ElMariachi
Aspiring Petrol-head
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- 2009 MX-5
Had to drive the Cobra today.
You keep saying that as though it's absolutely terrible (no)
Had to drive the Cobra today.
You keep saying that as though it's absolutely terrible (no)
Haha did you comment on it last time too? It is though! It's had the worst life a car ever could. It has seen more miles at full throttle than my MS3 has miles total!
This is true, but there's a catch. The purpose of a colder plug is to prevent knock, detonation, and preiginition in a car running hotter than stock. This typically means more aggressive timing and higher boost. However, a daily driver doesn't spend nearly enough time in these conditions. Driving around in traffic, colder plugs will foul as mine did since they didn't see 18psi often enough, causing more KR.
I may switch back once autox season starts since I will see high boost quite often. But stock heatrange is fine. My tune pushes peak torque out to 4k instead of 2600, which is what's really saving me from bending rods.
Plenty of people run step colder though and see no issues at all.... Perhaps you got a bad batch? One step colder wouldn't be that huge off an issue but I could be completely wrong.... Some people even run two steps colder!
Got the car back with the scratches dealt with the best the shop could. I'll take pics when I wipe off the tiny bit of road grime.
Sorry to tread on your post, but I'm stock (soon to be bolted) looking to go with ITV22/one step colder. Do you know what I should be gapped at? I've read .28 but unsure.
pics from tuning at IAG with BIGGS...
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How did they deal with the scratches? I have a few (self-inflicted and from my vinyl installer). I need to deal with this as well?
I put 10,000 miles on my first set of Denso step colder. Changed them out when I went fmic. They looked great but I replaced them anyway. I hit 17-18 psi daily. I like to take the long way home every day which involves a couple of on ramps. If there is any other fast car around me I'll hit 19-20 psi. Gotta show off the little Cosmic Monster.
That would kill me. I'm going to make a run to Wal Mart in a minute for my wife and I'll turn a 3 mile round trip into a 12 miler and make a run on the parkway. Very little traffic on the parkway. I could not live in a big city, I'm a small town guy. I would live in the middle of nowhere if I did not have to work. Commuting must suck, I live 2.5 miles from work and can be there in 5 minutes with only one stop light and it's always in my favor at 5:15 AM. ZOOM ZOOM BABY.
daaamn, you're s*** is looking so stealth!
yea, 13k in 2 years.....(bang) mostly cruising on the weekends
Thank you sir! It's getting there. If the vinyl doesn't hold I may give up on the whole "murder" of the car and keep the tails stock. It's a constant struggle with these. Nightshade/Paint is an option but I haven't honed my skills with it just yet. Not enough to justify ruining a pair of 500$ tails.