Operation TLC

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:51 am

Looks great

Ice88 · Postby **Ice88** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:01 pm

zossy1 wrote:So... You have big cams. Low rpm torque is never going to be that great!! ;)

Yeah a 270+ degree cam with a considerable amount of overlap will bleed a lot of compression.

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:39 pm

Agree with zossy and ice but adding that itbs make it worse. I basically have atmosphere pressure at anything over 30% throttle under normal driving revs.

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bruce · Postby **bruce** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:10 pm

Nice.
What brand is the coolant reservoir? Is it a straight fit?
What have you done to your park lights?

ndragun · Postby **ndragun** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:30 am

Hey bruce,

The parkers are just smoked-black replacements. The old ones were cracked - so just decided to replace them with a darker pair that matched the wrap a little better.
The overflow tank is a Moroso unit - and is indeed just a bolt-on replacement.

http://www.mossmiata.com/Shop/ViewProdu ... exID=79099

I love how the blurb on this page says its "engineered for performance"... :lol:

If and when I ever get the tune right, I'll report back on how many extra kilowatts I've gained from it :roll:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:32 am

Waiting to see the results. Having another ITB build in the Brisbane area will be great especially when each build has been done differently.

ndragun · Postby **ndragun** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:51 am

Might be a long wait though based on the rate of progress I'm making at the moment.
It's the first thing to be put on the back-burner every time something comes up.

I had intended to play a bit more with the tune on the weekend and get some logging over to Grant for a bit of a once-over, but never got the chance.

Have also since noticed a little puddle of purple red line shockproof on the driveway. Looks like the guys that rebuilt the gearbox didn't replace the rear seal... So that's now yet another job on the todo list.

Have to remind myself every now and again that this is meant to be a hobby, not a chore.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:55 am

ndragun wrote:Have to remind myself every now and again that this is meant to be a hobby, not a chore.

Personally I would have to say for me it is something to be dríven not an expense.

Will still have to try and have a MX5 ITB meet one day.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:04 pm

Thanks for that.
Didn't realize it was a vinyl wrap, it looks good.

3gress · Postby **3gress** » Tue May 05, 2015 2:14 pm

Hi mate, just read this build thread from start to finish and had to say awesome build. I have a jenvey kit on my 97 astina (ghe770 on www.astinagt.com) and things would have been way easier for me if I was aware of all the itb builds on here. Anyways hope it is happening for you fella.

ndragun · Postby **ndragun** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:50 pm

Back from the dead again... Only seem to be getting one or two days per month lately to do anything except work.
Today was its first wash in an awful long time;

Followed by a dirty great big retina-scorching red stripe;

Postby **mrpham** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:11 pm

How's the car going now mate?

ndragun · Postby **ndragun** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:28 pm

mrpham wrote:How's the car going now mate?

Hey mate,

Not too much progress to be honest. The past 6 months have been brutal work-wise. That's the way it goes though when you work for yourself - you've got to take it while its there!!

Only just the other week though I managed to at least pull the engine again to hunt down a little oil leak that's been bugging the hell out of me. I pulled the engine thinking it was the half-moon seal at the front and that I was going to have to re-seal the oil pan, only to find that it was actually from the camshaft seals.

Coming up to a bit of free time now though, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can sweet-talk gslender in to finally helping with the tune! I tinker with it every now and again, and have at least managed to get it relatively driveable, but it needs a lot of work.

Got an exciting weekend coming up next weekend though. I've got a set of 6ULs and Wilwood front brakes in the post