The MX-5 NC cooling system can be a bit hard to fully understand unless you have had the engine out. Lots of hoses going everywhere and some important parts are...
I took a closer look at the pistons after disassembly in my earlier engine rebuild part 1 post.After a quick session with the brake cleaner on the piston domes there are indeed...
Since I need new pistons in my non voluntary engine rebuild I’m considering upping the compression ratio to extract more power.But how much more HP can I expect by going...
I have started disassembling the engine to find out exactly how broke I’ll be after the rebuild.After testing the compression all I knew was that cylinder one had 0 psi which...
During the first two weeks of august me and some friends had a fantastic trip to the Nürburgring.This was my 5th visit to the Ring and the longest and most...
Short version: Engine is furkedLong version:I attended a VACN trackday last weekend which was no fun at all.In my third session I suddenly noticed white/blue smoke in my rear window...
After this winters power upgrades the poor stock brakes are struggling to keep up . After about 5 laps in attack mode they’ll start fading and act non consistent. It...
My 2006 NC 1.8 came with an open differential. Not a big problem while on the stock suspension but after upgrading to stiffer sway bars and the KW3 suspension it...
The MZR 2.5L has a different head with larger intake ports than the 2.0 MX-5 head. The ports do not match perfectly and the stock 2.0 gasket will not fit....
The 2.5l MZR engine is about 14mm higher than the 1.8/2.0 version. This results in clearance issued with the FM SC intake rubbing with the hood and the stock strut...
I had a go at measuring horse power and torque today using Virtual Dyno and the Dyno function in the MazdaEdit LogViewer.Both are based on the same method; measuring the time...
I did my first two trackdays this season on the 23. april (NSK) and 3. may (Trackday.no)This was the first time with the new engine.The first one was more of...
I bought a brake ducting kit from gw ages ago but never installed it due to the reservoirs on the KW3 suspension interfering with the inlet of the ducts. After...
I decided to upgrade my fuel pump for several reasons.- I was not able to keep target AFR with the SC above 11 psi regardless of MAF scaling and other...
I managed to slip my car jack off the crossmember while trying to get control of a oil leak and ended up destroying my radiator a while ago. After logging temps during...
While doing researching on the MZR/Duratec I4 engine i collected some data from different sources for the most common variants of the MZR L engine used in the MX-5 (factory...
For those of you who read my blown-engine-post-mortem post it may not come as a surprise that I didn’t rebuild the 1.8 MZR engine with the block fubar and all.I did as...
While wasting time on the internet I read an article about dry sump oil systems. I have always thought this was used exclusively for eliminating oil starvation and enabling the...
IND over at forum.miata.net posted some invaluable data on the different cams available for the MZR engine including Cosworth, Kelford, Tomei and Crower/Massive. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=564488I’ll just quote the entire post here in...
