Well, how was the track day man? Did the car do ok? You have fun?
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Originally Posted by mlomker
Front o2 threw another CEL. I lost one of the muffler bolts on the track. Didn't realize that until the ride home, though.
Months and months of issues and this whole build for an uber-track setup, and all you can say is you lost a muffler bolt? C'mon man, did you have a blast tearing it up on the track or what? Or did you just do a few laps and call it quits after the CEL?
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
C'mon man, did you have a blast tearing it up on the track or what?
I'm a noob, what can I say. I spent most of the day frustrated with my lack of ability. I never quite had a 'good' lap on the long course. My last session on the short course was good by my measure--I hit the line very well for a couple laps. I'm slow because I don't know what the limits of the car are and I'm afraid to find them.
My instructor was one of the instructors with the BMW club. He took me for a ride in his M3 and DAMN. I think I still have imprints from the harnesses on my chest.
I'm definitely going to do one of their 'car control' days when I get a chance.
It threw two P0137's (rear o2) but that could be from losing the bolt on one of the two mufflers. It had previous recorded three P0136's (front o2) in the last few weeks.
I ordered a new o2 today just to have it on hand. If I could just convince this exhaust to stay on the car...
If I could just convince this exhaust to stay on the car...
You don't have the magnaflow catback by chance do you? I know I watched scheides' old one just pop right off the hanger before. The rod part of the hanger didn't have the little edge on it to keep it inside the rubber.
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Originally Posted by scheides
I swing from the nuts of cold hard data. Anything less is a guess.
You don't have the magnaflow catback by chance do you? I know I watched scheides' old one just pop right off the hanger before. The rod part of the hanger didn't have the little edge on it to keep it inside the rubber.
That wasn't my magnaflow, that was the ghetto catback that came on the car when I got it, made by a shop in SD. The magnaflow has given me zero issues.
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
What track were you guys running? Short or long course?
Long in the morning and short in the afternoon.
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Originally Posted by scheides
The magnaflow has given me zero issues.
This is actually the nuts working off the bolts. This is the third bolt/nut that I've lost. I picked up some lock washers for the replacement hardware. We'll see if that does it.
That wasn't my magnaflow, that was the ghetto catback that came on the car when I got it, made by a shop in SD. The magnaflow has given me zero issues.
Oh, gotcha. Thought it was a magnaflow ;(
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Originally Posted by scheides
I swing from the nuts of cold hard data. Anything less is a guess.
The Magnaflow hangars are very well designed, no way they'll ever pop off. My guess is they actually be harder to get out of the rubber hangars than stock.
You should have asked to use our camera between sessions. We only took a few videos but haven't looked at any of them yet.
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Motorcycle cop pulls up next to me on UNI and says "Want to race?"
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Cop says "probably not" and drives off.
Surge tank working for you? No starving in the carousel or on the long turns?
Fueling seems to be solid. I saw KnockCEL once when I was entering the main straight but I'm not sure what that was about. It was the only time that I saw knock indicated. AFRs were running mid-12's most of the day...at least on my gauge.
The good news is that it looks unlikely that the muffler is going to fall off. The bad news is that the one bolt holding it on is now stripped. hmpf. I guess I'll be swinging by an exhaust place tomorrow.
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