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Old 12-21-05, 12:57 PM
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i got a question.. wats the point of having 2 boost gauges and 2 brake gauges?? the dash seem to fast and the furious 4 me =/ but thats ur opinon im not tryin to flame on you
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WOW!!! look at all those clocks! you should never be late to anything again as long as you own that car.
Old 12-21-05, 01:13 PM
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the 2 boost guages ive allready talked about one at the turbo and one at the manifold
2 brake pressure guages.
one for the rear brakes and one for the front brakes. running the tilton dual masters
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Originally Posted by turbo80cid
Nice ride.....the dash looks really good, Iwish my dash looked as good.
Hope I'll get to see it some day since I'm in Houston also.
actually I like your setup allot to! and I dont just mean yours is in a finished car!.... hows do you like the microtech?
Old 12-21-05, 01:33 PM
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nice M edition and FC of course.

what are the plans for the miata? i have my bro's 97 M edition that i'm helping him build too.
Old 12-21-05, 01:36 PM
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Boost gauges were allready explained, and the point of the tilton pedals is for front and rear brakes to have their own seperate resivours to set the brake bias, therefore its best to have two gauges instead of one.

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Old 12-21-05, 01:49 PM
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Motor build?
Old 12-21-05, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ajhehr
"BX hanging on walls?" not exactly sure but nothing is actually "hanging"


The armoured electrical cable shown in this picture is called BX. This has nothing to do with cars. This is about the wires on the wall.

This stuff should be anchored to the walls, within 1 foot of the box it leaves from, and every 3 feet after that. If the aluminum jacketing it crushed, it can sever the wire insulation. Often, if this stuff is stretched py accidentally pulling on it, or pressing something against it (like that desk), the armour jacketing will separate, and the next person to grab onto the jacketing can become the path to ground, which causes lock-on (the electrical signal causes the muscles in the hand to clamp shut, and you can't let go of the wire.) Eventually, your heart just stops.
I only say this b/c I have pulled someone off of BX after he got locked on. I had to tackle him. He was stuck on the wire for at least 45 seconds. He could not let go.

It only takes 2 mins and $1 to strap the stuff. I just hate to see someone die b/c of something so simple.

Electrical code states that BX must be strapped. Electrical arcs are the number one cause of all fires. Your shop insurance would be void if your shop burned down.

Just a little heads up.
I'm pretty safety conscious about electrical installations.
Old 12-21-05, 02:44 PM
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cool car but I dont get what's "street legal" about it?
Old 12-21-05, 02:50 PM
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dam...thats gonna be pretty nice.
Old 12-21-05, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ajhehr
actually I like your setup allot to! and I dont just mean yours is in a finished car!.... hows do you like the microtech?
not so finished....the MT still needs to be tuned. I have yet to drive it more than just down my street a little ways. My engine is just stock for now but I have an extra engine that Iplan to build this next year.

I have the week between x-mas and new years off and I plan to get some more work done on it.

need to finish the exhaust
mount and balance new wheels and tires
and it needs an alignment

here are a couple of old pic's of mine
Attached Thumbnails A "street legal" FC about to make its debut *pics*-front-driver-side.jpg   A "street legal" FC about to make its debut *pics*-copy-engine.jpg   A "street legal" FC about to make its debut *pics*-copy-roll-bar-rear.jpg  
Old 12-21-05, 06:44 PM
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Plans for the miata are first setup my suspension, and get the car ready for a turbo. ajhehr's plans would rather be a 13b though.
Old 12-21-05, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by scathcart


The armoured electrical cable shown in this picture is called BX. This has nothing to do with cars. This is about the wires on the wall.

This stuff should be anchored to the walls, within 1 foot of the box it leaves from, and every 3 feet after that. If the aluminum jacketing it crushed, it can sever the wire insulation. Often, if this stuff is stretched py accidentally pulling on it, or pressing something against it (like that desk), the armour jacketing will separate, and the next person to grab onto the jacketing can become the path to ground, which causes lock-on (the electrical signal causes the muscles in the hand to clamp shut, and you can't let go of the wire.) Eventually, your heart just stops.
I only say this b/c I have pulled someone off of BX after he got locked on. I had to tackle him. He was stuck on the wire for at least 45 seconds. He could not let go.

It only takes 2 mins and $1 to strap the stuff. I just hate to see someone die b/c of something so simple.

Electrical code states that BX must be strapped. Electrical arcs are the number one cause of all fires. Your shop insurance would be void if your shop burned down.

Just a little heads up.
I'm pretty safety conscious about electrical installations.

It is anchred both at the ceeling an at each box to the runners in the wall...
i feel you on the safty thing... electricution is no fun!
Old 12-22-05, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tournapart
CUP HOLDERS!!!, and it looks like he relocated the window switches and put some not-so self destructing ones in there. the brake system is sweet. i love the color combo, purple/tan, sexy, the dash is cool, i dont care for the shift light and i wish the tack and speedo were bigger and filled in the cluster more but hey, i wish i had this car! the only thing that ruins the fron look is the foglights, otherwise, ******* awesome

the torque brace on the engine looks like it might get in the way, but im sure it will be worked out, cant wait to see the final product

KEEP IT UP

EFFN AWESOME
ITs not a vert, its a miata....
Old 12-22-05, 12:32 AM
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nice car BTW, just dont like the 2 oil press, instead of having one oil and one fuel. But yea the car is nice, except its not "street legal".
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Originally Posted by MARTIN
nice car BTW, just dont like the 2 oil press, instead of having one oil and one fuel. But yea the car is nice, except its not "street legal".

there is only one oil press and one fuel press. guage ?
Old 12-22-05, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MARTIN
nice car BTW, just dont like the 2 oil press, instead of having one oil and one fuel. But yea the car is nice, except its not "street legal".
Look closer at the pics, one is oil temp and the other is oil pressure.
Old 12-22-05, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Project84
Look closer at the pics, one is oil temp and the other is oil pressure.
Yea your right... my bad.. BTw I like the brake setup
Old 12-22-05, 01:28 PM
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street legal??? no the brake pedal assy can't be DOT approved let alone half the other stuff on the car... neat car thou. over kill on the guages, you are better off running an ECU that can data log all that.

BTW what front fenders are those?
Old 12-22-05, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BASTARD
street legal??? no the brake pedal assy can't be DOT approved let alone half the other stuff on the car... neat car thou. over kill on the guages, you are better off running an ECU that can data log all that.

BTW what front fenders are those?
they are MARIAH Mode Five Front fenders
http://www.mariahmotorsports.com/

I thought about that to but what good is dataloging when your ON a road race track.
Its also easier for the eye to focus on a orange needel then a digital readout.
Old 12-22-05, 04:56 PM
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i did say "street legal" and thats because it will drive on the streets and for the most part, get away with it. its not going to be a gutted loud race car with huge slicks and only runs at either on, or off. it will have full interior, look street legal, i never said it would pass emmisions, but for the most part, most of the inspection it will pass. the rest will take a few extra dollars

just wait for the finished product
Old 12-28-05, 06:36 AM
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what type of water pump is that? any info or site? thanks..
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its a Meziere.
http://www.meziere.com/
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Thats a badass gauge cluster nice and simple just the way i would want it
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update

been a while but here some new stuff
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3635/21506d1xe.jpg
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http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7226/21506b2jk.jpg
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