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well they really do set the car off in real life. The other wheels were b-o-r-i-n-g & made it drive like clap!
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24-10-2009, 09:01 PM | #43 |
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You should be able to sell your old wheels quite easily, they are a popular design with most ppl.
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yeah Gav, the old wheels are in mint condition, very sellable, it's just the tyres are wrong profile for the car. They were actually larger diameter then these new ones. 205/55x16 as opposed to 205/40x17
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205/55R16 on a NA6? wow 4wd action huh?
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yeah, drove like a dog! Drives sweet as now!
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greeeeeeat news. Since I did oil change & used 10w40, gave it a few good runs on some open country roads........no more oil burn smell & it hasn't used any oil since I did change! I reckon a sticky valve seal/seat all along. Perhaps the thinner oil pushed the muck out along with a good run? Thrilled anyway as whenever you buy a new car, you always worry in the back of your mind what services it has had/not had
Only gripe now is it has a very, slight flat spot in the rev range that's fairly easy to overcome with more throttle but I wish this wasn't necessary (economy wise)
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I've joined you by getting an atmo 1.6L too.
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1600 class......yehaaaaar! lol
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I've got an atmo 1600 as well in the form of a 4age 2ov blacktop. Quad throttles FTW!!!
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^^^^ that's what Gav & I have been discussing for up ahead They make em' for the MX5 B6 engine
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Yeah from memory its just an adapter plate to add them or go for the bike quad/dual throttles.
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Well, Nozz Performance actually make dedicated ITBs for the MX5, and a swag of other goodies for the B6/T engine.
Tim, my SR16VE makes about ~135kW at the moment, I can get this up to almost 170kW with bolt ons. ie: SR20DE/T rotating assy, SR16VE N1 TB & IM. It's a little bit harder on the B6, but you can get close to that [~150kW]. Gav. |
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135kW pulstart. fun times.
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Yeah, it goes well. I'm just guessing the power due to the catback, but they are 129kW stock. Butt dyno yells out 135kW though...
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look I truely think any na car will be hard-pressed competing with turbo acceleration. Kw's aside, turbos are bloody hard to beat! A turbo with 110kw's will floor a na with 110 kw's. Anyone care to argue? (who has actually owned/driven the cars?) Na's are purely fun for me. Still wouldn't mind seeing what they can really do Gav. Your beast sounds awesome
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all depends on the car. i'd prefer a 110kw na rwd than a 110kw turbo fwd.
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totally agreed. My point was the acceleration of these FWD turbos are pretty awesome though. I guess your too spoilt in a turbo. The na you really have to rev it out
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Hey Tim,
When an NA is on song, after a certain point the torque a turbo delivers ceases to matter. But a light NA vs a light turbo will cut it very well. I could show you touge battle after touge battle to illustrate this. The big thing you get with NA vs turbo is the instant response [well, lack of turbo lag] in an NA car, and this means you can drive them so much harder with less power. I've got both, and they fulfil different driving aspects for me. The turbo is actually MUCH harder to drive as good in the touge due to the snail having to wind up each time you put your foot down. I've got very short intercooler piping to get around this issue though, but it means my cooling is limited, and so is my maximum power. Gav. Last edited by chicaboo; 01-11-2009 at 06:44 PM. |
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