Just thought I'd post some pictures of my Mazdaspeed Miata

[rx7gslse]

mmm... turbos... :)



http://www.digitex.net/ecarter/MSM/MYMSM.html

[AusTexRex]

nice

[black rocket]

Ttem Khumo tires looks pretty good on the pkg! 205?

[rx7gslse]

those are Toyos actually..

205/40-17

[AusTexRex]

Kumhos tend to look more like beefy american tires. I would've guessed Yokohamas actually

[marshall]

that intercooler looks like a bucktooth.

[AusTexRex]

Is it front mounted? That look like an oil cooler to me, I thought MazdaSpeed was into Side mounts for the time being. Tell us owner of this car.

[rx7gslse]

Nope.. that's the intercooler up front there that looks like bugs bunny teeth... :D

I put a grill in fornt of it, but you can still see it thru in this shot.
http://www.digitex.net/ecarter/MSM/aMSM11.html

[AusTexRex]

A stock front mount... hmm, weird.

[rx7gslse]

and super easy to upgrade... the stock pipes are straight about 12" to the left and 12" to the right... easy to slice and put in a 2 foot wider IC :)

[black rocket]

Does it block rad in anyway?

[marshall]

A stock front mount... hmm, weird.

...weird? have you seen all the new cars out now...EVO, SRT-4.... all have front mounts. Engineers finally figured out how to get an agresive look and functionality of an intercooler on a car, not some pos that just gets the stock boost levels cool.

[marshall]

Does it block rad in anyway?

hah, that tiny thing? I think that the miata has a nice air duct anyway for the radiator behind it.

[AusTexRex]

A stock front mount... hmm, weird.

...weird? have you seen all the new cars out now...EVO, SRT-4.... all have front mounts. Engineers finally figured out how to get an agresive look and functionality of an intercooler on a car, not some pos that just gets the stock boost levels cool.

Guess not, I haven't really looked into them that much. I know average speeds and how they compare, but I don't care much about srt-4s or evos or sti's. They're quick, they're too expensive, and they're ugly. 2 door sports all the way.

[marshall]

the sti's aren't really ugly, and they hold they're own. However, the others are not my cup of tea. I beat a EVO in my old T2 back in the day when they frist came out. We went from a 40 mph roll. Had a car and a half on him by the end of 3rd gear. The srt 4's are ugly, but are fast for what they are. I saw a pretty much stock srt4 run a 13.78 at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX. All he had was a catback exhaust, intake, and a blow off valve. Pretty respectable time for a neon.

[black rocket]

Hey AusT, I still think my idea is better... what do you think? Shhhhhhhh ;)

[AusTexRex]

Hehehe, do you remember my version of that? I've fabbed the brackets and stuff already, just need to move some other junk and order some aluminum to weld into the right shape :). fits perfectly right now though.

[Psycho_Dad]

yeah i have driven neumerous sti's and evos... the version 7 sti was impressive on comparison to their prev versions(more economical, lighter, faster).... although the ra sti's are great fun when your hammering it around tarseal with your mates constantly adjusting the lockness of the central diff

evos suspension standard REALLY sucks, even in the evo 7, still desighned more for comfort than cornering at speed... but when it all comes down to it, they are all 4wd, so theyre for farmers and asians

kids, we have rwd, so we are better than them from scratch, id rather be doing 40mph sideways than 100mph around a corner in a 4wd

peace

Pscyho_Dad

[Psycho_Dad]

excuse my random post insert, im at work by myself and its sunday

[PJ]

The reason for lack of OEM FMIC use in the past wasn't for any performance defficiency but rather for meeting DOT crash regulations.

This is one of the reasons why the EVO took so long to reach our shores and the main reason why US-legalized Skylines are so expensive. Motorex had to buy three or four Skylines to crash test them in order to get them federalized.

And the IC in MS Protege is also vertically mounted if I recall correctly, designed by Callaway.