, probably the UK 'Sport' spec too which has the 1.8L engine with a tad more power and has a LSD and Bilstein Suspension which should make a good foundation for a project.[/QUOTE]
There is NO car better for track than the Miata. I'd ditch the bilsteins, go with a Flyin' Miata suspension setup, comes with tokico illuminas, sways, and springs, it's what I had on my NB and I've never felt a car handle as well as it did. I've driven (not owned) MR2's, Lotuses, Porches, e30's, all the classic track cars just can't handle as well as a Miata.
Just makes me realize how much I miss my NB. :(
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638846]They should just have a piezo beep then eventually it will shut off and lock the doors.
That's what the new Optima does, not sure about Jaaaggs.
[editline]10th February 2012[/editline]
Heh, look at this:
[url]http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/2844926905.html[/url]
Are they actually rare?[/QUOTE]
Sort of. I saw one for sale here, but only once. They aren't common at all.
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34638846]They should just have a piezo beep then eventually it will shut off and lock the doors.
That's what the new Optima does, not sure about Jaaaggs.
[editline]10th February 2012[/editline]
Heh, look at this:
[url]http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/2844926905.html[/url]
Are they actually rare?[/QUOTE]
In '94 they only made the convertible and it was only automatic.
Also there were 1391 of them made.
[QUOTE=Aetna;34639627]There is NO car better for track than the Miata. I'd ditch the bilsteins, go with a Flyin' Miata suspension setup, comes with tokico illuminas, sways, and springs, it's what I had on my NB and I've never felt a car handle as well as it did. I've driven (not owned) MR2's, Lotuses, Porches, e30's, all the classic track cars just can't handle as well as a Miata.
Just makes me realize how much I miss my NB. :([/QUOTE]
I have to respectfully disagree with you about the shocks. The Illuminas are decent for a street car but are not enough for the kind of springrates you want on a dedicated track car.
My recommendation would be to get Koni sports and ground control adjustable perches, or the next logical step up would be Tein monoflex "coilovers". Or, if youre really pinching pennies you can re-valve the billsteins with pretty good results.
Did you have an NB1 or NB2?
I ran a RB front swaybar on my NB1 with a stock rear swaybar and found the steering to be pretty neutral, maybe a little prone to understeer. From what Ive seen most NB2 guys will run with no rear swaybar or at the most just the stocker because their more prone to oversteering.
I actually kinda like it in Convertible.
i want to build an electric miata one day
huge rc track car
[QUOTE=Aetna;34639627]There is NO car better for track than the Miata.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.caterham.co.uk/assets/images/showroom/R500/r500a.jpg[/img]
Except lol England.
[QUOTE=bradley;34584204]For anyone wondering I live in Kellyville, Oklahoma. Meetup would likely be in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, or Tulsa.[/QUOTE]
30 hours and...just under 2000 miles...wish I knew what kind of gas mileage I got. Second car I've owned with a non working Odometer.
[editline]10th February 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Super_Noodle;34642312][img]http://www.caterham.co.uk/assets/images/showroom/R500/r500a.jpg[/img]
Except lol England.[/QUOTE]
But that's more of a street legal gokart.
[editline]10th February 2012[/editline]
OH! I found an Emissions report for my truck from 2004, and it's got the same Mileage listed on the sheet as on my broken Odometer does now. In 2012. :v:
Hurr, my windshield washer hasn't been working in weeks and it starts to annoy me.
I do not know if it's the pump, frozen nozzles/cables/piping, or the steering control handle... Shall be looking into that later on this week or something, I still have a spare steering, so I could maybe swap the control arm from it...
[QUOTE=Del91;34642377]But that's more of a street legal gokart.
[/QUOTE]
Ah, but he said best car for the [b]track[/b].
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