H3br3w_Ham3r
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Went auto crossing for the first time on my coilovers and R-comps! HOLY BAT GRIPMAN! I'll get some pics up soon.
What have you done to your MS3 today?
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I'm sorry but I find this very hard to believe, 12.5 is on the rich side even for forced induction cars. 11.76 is going to be washing your cylinders with fuel.
bykeryder4life
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since when was a 12.5 afr considered rich on a boosted car? yeah only when your cruising around at light loads, otherwise, hell no. wtf kind of cars are you talking about. 12.5 would be fine to run with meth, but without it you should run a 12.0 or slightly lower afr. anything from 11.3ish to 12.0 is fine, staying in the 11's is more safe for a DD or weekend track car. FYI many tuners shoot for about a 11.7 afr at wot conditions.
+1 Got a tune from cobb this weekend 11.8 is the ideal afr
mr_mazda329
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Geez..thats a monster setup. How bad did you beat peoples?
All boosted cars I've run in the past have been around 12.5-12.7 at wot. For n/a cars I've run between 12.5-13. I don't know what the ms3 a/f ratios are stock but if you feel safe in the 11s go ahead.
I would have thought with the forged pistons, direct injection, and spark setup you would have been able to run even leaner with these.
Direct injection cars use the extra fuel to cool the combustion chamber temps. Stock these cars are sometimes in the low 10s and high 9s for AFR.
Many people have tried to lean out the cars a bit but realized it did little or nothing and possible could have resulted in their blown engines.
mr_mazda329
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Put on my Rally Armor Mudflaps.
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Ummm idk yet. Results weren't posted at the event cause everyone left so fast. They should be posted today or tomorrow. The car felt great but the course we were on was terrible. Slaloms were too tight and not spaced out evenly. Tight areas not meant for anything bigger than a Miata. Slow finish that wasn't as fun as usual. I don't think I did as well as I could've on a more wide open course. I'll post up the results when I get them.
mr_mazda329
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Pic of flaps:
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Video of the course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNst...be.com/my_videos_edit&feature=player_embedded
This was my first run ever on R-comps and my coilovers. The tires were a bit slick because they were stickers and this was my event to scuff them in. It was a very tight course and there wasn't much room to push hard. I launch with the AP launch control and shift into 2nd with FFS tuned with the AP also. With the hoosiers there is so much grip off the line I hardly spun the tires. Still no results yet. Still I feel like I could've pushed harder. Next time!
Pics:
Look in the 4th one I've got a tire off the ground! Thank you coilovers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNst...be.com/my_videos_edit&feature=player_embedded
This was my first run ever on R-comps and my coilovers. The tires were a bit slick because they were stickers and this was my event to scuff them in. It was a very tight course and there wasn't much room to push hard. I launch with the AP launch control and shift into 2nd with FFS tuned with the AP also. With the hoosiers there is so much grip off the line I hardly spun the tires. Still no results yet. Still I feel like I could've pushed harder. Next time!
Pics:
Look in the 4th one I've got a tire off the ground! Thank you coilovers!
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08SPEED3Veteran
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painted the grill today, once again not as noticable as I had hoped, but came out very well nonetheless.
mr_mazda329
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Tires have about 7k on them..lol
Did you kill that first cone? lol
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H3br3w_Ham3r
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Yes I hit the cone. Everyone hit that same cone that day if they weren't driving a Miata or something smaller
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Nope but I got the one in the pic above lol
mr_mazda329
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Gosh those wheels are amaing
+ infinity
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Thanks guys
