So someone made mention that they're putting in speed bumps on the Dragon, can anyone confirm this?

 

THeres nothing mentioned about it on any of the dragon websites thus far, and killboy hasnt said anything either. But I highly doubt TDOT will be taking any more machinery up there as they JUST finished making new pull offs and repairing what they could as it was. Plus in order to do speed bumps they would have to close the full road in order to install them, which will make driving that thing even MORE dangerous to all drivers at any speed.

 

Powdercoating looks great. How much that set you back?

Steve-O

 

Cost me about 100 or so

 

I know this should go in the marketplace but I just wanted to ask here too... Does anyone have an S5 motor for sale? I havent been able to find one that is close enough to me... if anyone has one laying around please let me know... I would have no problem picking it up of course

thanks...

Also hows everyone doing? People need to talk more on here again =P

 

Lol yeah i hear ya on that.

Sorry on the motor deal, I usually deal in S4's...and currently only have a popped S4 sitting around and will have a bad 2.6L G54B out of my Conquest...

 

It seems like everyone has s4 engines but no one has s5 engines ><

 

those rumors have been going around since 2004, if they did do that, the entire area would pretty much die. no one would want to drive the road anymore, and darrell (owner of killboy) would probably lose his income. plus the entire fontana area lives off tourism, the dragon being the main purpose for all the riders and fancy sports car owners vacationing up there in the resorts. no more dragon = ghost town.

 

Woot, I should *in theory* be able to fire up the conquest tonight. The last part I needed showed up and is bolted in, just have to drop in the radiator, add the hoses, plunk down the battery, fill the fluids, put in th enew plugs and wires and hope she cranks.

 

Woot, got the beast runnig tonight! Runs pretty damned good too aside from a single exhaust leak at the manifold to head flange.

 

Sounds good Derrick . I got the t2 running and tuned with the 1600s feels ten times stronger just at 14 psi . The microtech was pretty simple to install thanks to Dan who help me with the injectors ,cas and air temp sensor ..The rest was pretty easy to tackel solo . Maybe we can all meet up again at the next Sfc meet ..

 

heh, tis possible, though unless the next meet is on a sunday im boned. ive not had a saturday off since I started working, and I only got this lasst one off as I was taking it and the next 3 days after it to work on the quest

 

so...who on this forum wants a 1st gen? i'm offically announcing that i'm GIVING this thing away, on one term and condition. if anyone on here can help me land a decent job somwhere (decent meaning making at least $10 per hour), the FB is yours. the car runs perfectly, and is mechanically flawless. the steering, a c6 corrvette side swiped my wheel (but no body damage) and knocked out the steering, it needs a control arm. other than that, the car flawless. i have 2.5'' exhaust, magnaflpw muffler, efan, and a holley 600 with a racing beatr intake manifold that i'm saling separetly. message me for further details.

 

thats kinda what i figured, as well they have big trucks on that road, so having speed bumps would prolly **** a lot of **** up down there so.

 

are there any meets that take place around the nashville and surrounding areas??

 

Just joined & found a Knoxville,TN site, Great.
I'm in West Knox & here is a link to some of my projects
http://community.webshots.com/user/skip20

 

Does anyone know if you can mount RX-7 5 lag rear hubs & brakes on a 2000 Miata?
skip20

 

As far as I know the parts from an FC wont interchange with any year miata. The way the hubs are designed, not to mention they take a specificly splined rear axle (na and t2 axles splined the same, but t2 halfshafts are beefier), and the rear calipers are probably more efficient on the miata than they are on teh fc's. Not sure why you are trying to make the rx7 components to the miata, as I hear the miata's brakes are pretty good as it is.

 

Would like to get 5 lug 4.5" bolt patten without adp.
Planning on a 2001 rear end on the back of my Honda GoldWing GL1500 for a trike.
Looking for 2 - 15" or 16" rims & tires for the 4 lug.

 

Ah, have you tried asking the miata crowd what theyve done? Honestly ive never heard of miata's upping to 5lug for any reason unless you had to have it.

 

anyone heard from Jimi? he wont pick up his cell.

 

Hey Guys! There's a mazda meet going on @ Circuit City Cedar Bluff on Sat. Nov.7th!
All Mazdas!

I;m in!

 

my name is brandon and i just bought my first 7. just joined and a newbie to the forum. i would like to join the group. i don't know very much about the car and i would love to learn. I bought for 300 and i definatly need the help to get it running.

 

Bump on this, anyone going?

 

What's up guys?? Well its been a long time since anybody posted on this page I'd thought I'd break the silence..
Well I finailly got my turboed 1st gen running and its getting close to spring. I think we all need to take a cruise up the dragon or just meet up to see how everyones been...well I have around 1900 mile left to break my motor in so if anyone wants to cruise hit me up... If not I'm rolling solo!!!