IRTB's

kula · Postby **kula** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:53 pm

somebody get a video camera!

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:04 pm

that looks awesome slammer, well done!

slammer · Postby **slammer** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:41 am

Cheers guys, thanks for your support..posted on the big board as well..
Now lets all pray for a fine sunny cold day

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?p=2526622#post2526622

Astroboysoup · Postby **Astroboysoup** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:52 am

im so jealous

timk · Postby **timk** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:32 pm

Wow, those numbers are impressive!

slammer · Postby **slammer** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:20 pm

Car goes back for the final tune tomorrow, it'll be worth doing a compression check after the \"swallowing of the socks\" episode at Wakefield..keep you posted

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:38 pm

slammer wrote:Car goes back for the final tune tomorrow, it'll be worth doing a compression check after the "swallowing of the socks" episode at Wakefield..keep you posted

Im not a fan of the socks, will probably run screens or nothing when i get mine

CT · Postby CT » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:36 pm

Socks are fine - never had any probs with mine but they had the springs inside them so there is no way they will get sucked in and secondly, they were zip tied for extra security. Redline ones work well.

ben wilson · Postby **ben wilson** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:15 pm

A friend of mine had to fit mesh over the end of the springs on his rally car to stop it inhaling socks.

It never seemed to hurt the motor though...

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:49 pm

Can someone explane \"inhaling socks\" to me please?

I've got an image of the filter over each inlet being sucked inside the throttle body...

slammer · Postby **slammer** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:33 pm

Bevan, that's exactly what happened. The socks must have been 12years old and that's all I had due to the late finish (or half finish) of the tune.

They had rotted away and were sucked into the intake, had to dig each one out from the throttle bodies, made quite a difference in power, but by then the rain had settled in :roll:

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:14 pm

How does this not damage the engine?

ben wilson · Postby **ben wilson** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:44 pm

Engines are tougher than you'd think. Soft foam vs steel and aluminium, which do you think is going to win?

You might get a bit of excess wear from running unflitered air, but other than that, it should be OK.