++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[RPD]

gnarf

 

[alfa147x]

you understand dsl is affected by the distance to the node right?

Yes. But the performance should not differ between houses located near each other...

 

[sdifox]

Yes. But the performance should not differ between houses located near each other...

then it could be the line in your parents' house

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[sdifox]

narf

 

[MotF Bane]

Flyin' Miata's power kits are really expensive.

 

[MotF Bane]

$3000 for a full turbo kit for an '01 Miata, and it looks like only a single scroll, giving up to 170 RWHP, versus the stock 105 RWHP.

 

[sdifox]

105 is fine on a miata

 

[sdifox]

you can always try to build a v8 miata

 

[MotF Bane]

I used to have a nice calculator somewhere for estimating drivetrain losses.

 

[MotF Bane]

That's for about a 2400 pound car.

COMPARISON: My Grand Prix weighed in around 3400 pounds, and, after the supercharger was disabled, put out about 160 FWHP.

COMPARISON: My G35x weighs in around 3400 pounds, and has around 220 AWHP.

 

[MotF Bane]

you can always try to build a v8 miata

That's going to run at least $5000, if I do it with shade tree and junkyard building. If I want it to be properly done, it's going to be aiming for $8-10.

 

[MotF Bane]

So that $3000 turbo kit only gives 170 RWHP... but the design of it means in the future, it's pretty much all set to unbolt the original turbo, bolt in a new one (i.e. a $1500 twin-scroll), and go chasing 250+ RWHP.

 

[MotF Bane]

Now, I like the 2001 Miata. One, I think the NA looks fucking horrendous, the NB is at least livable. Two, the 2001 has received significant suspension and build upgrades over the earlier NB's and the original NA's.

 

[MotF Bane]

Unfortunately, the soulless fuckers running the DMV put far too much emphasis on emissions testing, safety regulations, blah blah blah. A turbo '01 might not pass inspection.

 

[MotF Bane]

Unless maybe if the turbo can be unlinked for inspection, all the electronics set backwards, and then let it run. But the scanning computers might find something awry.

 

[MotF Bane]

It's why a lot of people use the older cars, before the government went psychotic.

 

[MotF Bane]

Wow, suspension parts for the Miata are cheap! Full coilovers are half the cost of coilovers for the G.

 

[MotF Bane]

So they have a 170 RWHP, 180 RWHP, 250 RWHP, and 260+ RWHP. I think I can see a clear delineation between single and twin scroll.

 

[MotF Bane]

Oh, interesting. The stock headlights include a projector on the outboard edge (probably single mode low beam), a halogen in the center (that'll be either single mode F2P/high, or dual mode fog & F2P/high), plus an inboard most light, I'd guess directional.

 

[MotF Bane]

The car has amber side markers, which may be the entire directional, or assistive; it also has isolated fog lights.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah, the inner is amber, so it's got two directionals per side.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Neff