That's weird that the MAF sensor would just crap out like that. Did it get jarred just right when it was removed or something? Glad to hear its running!
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God what a joke, I SWEAR I tried to start the car w/o the maf but I'm guessing I tried unplugging the cam sensors instead. I'll try and get murlo's maf tomorrow and swap it in for mine. Hopeufully that is it, maybe I can spray mine down with some maf cleaner or something. I don't know how it would have gotten damaged sitting on my workbench, in the middle of the the intake tube it hardly could have gotten dirty! It reads like 1.2V in evoscan when idling and 1.8v when I rev it so it *is* reading something. Just weird.
Spent the rest of the night bolting the hood back on, oil change, torquing crank pulley, and getting the snow tires down from the attic. I wanna drive the thing so bad but work again just owns me. Fingers crossed on this job I interviewed for yesterday!
Wheels are sitting next to the car, I'll bolt them on and take it out for a spin tomorrow as soon as I get home from work, hopefully before the snow comes!
Thanks again for all the help everyone, couldn't have done it w/o you!
I have a vid of the startup, I'll post it soon.
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I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
God what a joke, I SWEAR I tried to start the car w/o the maf but I'm guessing I tried unplugging the cam sensors instead. I'll try and get murlo's maf tomorrow and swap it in for mine. Hopeufully that is it, maybe I can spray mine down with some maf cleaner or something. I don't know how it would have gotten damaged sitting on my workbench, in the middle of the the intake tube it hardly could have gotten dirty! It reads like 1.2V in evoscan when idling and 1.8v when I rev it so it *is* reading something. Just weird.
Spent the rest of the night bolting the hood back on, oil change, torquing crank pulley, and getting the snow tires down from the attic. I wanna drive the thing so bad but work again just owns me. Fingers crossed on this job I interviewed for yesterday!
Wheels are sitting next to the car, I'll bolt them on and take it out for a spin tomorrow as soon as I get home from work, hopefully before the snow comes!
Thanks again for all the help everyone, couldn't have done it w/o you!
I have a vid of the startup, I'll post it soon.
I pulled my MAF out last night so I can stop by tonight if you want. I will probably get home around 6pm or so and can stop by quick and drop it off. Just text me later or something.
Would've stopped by last night but a friend stopped over after work for a few and then I had to play some black ops
Badass man! Yea anytime you can swing over would be awesome. I'm going to try and duck out of work around by 4pm and get home to finish things up before the snow flies!
Left to do:
Top off oil
check coolant
mount stock rims w/ snow tires
mount strut-tower bar
Swap in Murlo's MAF (also I bought some maf cleaner for mine)
check exhaust hangers in back (tips look low or something?)
figure out last exhaust manifold/turbo bolt (couldn't get one in, gave up)
boost leak test
Later:
Change oil in GLI, been putting that off
Order new MAF?
OEM spark plugs
Return borrowed parts to murlo, lomker, MAP.
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I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
If you need OEM spark plugs too, I might be able to bring mine over as well...I can ask my buddy who is coming over tonight (mechanic) to bring tools to pull the plugs, let me know.
If you need OEM spark plugs too, I might be able to bring mine over as well...I can ask my buddy who is coming over tonight (mechanic) to bring tools to pull the plugs, let me know.
Thats ok, once I figure out if I need a new maf sensor I'll order it along with new plugs from the dealership.
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Busy night ya got there! Good luck.
What are your plans for engine break-in?
Drive the fukin thing! Carefully, check for leaks, do vacuum pulls, etc. The car is prolly 90% tuned b/c I haven't changed much with the fueling or intake system; only real differences tune-wise are the ported head, bigger valves, and bigger cams. The existing tune should be fine for break-in, but I'll prolly pull timing a bit and add a tish of fuel to be safe.
500 miles on o'reily 10w30 mixed with walmart supertech 10w30 conventional. Oil change at 500, prolly stick with the leftover supertech or maybe rotella triple protection, maybe a 5w40 if I can find it. Then at 1500 miles I'll change to a synthetic and get tuned.
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I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
Nice. How much do you expect to gain from those cams and headwork then? Maybe 25-30whp? I'm excited about this thing man, it's a shame it seems any X's that make decent power need a built motor though.
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There are a lot of higher powered X's still on stock blocks with t3 kits...its the guys like us that try for big power on stock frame turbo's that have problems. Lag and less torque seem to be they key to a high powered X.
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