Ran the HMT Miata
 

I was only running a conservative 10psi b/c the track is 2hrs from my house and I cant afford a tow truck if I break something.

1996 Miata
stock motor
RX7 460cc injectors
AEM F/IC
HMT Manifold
HMT piping
FMIC
HMT 2.5" exhaust with 2 mufflers (super stealth)

1.977 60'
14.062 @ 99.28mph

I hated leaving the track so close to 13's at 100 but it was cold and the line was getting long.

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can we get some pics? i wanna see this beast!!

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60 foot snail, yo! What tires?

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Worn out ass Yokohama AS430's. One is about to start showing steel.

Damn I need some more recent pics.

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/manifold2.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/coldpipe2.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/turbomounted.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/progress2.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/progress4.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/progress2b.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/turbo/dptacked.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/sig.jpg

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nice i like it. im thinkin about boosting my fb after this summer. i want to auto cross it "as is" right now. picking it up sunday. thats one reason why my avatar has changed ;D

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that wierd, i ran a 13.8 with a 2.2 60' @ 99.9 mph

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why's that weird?

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if your 60' is 2 seconds faster and your mph is the same, your should technically be runing faster or atleast the same 1/4 mile

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Nice. Congrats!

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elevation differences maybe??

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well I was getting some ignition breakup in 3rd. My tune still sucks in spots. That and I still need practice finding 3rd in high RPM's with bad motor mounts. You expect it to be top center but its not :)

Im not going to make a huge list of excuses, but this is my first time out with the car and first time I've been down the ole 1320 in about 2 years and my spark plugs werent sparking and my car has a bad alignment and its got a horrible drag coefficient and i just had a big meal and my phone rang and there was a gnat in my ear and I'm really upset about the war and stuff.

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haha yeah....

78Nova, thats a badass sig. Where did you get it?

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..and youre ecu has a virus...cant forget that :P

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nice set-up. loving the ic piping.

whats your car weigh?

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Did you put a Wankel in the Nova? ;D

Props for rotary POWA!

I miss my seven.

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thanks. It's actually much less ghetto now. I need to take some new pics.

I think around 2200lbs or so

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Looks good. Lose some of the underarm fat and you'll hit 12s easy.

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thats what i was thinking. and some good rubber would be good too.

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So new spark plugs, some new rubbers, an alignment, go on a diet for a few weeks and you should be good as gold.

No vid I'm assuming... I don't think I've seen this hmt'er in action yet

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sweet :D

looks like old school HMT to me, keepin it real.................Very nice to see :y

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lol no, then nova i once owned has been gone for about 3 years now. if i did have one though id have to put a 6 rotor in it, with one big ass snail of course(or three small ones lol).


i was searching for exactly how a rotary engine works and i ran across a pic of it on google search and it turned out to be a .gif image as well.

im picking up my first rx7 sunday for 900. its all decked out and clean as a whistle. 1 spot of rust that i seen and that was all. most of the interior is there, but not all installed. all emissions garbage has been removed but still has a high flow cat but i hate the sound from it so its coming off for a thrush glasspack. its also got a jdm 12a swapped into it and i love the feel of power from it. much better than my civic by far. lsd equiped, many spare parts, 5 speed. brand new diamond racing rims with new tires all around!!! what more could i ask for!!!! im syked to get this thing. by far the best purchase ive made in my life so far, vehicle wise lol.

cliff notes:
me + decked out rx7 = >:D

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1st Gen?

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How about

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...together1a.gif

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...101/REanim.gif

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...tions/C11F.gif

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yes its a first gen. an 83 to be exact. and it still has the original mazda decal in the window to distinguish it as a rotary!!!!

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Sounds ------- sweet.

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dont worry full pics will be up once i get her home. only replacement parts it needs is ball joints and shes gtg. still i got to drive her about an hour home from where she is. i plan on a couple of semi-hard launches off lights if the roads are dry enough. supposed to be snow flurries sunday. fucken' eh!!

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welcome to the world fellow rotary club members.


ps. was that jdm 12a turbo?

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im not sure. i do know its n/a at the time and feels great otherwise. i want to run it n/a for this summer and maybe piece together a kit for it over this next winter. for what it is right now, its a very fun car to drive. the power is there when ya want it and the exhaust note to go with it. i still think it sounds a bit odd, lol. :8 not my traditional v8 powered rwd car.

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Holy thread jack.

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Only vid I got is ----: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YYJM_9MfM

The miata is HMT #5. I've put vids up of most the others over the years.

I just got out the garage putting on some AGX's and Tein S-Tech or whatever springs. Needed soft springs because the roads here suck balls. Installed a Hard Dog M2 Sport w/single diagonal last weekend. Gotta clean it up and take some pics now.

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I'd invest in a driver mod. Best mod out there.

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i wonder how much air you leaking threw those welds ?

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I'd suggest the licking my balls mod fag.

bak - ive cleaned everything up a bunch since then. full boost before 3k. If it's leaking, its not hurting anything.

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How was it tuning the AEM F/ic???? I've been toying with getting one.

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word i was just wondering.



do those cars have lsd or anything ? i wonder if you can swap in like a rx7 lsd rear end ?

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I was being serious.

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It's a pretty awesome piggyback. Controls injectors directly, has a switched 12v output, retards timing, full datalogging, modifies o2 output and is extremely flexible. i.e. you can use MAP or MAF for load input, use MAP signal to output MAF signal to ECU, etc etc.

Looking back, if given the opportunity, I'd probably go MS but im not disappointed.


I'm a decent driver. Personally, I'm happy with my 1.9 60' on worn, stock pressure street tires. I think I did alright. You don't know me, or the car so you don't know what the ---- you're talking about.

I bought this particular car because it has a factory LSD. Aftermarket/salvage units for these cars are pretty spendy. I know some people swap in Turbo II diffs. Im not clear whether the whole carrier is swapped or just the guts or whatnot. If I wasn't able to get a car with LSD it would have been the first mod done.

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I know I watched a video of you stabbing blindly/wildly at third gear. I do know what I'm talking about. I have a street car that is twice is powerful as any car on this site. I built it. I drive it. Have fun with that Miata.

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Prove it. Your ---- makes 1200-1400 horse then? I mean twice as powerful and all.

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fixed for ya!