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Sounds like you had a great time... I am jealous, I still have my winter tires on. I am not looking forward to making some custom brackets for my seat, but I need the height to get under the bar. Mounting the bucket seat to the stock seat rails was bad enough... I am just slightly over the rollbar with my helmet on with the stock rails  Gonna ship the exhaust manifold tomorrow? 
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During lunch. The 2 needs gas, and the Miata has 3/4 of a tank, so... Time to go joy riding during lunch to the post office! Fun facts: 1. Got about ~12mpg on the track and just under 28mpg to/from. Since the car isn't completely gutless, it's a little bit too easy to cruise at 85mph on the interstate. 2. I kinda feel like a dick driving around with my exhaust early in the morning to goto the track. I did try to keep the revs down, though. 3. PTE record is 1:45.9xx and the Spec Miata record is 1:46.6xx, according to the 1Hz TrackMaster I got into the 1:51:9xx range.
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Apr 8, 2013 01:30
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Sounds like it's DIY bumper cutout time. Also gently caress you for having a car that runs
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Apr 9, 2013 02:32
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Using the PayPal money I had (note: past tense) from selling the 01+ exhaust log, I bought some stuff from Silicone Intakes to match the Skunk2 throttle body. Before June I need to pick up a spare set of HT-10s and do the wheel bearings. Hopefully it'll just be gas and oil for expenses for a while.
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Apr 11, 2013 19:16
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Phone posted:Hopefully it'll just be gas and oil for expenses for a while. Awww, that's so cute.
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Apr 11, 2013 19:47
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Suniikaa posted:Awww, that's so cute. Especially seeing how you put a bunch of money in weird places for this car I bet you'll continue the trend.
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Apr 11, 2013 22:19
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The only thing that's really on the horizon is a BBK and possibly a 6-speed. More immediate things are going to be vinyl, more brake pads, and more DEs. I need to organize a few things and start selling off bits and pieces.
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Apr 12, 2013 19:06
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destructo posted:Sounds like it's DIY bumper cutout time. What good does that possibly do?
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Apr 12, 2013 22:40
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Saves weight, reduces drag. Here's a thread about it http://www.miataturbo.net/general-miata-chat-9/cut-rear-bumper-36606/ I was suprised how much of a difference it made at speed.
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Apr 12, 2013 23:04
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Oh that type of cutout? Yeah, the rear bumper is a giant parachute. I'm keeping the rear bumper for a while. Class rules and whatnot.
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Apr 12, 2013 23:19
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Couldn't adding some sort of dam in front of it (i.e. deflect air down and around instead of up into the bumper) achieve the same effect? Obviously not ideal for weight reduction, but it's a thought. Hah, I'm suddenly reminded of what's-his-face with the old Civic that he was "track-prepping" with underbody aero mods and the speed holes in the grille. You know, Mr. "you can tell who's been to the track".
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Apr 13, 2013 02:07
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Uh, it's obvious who has been to the track and who hasn't. The bumper is still a giant parachute, but splitters do help. If I ever get into aero stuff, I'd go splitter up front, wing in the rear, remove the hardtop glass, and mess with the rear bumper.
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Apr 13, 2013 02:12
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Crown Vics are the same way, the rear bumper baloons out at highway speeds, there's an aftermarket retailer that sells a rear "skid plate" that prevents it and it supposedly improves gas mileage. Maybe something similar would work for miatas, would be cheaper than a diffuser for sure.
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Apr 13, 2013 02:36
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^That's the sort of thing I was thinking of, I just worded it badly.
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Apr 13, 2013 02:43
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Phone posted:Uh, it's obvious who has been to the track and who hasn't. Savington wanna be.  It doesn't sound like any of that would be legal until you got into a class you wouldn't be at all competitive in.
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Apr 13, 2013 03:10
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Larrymer posted:Savington wanna be. 
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Apr 13, 2013 03:22
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It really annoys me that there is no SCCA class where I can dick around with aero and not end up competing against cars with carbon fiber body panels and no windshields.
