Keith Tanner wrote:
Lesley, see if you can get behind the wheel of a non-Bilstein car. It's a much more composed ride.
Keith,
Are you saying that the Bilsteins don't add much to the ride? I remember you saying that they (the Bilsteins) didn't really net any performance benefit on the NCs - I only test drove cars with them, so I really don't know what the non perf-package cars felt like. I wanted an LSD.
On the NDs, only the Clubs have the limited slip, correct? When studying the MFR spec sheets, I recall the GT not being available with LSD. Which would be kind of a bummer - Like Leslie, I've become quite fond of heated seats.
I think Goodwin swapped out the diff for an OEM LSD shortly after they got their LE, it wasn't that big a job but you obviously end up with two diffs.
z31maniac wrote:
Keith Tanner wrote:
And you don't want to hear one of these for the first 30 seconds of running with a too-open exhaust. Nasty.
Oh, and don't think you can get much headroom out of those injectors.
Modern cars for years have done the "extra fuel/retard timing" as a way to get EGTs up and fire off the cats.
I think Moto-East has already stated he believes there is enough headroom in the stock fuel system for bolt-ons and E85.
The cool thing about the Miata is that it's also fooling with the throttle plate at the same time.
Has Moto-East actually checked injector sizes? We have. I'd love to be proven wrong, but the more I learn the less optimistic I am about significant power increase potential. The dyno bullE36 M3 detector is also denying some of the tuning claims being thrown about - anything double digits should be looked upon with real skepticism.
The Bilsteins make for a busy ride. The car fidgets all the time. Feels sporty on a test drive, but I've found I can triple the spring rates while improving ride quality and handling with a different set of shocks.
LSD only on the Club in the US. Of course it can be swapped.
Lesley
PowerDork
4/26/16 8:12 p.m.
Good to know. I'm a convert. Four Mazdas isn't enough...
