OMX-596 - 1996 Spec'd NA6 - Updated 21 Apr 2013

Postby **orx626** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:23 pm

mxfive wrote:How on earth did you take that complete red wreck and make such a sweet ride out of it Danny?

Many, many hours and a very understanding wife Grant! Actually I built the car for her :wink:

It was her daily for 4 years.

Cheers,
Danny

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:43 pm

orx626 wrote:
Boags wrote:Danny - 1:30:88 with a lot of sideways... Noice.

Boags, I wonder how much quicker I could have been without all the sideways action It's always fun finding the limit of lateral traction though!

Cheers,
Danny

I reckon a low 1:26 is acheivable.

But that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun... :mrgreen:

slug_dub · Postby **slug_dub** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:46 am

Beautiful car Orx626, its an inspiration!

Postby **orx626** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:53 pm

A selection of photos from last Thursday's Club Trackday at Queensland Raceway....props to Spy for the great piccies! :wink:

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:25 am

How did you let the NC overtake you! :mrgreen:

Postby **orx626** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:33 am

Okibi wrote:How did you let the NC overtake you!

The photos aren't in chronological order Dave!!! :twisted:

I'll have to put some vids up of the chase!

Postby **orx626** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:51 pm

Here's a vid of my current Clubman circuit PB....it's quite obvious that there's room for improvement!

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **orx626** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:49 pm

Due to things being a bit slow on the race car front, I took the opportunity to change out the factory Bilsteins and King spring combo for a second-hand set of Tien Flex's with EDFC. I hope with a bit of adjustment I may be able to smooth out the ride through turn 2 at Queensland Raceway. The EDFC is still to be wired in. I just plugged everything in, added some power and an earth, then reset the dampers and set a starting point.

Here's some piccies.....

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **orx626** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:34 am

Sasso wrote:Flexes are yummy, standard springs rates?

7kg/mm Front and 6kg/mm Rear.

Sasso wrote:fyi your front left tyre is rotating the opposite way to the rear two.

Yup, I ran them all in reverse at the last club track day to extend the tyre life by evening out the uneven wear caused by Queensland Raceway. They have now been returned to their usual operating direction.

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **orx626** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:39 pm

Quick update today and especially important news for South-East Queensland forum members who are using Megasquirt ECU's.

Over the past 10 weeks OMX-596 has been with GT Auto Garage (in Newmarket, Brisbane) to address a number of issues that weren't able to be resolved at the time when the tuning was first undertaken back in February of this year (NB: different tuner). The problems were as follows:

I left the car with them indefinitely so that they would have plenty of time to become proficient in tuning Megasquirt and therefore be able to provide a Mega-squirt tuning service that was desperately needed in South-East Queensland. Well the good news is that all of the four items have been rectified, and the bad news is that there isn't any! :lol:

I have left the car with them so that some road testing can be performed and any fine adjustments made.

Further to resolving the above issues they tweaked the tune. The below graph tells the story.

Maximum boost: 6psi (non-intercooled)
Peak rear wheel hp: 150.6rwhp @ 6,500rpm
Peak engine torque: 188.1Nm @ 3,100rpm

The real kicker is the virtually flat torque curve (and I use the word "curve" very loosely :wink:

) with no less than 185Nm available from 2,500rpm through to 5,250rpm. Which generates a virtually straight power curve....and I use the word "curve" very loosely once again! :lol:

It just makes for such a sweet drive!

This is a video of the power run.....

In other news, MX-5 Plus Service and GT Auto Garage have now combined to offer an even wider range of products and services to the MX-5 fraternity. More information regarding this alliance will be published early in 2010. So stay tuned!

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:48 pm

Great news and great power figures, please put an intercooler on her. :mrgreen:

madboy · Postby **madboy** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:19 am

Damn! I got wood watching! Love it m8

Postby **orx626** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:05 pm

Well that 12 months went fast! :shock:

Not too much to report except that I got an opportunity to test a HKS F-Con IS piggy back ECU on OMX-596. Well all I can say is wow!

The finer fuel and spark mapping yielded another 10 rwhp with no other mechanical changes. With this arrangement the factory ECU is reinstated. After reinstalling the factory ECU, I must say that nothing controls all the niceties of the engine as well as it does. The test resulted in the F-Con IS becoming a permanent fixture.

You gotta love the sound of a positive displacement blower coupled with a six speed & 4.3 torsen! :mrgreen: