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PostPosted: April 22, 2013, 4:58 pm 
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Good stuff!!! I like it, a lot!!! Well done, Sir!
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PostPosted: July 31, 2018, 4:56 pm 
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So it's been a while, and the car has been a little neglected. I pulled it into the garage and made a few changes. Mostly to make it slightly less uncomfortable to drive, and more in line with my advancing years...

Margard Windshield, LED headlights, mirrors, Procar Evolution seat, 195/45R16 ft, 235/40R17 rr, 125# ft springs (from 200!), 150# rr springs, Walbro fuel pump.


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PostPosted: July 31, 2018, 6:41 pm 
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It looks like I joined LocostUSA.com after you finished your car. I'm glad to see you've been enjoying it for some time. I looked back through your build log. That Pacific Northwest Tour looks like it was a super event. Hopefully there will be an event like that when mine is finished.

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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PostPosted: August 2, 2018, 10:36 pm 
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Lonnie-S wrote:
That Pacific Northwest Tour looks like it was a super event. Hopefully there will be an event like that when mine is finished.

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I hope so, too. It's been a while.

Here is one of my many prototypes. In the end I chose the more conventional clear version.


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PostPosted: August 23, 2018, 11:26 pm 
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After buying various special tools over the years, I figured out this is by far the best way to measure camber (and toe-in, in horizontal position).


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So I have been running a circle-track ring and pinion with a "2-1/2"" ratio, which means the rack moves 2.5" for every rotation. This gave me 1.5 turns lock-lock, and the wheels have a very generous lock. With 60 series tires this was ok once you got used to it, but with stiff 45 series sidewalls it was just too twitchy. I have an Appleton brand rack, which has pretty much gone out of business, but I found Fred Appleton's phone number and he made me an identical rack, with used parts, with a 2" ratio, giving me 2 turns lock-lock. I just tested it and it's perfect.


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Here is a somewhat long term project I am working on. It's a JDM K20A DC5, about twice as much hp as the 1.6. I chose a K20 over a K24 pretty much because it's 3/4" shorter. It will mount to a Miata 5-speed with Kmiata adapter parts. The Civic alternator is reverse mounted to reduce width and clear my steering shaft. I want to do as much to it on the stand as I can to minimize car down time.


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PostPosted: September 18, 2018, 10:36 pm 
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I've been doing some work to the water pump case. First I machined off a bunch of material that was holding the alternator, then I tapped and plugged the PCV output (no, I don't know why the PCV gasses are routed through the water pump) and made a new hole that cleared the new throttle body location. This last thing is difficult to explain. Honda guys routinely eliminate this weird plastic thermostat intermediate housing and bolt an aftermarket swivel outlet (with thermostat) directly to the water pump. But this means an round o-ring is sealing to a triangular hole, and I don't understand why they don't always leak. So this is me turning a triangular hole into a round one by welding/machining/grinding. The bubbles in the welds are unfortunate and it means I will have to use some RTV.


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PostPosted: September 18, 2018, 10:39 pm 
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I should mention this is a K24 water pump housing. The K20 pump has an water/oil cooler output that came out right where my alternator wanted to be.


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This is a nicely machined header flange off ebay, with, I guess, K24 sized holes, bolted to my K20. I'm trying to decide if I'm concerned about the rather large port mismatch on the bottom.


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I bought this 2000 Miata axle with 4.30 r/p and a Torsen LS, because supposedly the 3rd member will bolt right into my 1984 RX-7 axle housing. We shall see.

I am also working on a home brew 11.5" brake setup front/rear, but there's nothing much to take pics of yet.


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Squarefour's Exhaust port
"I'm trying to decide if I'm concerned about the rather large port mismatch on the bottom."
The mismatch at the bottom of your exhaust port may actually improve the HP. A step in the lower bottom edge of the exhaust port, acts as a anti- reversion step to reduce flow back thru the head at lower RPM. Note: You want a even transition on the top of the exhaust port which sees the highest flow rate.
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@davew

I'm just wondering if there could also be some sort of "expansion effect" too like we see being employed at the very end of exhaust pipes. You know, where the last few inches of the exhaust pipe exit to the atmosphere goes from say 1-1/2" to 2". I know it can have a beneficial effect on gas flow, but don't know what the phenomenon involved is called.

I'm wondering more than speculating here.

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

Build Log: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5886


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squarefour wrote:
supposedly the 3rd member will bolt right into my 1984 RX-7 axle housing.


Its been a few years since I've looked at it but I believe: 1) it depends on whether it is Turbo I or II and 2) the 1.8 Miata and Turbo II shared the same aluminum housing so no benefit to swapping.

I did swap a 1.8L Torsen II into a Turbo II assembly (removed the open diff, replaced with Miata diff) with no problems: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=11437&start=701

I didn't want to lose the benefits of the longer housing so the swap was wor

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