We're working on MS6 stuff. - Page 2

Matt@DamondMotorsports

Originally Posted by dagrimey1

Mine is not really an issue it just not as smooth as those Damn PU's.

I love the feeling of a smooth pu

ms6mil

I'll take a closer look at mine this weekend, but something is definitely giving, the play is noticeable. I also occasionally hear a cracking/clicking sound when shifting under the boot.

I too am feeling the rough 2nd gear shift, it sometimes causes me to grind because I am anticipating a quick & "smoother" shift. (driver mod.... of course

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Will we ever see a complete shifter for the 6? I'm not holding my breath, but I would without a doubt purchase one immediately if they became available.

dale_gribble

Regarding the MS6 FMIC, I have done quite a bit of workup on doing what I felt was a good one. I definitely prefer both hot/cold side pipes on the driver side with a top tank/bottom tank configuration as seen here. Custom crash bar. I think 2.25" hot side, 2.5" cold side with as few of couplers as possible. CPE had pretty good routing but that big aluminum tray that made you hack all of the air guides was totally dumb. The should have just don't a crash bar and moved everything up.

Don't make us hack up the front bumper/air guides, or at least at little as possible. We don't want high pressure air to go anywhere but through the FMIC/radiator. Some guys want a TR10, I would be very happy with a TR8 size intercooler (rated to 500hp) personally. That takes care of 90% of us.

To top it off, do an air diverter so all of the air that used to go to the TMIC can be directed into the radiator area.

I think piping + crashbar + diverter + piping - intercooler would be a fair price at $500-$600usd.

Dale's custom FMIC setup for MS6 - take 2

Code Monkey

I know my designs are largely a pipe dream but here are more ideas.

Keep in mind I do not have a condenser or a purge solenoid valve line.

For road racing, I do not want to cover the whole radiator + I want hot and cold side pipes as short as possible for a quick throttle response.

Mount a vertical intercooler "vertically" (duh), the hot side is obvious. The cold side could either (1) go through the top with some fancy pigtail curve or (2) go through the bottom (obviously requires the end tank to be positioned appropriately).

This picture shows an ideal position of the two holes if we go with (1) above.

A variation is to have the cold and hot sides on the same side, which makes the hot side even shorter (pardon the intercooler "design").

I think this way we could have our cake and eat it too when it comes to lower BATs and fresh air flow to the radiator or at least part of it.

King Scumbag

Originally Posted by dagrimey1

@SBMS316; please elaborate on the needs on the short shifter for our platform.
For one thing is the plastic guide that prevents you from going into reverse wears thin and give you that not so smooth shift to 2nd gear. If you own a 6 or any first Gen 1 3 I'm pretty sure you know that feeling

@dagrimey1; as much as I would love to give some insight and as much as I dislike a specific Vendor right now I'm gonna refrain. I'm sure @Matt@DamondMotorsports; will get plenty of good feedback on that from the rest of the community.

Mazdazilla6

Originally Posted by Farhan@DM

1. Please elaborate. Adjustability of what?
2. Do you see it flex mid shift, or after you've hit the gate? (I hope you're not driving and looking at your shifter at the same time)
3. Where are they wearing?

Adjustability of shifter height and throw length.

Both, it flexes when it hits the gate (the part that wears on all our shifters) and mid shift. I've missed second plenty of times.

My car doesn't have too much wear on its shifter but I saw one where the ball at the bottom of the shifter stalk was loose inside the area that holds it.

igve2shtz

With a thread title like this, I'll beat the dead horse ... +1 on TR8 FMIC option (crash bar/brackets/piping (or use CX piping). I'll be first to sign up ... even going as far as to upfront a down payment.

Yay for MS6 love.

Code Monkey

Wondering if it is possible to come up with or adapt a "heavy duty" power steering cap that Maruha makes for the Miata.

Matt@DamondMotorsports

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

Wondering if it is possible to come up with or adapt a "heavy duty" power steering cap that Maruha makes for the Miata.

Are you leaking fluid from the cap while tracking? The only time the PS reservoir spills a little fluid out of the cap, is probably close to 1G.

I have a solution for you... reservoir sock. You could even make your own. Here's a pic on my old 6, not the greatest pic, but you can see it, and it worked well. No more fluid on the belt at the track: