What did you do to your ride today

Just dropped my car at the body shop to fix the damage from the jackhole that rear ended me into the car in front of me. Yeaaa no resale value. Time for racecar.

crapatalk, yes it sucks for free.

 

Yep, that's what I figured after I hit the deer. Gloves are off mod wise now because the car ain't worth shit anymore.

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New windshield wipers. The old Rain-X ones were good, but it's been over 3 years. At ~$18 each, I decided to try a new brand:
Found these for literally half the price (both blades included - 24" + 19" for a Pu):


The seem to be of decent quality. Not shoddy, not top-notch; thousands of ratings on Amazon putting them at 4.5 stars, though. The real test will be the first time it rains:




Fingers crossed.

 

Got an HPFP cover in wrinkle black from @Turbo_Steve ! Took one day to come in the mail since we live 20 minutes away from each other lol.

 

Got the Ultimate Racing Racepipe installed over the weekend. Even with the high flow cat on it, there is a noticeable increase in in-cabin volume above 3k RPM. While idling, it sounds the same as when I only had my Magnaflow CBE. Above 3k RPM, it makes the exhaust come alive and car sounds more aggressive. I like it and the wife likes it too. Volume levels are still pretty conservative. I think once I get the Ultimate Racing downpipe installed, the volume level will be perfect for what I want out of the car.

If you have the Magnaflow CBE and you think it is too quiet, install a Racepipe before deciding on a different CBE.

Not sure how much of a performance improvement it provided since I flashed to the basemap from Dizzy Tuning right after the install. That reminds me, I still owe Jason some datalogs.

 

I did a thing...

 

You forgot to put your tmic back on? How are your wheels doing?

crapatalk, yes it sucks for free.

 

HTP's? Very nice! I need to do that.
Were you able to clock the turbo with it in place, or did you have to remove it first? (noob question, I know, but I don't remember...)
Putting that EM heat shield back on, right?

 

Install blizzaks on the ND with a set of inexpensive sparco wheels.

 

I pulled the turbo to clock it and had to make my own IWG bracket since the BNR bracket does not work clocked. I guess this is why everyone else who does BNR S4 under route uses an EWG.

Heat shield will go back on once I have gotten everything running and checked for leaks! I also need to get new bolts for it since the little 8 mm head are rounded off on them now.

 

Ah, good to know. According to JBR, the S2 and S3 BNR brackets are totally reusable when clocking. Must be a different case with the S4's?

 

100% the case. It's not nearly long enough to clear the housing when clocked. It's super close as it is unclocked.

Car is running fantastically and ready to start tuning. Finally no boost leaks.

 

Cleaned it along with the misses 5 and changed the oil.

 

Are you guys getting a lot of snow this year Derrick? If so, how's the Miata doing with the winter tires?

 

It is the average amount of snow. With some fairly worn OEM tires and 120 lbs of whatever in the trunk the did ok. With the blizzaks it is a piece of cake.

Derrick

 

Derrick did you do anything for rust protection? I'm about to get an RF for the wife to daily.

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Locally they use a saline based de-icer here but it isn't that often. I just wash off the underside of the car every week and I have never had any problems with rust for the past 20 years I have been in the area.

-Derrick

 

Ahhh we have salt here, and even with some diy sealing, my speed 3 is not as rust free as I'd like. I might have to take the Miata to Zbart or similar every year.

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That is tough with salt. I would cringe driving my ND in that stuff on a regular basis.

 

WI road salt and brine = fuck my life