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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby Nevyn72 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:12 pm

Cus wrote:Found my keys.
Didn't actually calm down.
Fixed the car.

Are you sure you're not related to Speed there Cus? :shock:
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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby Cus » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:19 pm

Nevyn72 wrote:You know, hopeless is a word I could be using around about now......... :roll: :mrgreen:

Nevyn72 wrote:Are you sure you're not related to Speed there Cus? :shock:


Maybe not genetically, but definitely in spirit :P

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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby Nevyn72 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:35 pm

Cus wrote:Maybe not genetically, but definitely in spirit :P


I know Speed and have seen pictures of you Cus..... Don't be so sure....... :|
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Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:02 pm

Cus wrote:I think it's a "my baby is broken" thing. Far more serious than work!

Freaked out because I was going to be late.
Bought the wrong nuts & bolts.
Freaked out more.
Locked myself out of the house.
Continued freaking out.
Borrowed a screwdriver off a neighbour so I could unscrew the window flyscreens.
Found my keys.
Didn't actually calm down.
Fixed the car.
Mad dash to the Lego.

Played with lego, built the biggest single-colour pyramid in a 10 minute "build-off". We - My sister, her husband and I - accidentally got a little bit competitive, the niece was bringing us pocket fulls of bricks, and the nephew was using the bricks to build something entirely different... but we destroyed those other kids, and won .... nothing at all. haha It was serious business!

It ended up being an awesome day!


You know exactly what I mean.
I really enjoy your stories, probably because I can relate to them.

Your nephew is going to be a wild card.. legend! :)

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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:05 pm

Nevyn72 wrote:You know, hopeless is a word I could be using around about now......... :roll: :mrgreen:


Hopelessy awesome!

We all have our vices. Mine is cars and yours is that special room :)

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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:06 pm

Nevyn72 wrote:
Cus wrote:Maybe not genetically, but definitely in spirit :P


I know Speed and have seen pictures of you Cus..... Don't be so sure....... :|

We do share a similar "ingenuity".
:D

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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:28 pm

Spark plugs.

I've been reading about what spark plugs I should use now that I'm turboed and on COP's.

The concensus was to go for BKR7E and gap them between 0.81 to 0.889mm.

So I picked up the new plugs and gapped them at 0.85mm.

Hopefully that does the job.

One more sleep till drop off and 2 more sleeps until I drove home tuned :)

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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby StanTheMan » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:27 am

Count Down is on speed.

very very excited for you.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

and $550 for that troll bar is a real good price. It was calling for you.
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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:05 am

StanTheMan wrote:Count Down is on speed.

very very excited for you.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

and $550 for that troll bar is a real good price. It was calling for you.

Thanks Stan,

I've been on the look out for a proper roll bar since I sold the polished mazdaspeed bar.

Had to find one that suited my NB soft top.

Will put in the new plugs today and drop the car off.

Am itching to see what the car drives like on a proper tune with more boost.

At the moment it feels like 105/110kw, so the difference should be vast in comparison.



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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby mk » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:20 am

I'll race you

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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:55 am

mk wrote:I'll race you

Haha.

Was going to text you about spark plugs. If you're still running bkr6e with 1mm gap, you should switch to bkr7e and gap them down. 9mm will probably suit since you're not running much boost.

Also, what settings do you use on your yellowspeeds? They recommend 12 clicks out from soft for front and 8 clicks for rears for standard.
I find the rears way to bouncy at those settings.

Cheers.


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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby Alex 2550 » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:04 pm

best of luck with it mate!
quick question, remember being a kid? got that night before christmas feeling yet? lol :D

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Re: RE: Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby speed » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 pm

Alex 2550 wrote:best of luck with it mate!
got that night before christmas feeling yet? lol :D


Thanks Alex, I sure do even though I know what I'm getting but just not sure how she will go.

Fingers crossed :)

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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby Alex 2550 » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:28 pm

it will be fine, with all the hard work, meticulous preparation and research you have done i have no doubt that it will show in the results both on the dyno and behind the wheel. :D

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Re: Speed's boosted NA6

Postby mk » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:52 pm

The dyno readings are only numbers
You must enjoy the way the car drives
I've only got 128kw @ the wheels
I love the way it drives
Like a stock standard mx5 with double the power
You don't want a lag monster
It's the smile it puts on your face
That's the smile dyno


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