RS3 Winter wheels and tires No Michigan-based daily driver is complete without a full set of winter wheels and tires. The challenge in this case was finding wheels with the correct offset given the 8Y RS3's odd wheel setup (staggered, with wider fronts than rears) and the utterly massive
RS3 Midpipe upgrade Removal of the OEM midpipes was extremely easy and the new Unitronic midpipes swapped in quickly.
RS3 Exocet Had two toys for just a short minute... Well, it came time to sell the Exocet. My heart and soul went into it, really it got me through the last 2-1/2 years of my life as my
Exocet How-to Bracing the wing I'd noticed from the beginning, when I installed the wing, that the wing moves laterally at high speeds and in corners. Broken Parts Lather, rinse, and repeat for 5000 miles,
Exocet Flyin' Miata MSM exhaust The OEM exhaust fit, though not very well. Circa March, 2021The Flyin' Miata Mazdaspeed cat-back exhaust has a better design which involves fewer bends, more clearance from the Exocet frame,
Exocet How-to PiDash external antenna I added an external antenna for my Raspberry Pi because the enclosed aluminum wiring tray seriously degrades the wifi signal. Disable onboard wifi I found this discussed and documented here
Exocet How-to MegaSquirt PiDash MegaSquirt PiDash This write-up is for everything required to transition from the OEM Miata instrument cluster to a Raspberry Pi powered digital dashboard.
Events Exocet Detail Garage Rides and Coffee, 2022-04-24 Detail Garage Rides and Coffee EventSpring is finally here! Bring those rides out and celebrate with Coffee, Donuts, Raffles, Music, Awesome people and the coolest cars in Metro Detroit! Message
Exocet How-to Spun Aluminum Fuel Tank Working draft... The Tank Pacific Customs 10" x 36", 11.1 gallon EFI side-fill spun aluminum tank * One-way Check Valve Roll Over Vent 3/4 Tall 9/16 * Sending unit
Exocet How-to Fab9 Coil-on-Plug In all seriousness I'd pretty well sworn off any and all Fab9 products, but I got a great deal on a used Fab9 COP setup that I couldn't say no to so here I am installing it.
Exocet Fab9 trigger wheel is garbage #2 Yeah, so, Fab9 replaced their utterly destroyed trigger wheel for free and I happily went about installing their replacement solely to restore driveability. ... I really didn't learn my lesson.
Events Cars and Coffee, 2021-08-14 The attention to detail and the craftsmanship on this MR2 was just incredible. Cars, coffee, and a brake job.
