New brake pads and fluid.

The OEM pads are nearly finished and I’m replacing them withPortfield RS4 Race brake pads.They are supposedly not ideal for street driving but I don’t have any problem with initial...

New battery.

The OEM battery from 2004 died sometime during the winter storage.I did not have time to wait for a new OEM battery from the US so I opted for a...

First trackday of the year.

A norwegian car magazine, raanern.no, held the first public trackday for 2008 at Rudskogen.Too many cars, lots of waiting, idiots doing the technical inspection, lots of drifting, sand on the...

Rollbar

Time for some safety measures.The rollbar is the same 6 point Hard Dog Hard Core M2 that I had in the NA. It is wider and taller than the more...

Gear and differential oil change

Changed gear and diff oil today.The ownersmanual says to change it every 48 months / 96000 km.Mine has only 13000 miles on the meter but the car is a 2004....

Nice guide to N/A tuning for Miata/MX-5

I found this link on www.mazda-speed.comhttp://members.aol.com/solomiata/CheapHP.htmlThere are some great tuning tips listed to make the most out of the BP without using too much $.

PWR aluminium radiator install

To prevent any cooling issues I got hold of a PWR alu rad from FM.Probably not an bad idea considering the air has to go trough both the bigger IC...

Shimming the WG actuator for more flow

While I had the turbo out I did some measuring with 2mm of washers between the actuator and compressor housing. This will have the same effect as lengthening the wg...

Porting the Wastegate

The internal wastegate (WG) on the stock turbo does not cope very well with higher boost levels. I have not been able to dial in a linear boost curve due...

Added old posts from my previous blog

Just to preserve my older blog entries that was running on my old server that will crash and burn any day now I added all the posts into this blog.The...

Electronic Boost Control

The Hydra ECU can control boost via a boost control solenoid valve.I had one lying arond from my old Link ECU setup which is the same unit recomended for the...

It's alive!

Starting a car for the first time after upgrades are always exciting. Especially with a new ECU.Before turning the key there are a couple of things that need to be...

Installing Hydra EMS and WBO2

The most radical modification in the FM MSM kit is the Hydra EMS.There are several reasons for not keeping the stock ECU:- There are no known procedures to remap the...

Intake parts and new injectors.

Finally I had the time to start installing the last parts of the Big Enchilada package.Since the intake piping is not designed for using MAF I have to install the...

Trip to the Nürburgring

Fra 8-15 august 2007 fikk jeg endelig realisert en drøm jeg har hatt lenge.En bekjent fra Miata club of Norway inviterte meg med ned til Nürburgring for litt kjøring på...

Intercooler upgrade

The stock MSM IC will not impress anyone. Tiny core with plastic end tanks.The fact that its exposed in the front does not improve things.It would be fun to measure...

FM DP and exhaust

Ahh.. I’m now back from a fantastic week at the Nürburgring. I’ll make a separate post for the trip when I come around to it.Time to do some real work...

Mexican food from FM has arrived

Wohoo! “The Big Enchilada” kit from Flyin Miata has arrived!This consists of all the engine goodies currently available from FM for the MSM.Previously it included fitting a bigger compressor wheel...

Wiseunits Dashlogger.

Instead of having my dashboard full of external gauges I opted for a Wiseunits MPM Dash logger. It consists of a display unit with navigation button and a main unit...

Oil cooler

The day before attending a trackday at Rudskogen held by KARN I mounted a cheap oil temp gauge I have had lying around from the old car.I was kind of...