The cooler weather has revealed the cost that accompanies the simplicity of the manual boost control — it starts to peak much higher than desired. So, for $50, I purchased the Ingersoll-Rand boost control solenoid sold for Hydra by Flyin’ Miata.

As expected, install is easy as pie, but set-up is pain, although its all done from the car using the laptop. I’ve been tweaking for a couple of weeks now and I’m getting closer to a pretty nice set-up.

If you have the patience and you drive in wildly variable conditions (sub-freezing to over 30C), then this thing is for you.

Sick and tired of the horrid Sony Xplod speakers, I ponied up for a set of Clearwater, 8″, miata-specific speakers. Super easy install, quality construction, and awesome sound. Couldn’t be happier for $160USD.

Wow it has been a while! We’ve been having internet connection issues, which I’m starting to think is our router. I replaced it with a new one (same brand) and the problems persist. In addition, the new one won’t let me access this site from inside our network. That’s whacky!

At any rate, here’s a quick run down of the last little while: (more…)

Yeah, I fell behind on my updates, but I have a good excuse: things didn’t go quite to plan, there was an autocross, and I nearly pulled an all-nighter. (more…)

Didn’t make a ton of progress today, but I did inch forward. I procured some new bolts for the downpipe-turbo connection and took the old exhaust to storage along with the stock anti-roll bar in order to free up some space in the garage. With those errands completed, I turned to checking the threads in the turbo outlet casting, which appear (more…)

I made the trip to Ogs this morning to pick up the four boxes of goodness containing Flyin’ Miata’s Big Enchilada and the Energy Suspension differential bushing kit for Ginger. Now that the gear is in my hands, I’ll be maintaining an installation log here to document progress, (more…)