Re: V8 Miata - The Lemony way
No way you will get that much air with the big V8 up front!
Racing the "Toylet" Toyota Celica powered by Chevrolet Ecotec.
24x Loser with the Celica. 16x loser in other fine machines
Overall winner Gingerman 2019
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No way you will get that much air with the big V8 up front!
It runs and drives, looks like we might actually make the race in 2 weeks. Exhaust sounds cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eGn0U6vM4M
Corvette dash is functional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew0lEFUeYgg
Also, completed the list of vehicles that donated parts:
And mounted the older Cadillac ornament:
The ornament is perfect! What a project, great job.
This is spectacular. So excited for you guys
Well, turns out this is a pretty decent motor. Ended up 4th overall and 1st in C class with the fastest lap of the weekend by 3 seconds. Sure was fun. As Phil said at the awards ceremony, this is proof that the HT4100 series motor is the best pushrod engine to ever come out of Detroit.
Great job boys!!
That is great...any video?
Bravo, guys. This is a glorious machine, and the Corvette dash is a perfect addition. Best V8 Miata of all time.
Bad camera angle, but here's some in-car footage from early in the second day. The motor is just barely trying and we're running under 2:20 laps on average, I think that's probably why it lasted all weekend. We kind of just idled around the track all day. Fastest time of the weekend for us was a 2:12.9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZt0_43 … e=youtu.be
We went into the weekend expecting to wrench a lot and hoping to get all of us in the seat at least once. We had no strategy for trying to win, just to go out and have fun. It was as surprising to us as it was to everyone else that it actually lasted the race. We had tons of fun!!!
More pics:
I love this. Well done.
2 questions:
Do you have any pictures of your painting?
And any clips of hitting the curbing at speed around 1-2pm on Sunday?
It was fun running flags for the race.
I really just want to know what the “seriously, wtf” bribe was
I really just want to know what the “seriously, wtf” bribe was
Here's some info about 2/3 down this page:
http://www.roadkill.com/24-hours-lemons … rman-2017/
Well done guys. You deserved it.
Proof that you don't need a short shifter kit to go fast.
So to give a little update, we shredded the rear wheel bearing in the last few laps of the race at high plains last month. Somehow, it kept moving for the last few laps and we were even able to drive it onto the trailer. The hub sheared in half and the splines on the cv shaft were stripped, so there was some extreme heat in there from the looks of it. We measured the CV shaft stud at 750 degrees when it came off the track after the checkered flag. The brake rotors were only at 300. Carnage pics:
We had to replace basically everything on the outside due to all the heat damage, but we got it all replaced in time to hit the drag strips with a bunch of other Lemons people at Bandimere. It was nice and slow at the drag strip with the 3.08 gears and truck transmission, but it was still tons of fun getting out there. The transmission now sounds like its full of rocks, so its time for another junkyard transmission.
Now, in an effort for more free power, because obviously that makes everything better, we've spent about 80 hours porting the iron heads to put on this 4.9. We've never ported heads before, but like the headers, the internet has plenty of information out there. The combustion chambers were re-shaped, the intakes were cleaned up, and the exhaust ports were opened up a ton. This is probably one of the most extreme port jobs on a 4.9 (of which like maybe 5 fiero guys have done ever), so we'll see how much of a difference it makes. We even melted down some old pistons with a torch to fill in the egr ports on the middle cylinders with aluminum. To wrap it up, we did a 3 angle valve job using an old snap-on valve seat grinder from the 60's.
nice work...cam upgrade next? How do you get it to run right with 2 left sided heads?
Ha, yea, all the heads on these motors are the same left and right, no idea what the "L" was supposed to stand for.
No one makes cams for these motors, and cams cost money. Supposedly you can regrind the stock cams, but that also costs money. So far I have $0 in the porting, which is good for the Lemons budget and the actual budget.
The exhaust ports on these heads were TINY, and the valves were heavily shrouded with lots of sharp edges right next to them, so I think this porting work should make some kind of difference, if not just in making the motor more efficient.
Ha, yea, all the heads on these motors are the same left and right, no idea what the "L" was supposed to stand for.
No one makes cams for these motors, and cams cost money. Supposedly you can regrind the stock cams, but that also costs money. So far I have $0 in the porting, which is good for the Lemons budget and the actual budget.
The exhaust ports on these heads were TINY, and the valves were heavily shrouded with lots of sharp edges right next to them, so I think this porting work should make some kind of difference, if not just in making the motor more efficient.
yeah I was kidding, just saw the "L"s and made a joke.
a man after my heart
Just watched the wrap-up video. I'm amazed this ran as well as it did. Congrats!
If you're looking for a regrind of the stock cams, I can personally recommend Schneider here in San Diego.
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