NitroDann's Long Awaited Garage Thread

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:25 pm

If they made the rules that it became an official all in drift day when it rains it would solve a lot of problems.

The 1 hour guys had an amazing battle in the wet.

Dann

little decks · Postby **little decks** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:19 pm

Dann, it was nice to meet you and have a catch up while we watched the races... but lets call an apple an apple here, the track wasn't wet when that time was laid down, here is the Natsoft link to the times http://racing.natsoft.com.au/635570730/object_13359904.91C/Result?14. I think the other times of the MX5s on slicks tell a vastly different story. I will grant you that the track was slippery due to the cold but relative to the other MX5 race cars your off the pace. The Hydra-Wash did a 1:06:8 with Dad 5 mins earlier and Shane Otten did a 1:05:5 in the same session.... I don't discount the car looks like it has potential and you have done ok, but you won't get an idea if the car will do all the things you want it to do until it runs for atleast 6 laps at that pace. Good job though.

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:30 pm

Completely agree with you.

The shop built cars have some great experienced drivers also, well done to all of you, its a long road ahead to compete with the pro's. Pat was pretty disappointed that it rained, he hasnt raced the car in a year and so much has changed on it.

Im a bit embarassed to admit that the run that he did his quickest time on he had actually left the LHF wheel a tiny bit loose after removing them to modify the front splitter mounts and had pad knockoff, if you remember I asked you what you thought the cause might be.
I drove it and it took 2 full pumps to get anything, all in all it was bad luck that the 2 driest sessions were a loss due to the splitter and the brakes not working.

Amateurs gonna amateur.

Cannot wait for next event.

Dann

Muzdaman · Postby **Muzdaman** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:34 am

Great to hear the cooling issues have been resolved. When is the next event?

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:03 pm

Car looked impressive Dann look forward to seeing it out there again. Live and learn, can only get quicker.

Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:29 pm

SMP in 2 weeks at the club day,

Im pretty sure its south circuit right? Not exactly the place for it, but at the least will give a good idea of the driveability, however so far we are pretty damned chuffed with that.

Dann

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:40 pm

Yeah south circuit. Hopefully dry, though with the way the weather has been.....

Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:43 pm

No kidding, but it will be there with full aero slicks and 325hp, the point of the megasquirt EBC is never needing to turn the boost down, just use the throttle, as its boost by throttle position.

Dann

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:27 am

That splitter was pretty effective wow! I know they are hugely helpful for reducing drag and uplift, didn't realise they generate so much downforce too. For my car running 2f you can't do anything really for rear aero but there is a bit more freedom at the front end.

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:42 pm

Here is a bunch of bits and pieces.

Offset intake ready to be enclosed for engineering.

A hidden turbosmart BOV, however recirc again for engineering.

Looking pretty tough, massive front mount.

And for the NB guys,

Cute Mazda thinks its a Supra

2.5" SS on this side..

2" on this side, traditional sizing.

Good luck with defects.

These food/chemical grade reducers are gorgeous.

Oh hi there :mrgreen:

Complete intercooler kit as seen above.

Dann

MrRevhead · Postby **MrRevhead** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:47 pm

The stamping on the metal makes it look OEM lol

Nice work, keep the pics coming :beer:

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:04 pm

Great work Dann, love that reducer.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:29 pm

Quit "dicking about" and finish off my car

Nah, not that rushed yet, I ordered my CP pistons early last week when the Aussie $ was still US$0.97 so they'll take at least 3 weeks to get here since I ordered the top coating too.

Now that you're a sponsor, you'll need a logo too and should consider putting it on your creations too.

A.Chen89 · Postby **A.Chen89** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:33 pm

Good to see more mx5's getting on the choo choo!

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:07 pm

Heres a new one.

Im going to do the T02 tiny turbo conversion I promised for 2000 bucks.

But only because the turbo itself owes me nothing, regardless its brand new, the car will use its full straight through mandrel 2" system, with this setup, which will work ok for this teeny weenie turbo.

As you can see the car currently has a Works Engineering universal intake, and full exhaust system.

These three are the stock SE turbo (the IHI), middle is the Garrett T02, also known as AiResearch M10 which is going on this build, on the right is the good old T28 (GT2560r).

This build is super super simple, its basically my idea of a greddy system, done right.

Its a small greddy like turbo, good for 180whp maxed out, a basic, bulletproof, and good for response log manifold, Ill be doing a 2.5" SS downpipe and mating it to the current 2" straight through system.
Im doing a basic Unifilter intake, and a crossover pipe, along with oil feed and return.
So far, its very much like a greddy, with its simple manifold, except that this will have a big 2.5" downpipe, full straight through exhaust, and the big thing, a fully standalone MegaSquirt plug and play 2, ecu.

So here it is, can you turbo an mx5 for 2000 dollars, yes.

How much power will it make, guesstimate around 130whp, which is 40-50% more than stock. It will have double the stock torque and plenty of response and midrange, much like a V6 swap.

Future upgrade path is intercooler, injectors, exhaust, then T25 or T28, all the way to 300whp.

Dann