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Apr 13, 2013 03:24
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Larrymer posted:Savington wanna be. That's actually the line that Vitamin J said. He then challenged anybody in his dumb thread to drift off around a telephone pole and something about 6". As for aero stuff, basically. Turbo Miatas get pitted against cars that it can't compete with and there's a significant weight penalty as well. Right now, tooling around in PTE for W2W and TTD for Time Trials seems to be the sweet spot; however, Savington and Emilio's developments over the past few years may have dulled any significant edge the Miata had. Emilio ran Crusher or something with a MSM base, now all MSM bases get a 200#. Savington messed with trans/diff combo and increased the weight penalty from 50# to 200#. Thanks.
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Apr 13, 2013 03:37
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Phone posted:That's actually the line that Vitamin J said. He then challenged anybody in his dumb thread to drift off around a telephone pole and something about 6". Oh I remember the thread with video of the car with yarn all over it driving around. I was talking about the aero stuff.
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Apr 13, 2013 14:44
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Phone posted:That's actually the line that Vitamin J said. He then challenged anybody in his dumb thread to drift off around a telephone pole and something about 6". Those were the glory days  Around the same time as the syf0n fanfiction thread.
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Apr 13, 2013 21:11
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 Thank you goon sir!
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Apr 18, 2013 00:17
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I see the parts I sold you, and I raise you the parts I bought with the money that I got from selling you parts: These next two are from last week. First up is me parking on the edge, and I come out to see the biggest truck (minus the cranes and poo poo) parked next to my car all over the parking lines:  Second up, went to the Grand Asia Market and saw something peculiar: 
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Apr 18, 2013 04:02
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Nice smeared pollen paint job. I hear it is the new matte black.
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Apr 18, 2013 04:16
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It's my racing stripe.
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Apr 18, 2013 04:17
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Phone posted:It's my racing stripe. The higher the pollen count, the faster you go.
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Apr 18, 2013 04:38
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Miniature vortex generators, duh
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Apr 18, 2013 16:08
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If you mix it with water it turns into a paste that tastes great on toast 
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Apr 18, 2013 16:16
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Phone posted:I see the parts I sold you, and I raise you the parts I bought with the money that I got from selling you parts: Due to not having a receipt for the purchase, I had to show them the private message thread at the border to get back into Canada. They decided to "randomly" search my car after reading the PM thread, during which they removed the passenger seat.  The seat bolts were finger tight for the drive home, good thing I didn't have a passenger. 
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Apr 18, 2013 22:59
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Because you can hide a lot of poo poo under the passenger seat. Like a whole box of Cookie Crisps.
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Apr 18, 2013 23:14
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Phone posted:Because you can hide a lot of poo poo under the passenger seat. Like a whole box of Cookie Crisps. Or a ratchet.
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Apr 18, 2013 23:25
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They obviously used a ratchet to get the seat out, but would not let me borrow it to put the seat back in.
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Apr 18, 2013 23:29
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That was a dig on Phone since he just finished putting his car together and ran his first session at VIR with a ratchet under his seat.
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Apr 18, 2013 23:32
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WRONG IT WAS A 1/2" WRENCH A 1/2" GEARWRENCH(TM) AND A 14MM 6 POINT DEEP SOCKET FROM CRAFTSMAN
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Apr 18, 2013 23:33
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I think what we all want to know is: how steamy was this PM thread? :bigtran:
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Apr 18, 2013 23:49
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FatCow posted:That was a dig on Phone since he just finished putting his car together and ran his first session at VIR with a ratchet under his seat. Clean under seat for easy weight reduction.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I think what we all want to know is: how steamy was this PM thread? :bigtran: bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb
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Yeah I definitely don't get how that got him searched. My money's on "border agents wanted to see if it is at all possible to hide anything in a Miata."
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Apr 19, 2013 02:50
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I think I injured my pinky last night while applying red loctite on the Skunk2 TB. My emacs pinky. 
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Apr 19, 2013 23:37
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Time to switch to vi or learn to use your ring finger to activate capslock. Also I'm a bit weirded out that a Miata owner would use the 8 ton urban assault vehicle of text editors.
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Phone posted:My emacs pinky. Also known as the "prostate pinky" in your neck of the woods.
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