The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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princess peach
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- '92 Miata, '06 MS6
HEY! times are tough, its $3.50 now
"it's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car" - yeah, I learned taht
"it's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car" - yeah, I learned taht
Perro del Sol
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- 2003 MSP, Spicy Orange, 2004 Mazda 6 Hatch, 2004 Mazda 6 Wagon
Touche' Frenchy!!!! Sorry, I did not account for inflation and the increased cost of condoms and K Y Jelly!
princess peach
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- '92 Miata, '06 MS6
No KY, just jelly
Kentucky will do that...
Lol +1
That neon (Patrick's) was tracked by the very first owner and myself, it was literally set up for it. It no longer has the Konis but throw suspension on it and it's ready.
Scrolling through here has me dumbfounded why everyone is suddenly buying CLEAN ASS Miatas and dailying them in the bad salty winter. Quickest way to destroy a car. Between the bro drifting and stance scene, clean miatas are slowly disappearing.
I didn't have much of a choice to DD mine after the smart incident. "Having no trouble" is putting it lightly. Full tread blizzaks would probably still not allow me to go straight most of the time. I have spent plenty of time at a 45 degree angle to the road advancing forward. It's all the car can do with the open diff and limited traction due to its weight.
As far as electronics, I HATE them. HATE. But in the snow, in certain situations, they help. I still wouldn't pick ABS if there was a choice, though. Stability control is nice as long as it's not too invasive (like the smart). The 2 had just enough that I left it on usually unless I was really pushing the car.
I have a bunch of stuff for sale. I am selling my whole BT setup...
BRAND NEW - Precision 6262 Ported S 4 inch inlet with t3 exhaust housing - $950
Custom made tubular top mount exhaust manifold - $750
Custom made 4 inch intake - $200
4 bar map sensor pnp - $150
Custom made top mount down pipe - $250
Precision 46mm wastegate - $320
dump tube - $100
Tial Q BOV - $250
Oil lines for turbo - $100
6th port pre throttle body injection - $650
Walbro dw65 in tank pump - $100
Grimmspeed 3 port EBCS - $100
Dump Test Pipe - $100
I will sell the whole package to someone and would prefer do it as I have everything you need other than a FMIC but that I can find for you.
and Jess I am not going to dd the miata I get. It will be a track weekend fun garaged car. I will dd the ms3 as it will be put back to the way it was before I messed it up
BRAND NEW - Precision 6262 Ported S 4 inch inlet with t3 exhaust housing - $950
Custom made tubular top mount exhaust manifold - $750
Custom made 4 inch intake - $200
4 bar map sensor pnp - $150
Custom made top mount down pipe - $250
Precision 46mm wastegate - $320
dump tube - $100
Tial Q BOV - $250
Oil lines for turbo - $100
6th port pre throttle body injection - $650
Walbro dw65 in tank pump - $100
Grimmspeed 3 port EBCS - $100
Dump Test Pipe - $100
I will sell the whole package to someone and would prefer do it as I have everything you need other than a FMIC but that I can find for you.
and Jess I am not going to dd the miata I get. It will be a track weekend fun garaged car. I will dd the ms3 as it will be put back to the way it was before I messed it up
im more worried about the bolded quote than i am even about his whole PMS, Princess Peach deal LOL
princess peach
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Got my review today, got a raise similar to last year. Was encouraged to do a few more things so I can assist the manager once we hire a couple more people, we’ll see how that goes. Haven’t been able to find good candidates.
princess peach
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lulz... no worries monkeyass, Bieber calms me down but its you who is in my dreams
my 2001 'rolla is a beast in snow. I've gone through stuff i shouldn't have in it. All stock except for Sirius XM & Heated Seat Covers. I'm soooo impressed with how this thing does in snow. she's amazed me this winter going through drifts & such. There was a 4 foot drift in my mom's driveway & this thing made it through. I was a little scared when she slowed to a crawl, but she plowed through it. Even my mom was shocked that it made it through.
I thought the 2 did well enough in the snow/ice yesterday. It only got stuck when I tried to go places I shouldn't (e.g. unplowwed parking lot with 6-8" of snow/ice). As for the electronic aids, I think they're great once you're moving. ETC does a very good job at keeping our Jetta, 2, and Flex going in a straight line. It only sucks when you start to lose traction when starting from a dead stop or going up a hill because it cuts power to the spinning wheel and I stay stuck. It's not an issue with the Flex and it's AWD.
I do think something got messed up in the 2 yesterday. I did a lot of wheel spinning when I got stuck a couple times yesterday and toward the end I was getting severe vibration. I thought it was just the tire rapidly gaining/losing traction but this morning there was a noticeable "clunk" at startup, popping noises from the suspension (more so than usual), and there was moderate vibration at highway speeds. Crap...
I do think something got messed up in the 2 yesterday. I did a lot of wheel spinning when I got stuck a couple times yesterday and toward the end I was getting severe vibration. I thought it was just the tire rapidly gaining/losing traction but this morning there was a noticeable "clunk" at startup, popping noises from the suspension (more so than usual), and there was moderate vibration at highway speeds. Crap...
Motor mounts?
A possible explanation of the clunk at start up but it doesn't explain the vibration at speed (doesn't occur at 50 mi/hr or lower) or suspension noise. If it ever stops snowing or being so damned cold I can lift it up and take a better look. Are the rear motor mounts on these things just as bad as those in other Mazda cars (e.g. 3, Protege)?
