I'm an old git with a supercharged 1.6 making 172 at the wheels and 120ftlb at 2000 up to 140 at peak , totally respect the younger dudes efforts and love the detailed explanation of all that you have researched and done . Keep it up , cheers Gilbert
I did my timing belt following your video and i did all of this plus discovered that my harmonic balancer had a wobble that was making my belts scream like heck, after checking under my harmonic balancer I found that there was a little metal thing that keeps everything lined up and that was completely bend, replace it with a new one install everything following the instructions on the video and everything is working perfect now. Thx Greg for the vids, keep them coming
Thanks for the detailed explanation, and crisp shots. So much more helpful than scrolling through infinite forum posts. I will check my '03 NB-2 myself this week thanks to you.
You are a GODSEND brother i think i bought an na eunos because i saw your chanel man Not the other way around And im going to check my timing as my engine seems a little laggy Was told it was rebuilt sooo could be a little out Im looking forward to finding more power and smoother running Luv ya mate!!!!! Your a LEGEND
I'm balls deep in a 1.8 swap into my 93' and I did time it correctly but I didn't even think about those tic marks on the harmonic balancer. Going to check that I put the balancer on in the right orientation or I'll have one hell of a time setting the advance lol
So, I somewhat know that some people set their na's a timing tick ahead for a power grab, but does that work on a 1.8 nb, or would it cause it to lose power over time or just in general?
Man I wish the car just woulndt run if timing is off, since I cant tell if it lost power or its just this weak from the factory, never even sat in another miata for comparison. Making me anxious at 3am that MAYBE my timing is off, MAYBE there are more horses in there... 🤔
Just time your 0-60. As long as you're still n/a you should be between 7-10 seconds. Timing being off on an n/a would be such a huge hit to your power that you wouldn't even be able to keep up with a semi truck. Hopefully this helps.
My previous owner never changed the antifreeze for 20 years. Pretty much ruined the block. Never changed the timing belt either but it lasted 20 years and 83k miles.
When putting the cylinder back on is it necessary to put gasket maker in the areas around the cam bearings? The Miata.net garage recommends it when replacing the head gasket but idk if it’s necessary to do it every time.
I suddenly feel like my cam hasn't been timed right to the crank. While installing the timing belt I took it off a couple of times because it wasn't on good. My megasquirted Volvo 740 runs but it runs like shit.
What inspection camera you using mate dam looks clean clear image ? Also your nankang ar1 on the street do they go of after a certain ammount of heat cycles i have been told they should only be used on track as only have a certain ammount of heat cycles in them ?
Hey Greg, I'm trying to plan my 1994 Miata build, and I was wondering whats the best HP gain you can get from full bolt ons? Not including any kind of turbocharging or supercharging, what HP gains can I expect from a new Intake, Throttlebody, Intake Manifold, Exhaust Headers, and Full Catback Exhaust?
I appreciate the replies, I do know the ECU needs to be upgraded to manage fuel air ratios, I'm really just looking to see what gains to expect with the bolt ons
honestly man, I wouldn't waste your time. id do a header, a muffler and a megasquirt tune. that made a massive difference in my car before I went turbo. but even then your talking 140ish hp when a basic turbo kit can easily double your factory horsepower. Im making around 220whp on a stock bottom end and that's pretty safe. BPs are trash motors for making power in stock form. either be happy with low naturally aspirated hp or look into forced induction. hope this helps homie
@@EditsUnlimited Thank you for the reply. I was just looking for a decent gain, I'm not looking to push 200+hp. My biggest things are great handling and reliability, thus why I wanted to stay stock with bolt-ons
Greg. I shit you not. I can DM you stone cold proof right now. I went out and checked my belt for shits and giggles and my crank is off as well EVEN WORSE than this guy. Holy shit. I set my timing recently and wondered why I could find my crank mark. Insanity. Edit: after investigating, the pulley is slipping... so now I need a new pulley. Fuck.
So if there is 1 turn of the crank to 2 of the cams and your at top dead centre of cylinder 1 how do you know when you in the right position of the crank to align your cams? How do you check so that you don't put the engine 180 degrees out?
How does 212bhp and 202ft/lbs on a 1.6 2554R at 0.8 bar sound? I did tell the tuner to be conservative as I'm in the process of building the motor and didn't want a rod through the block even tho you've proven that they can take an absolute beating before that!
Is there a trick to find out, if the woodruff key / balancer on a short nose NA is busted? When I was flashing it with the timing gun, the timing was alterning between 10°-12°...
Email me your order details. With how the mail is right now I've had a few orders not make it, the international orders are super random. Sometimes they take 1-2 weeks and sometimes I get them back in the mail months later. I'll get you a new order out if it's been 4+ weeks thecarpassionchannel@gmail.com
This is exactly what turned out to be the problem with my car as well way back. I couldn't figure out what the problem was and tried a variety of solutions but still knew something was wrong. It wouldn't crack 180wtq or 200whp at 16.5psi. and every additional 2degrees of spark timing would only net 0-3whp. Dispite the crowd from Miata turbo .net pressuring me to just keep adding more timing, I knew it wasn't going to fix it. The engine would've blew before it made 200whp at any number of psi. Same exact dyno graph too. Couldn't figure it out until the timing belt finally blew (likely due to being stressed) then when I re did the mechanical timing, holy cow the thing was fking FAST Haha I had to dial it back to 10-11psi wastegate @ 10-12 spark adv. And it made 190tq/205whp no problem. :) Since then car is now on e80 flexfuel with a GT2554R -(Greg's suggestion) Making 285whp at redline. Boost tapers up across the rev range. Maxing out at 15.4psi. timing peaks at high 16's. Straight 218wtq from 3k rpm all the way to 6900rpm. Happy ending Thank you Tcpc
Another great video Miata Dad! With that said, the "guy" that was the topic of the video, probably shouldn't be turboing the car without checking/confirming the timing on the motor.
I dont have a dyno sheet but virtual dyno on the other hand im making 208hp and 211tq with a stock 1.6L running a td04h 15g turbo on 16-17psi this dude over here making 250hp on 14psi on also a smallish turbo.. I need to hurry up and get my 1.8L finished maybe just be the small turbo or maybe thats the difference in a 1.6 to 1.8L Or could be that its just tuned by myself
The 15g is definitely a step smaller than what he's running, the GT2560R is a great turbo. 1.6L's also take more boost pressure to make the same power as a 1.8L.
It's not the cause of the normal squeal, that's usually a loose or worn alternator belt. A bad pulley can cause a chirping sound from what I've heard on a couple cars. From slipping a tiny bit at a time
Just wondering.... Anyone know how many horsepower I'm making with the flyin miata gt2560 kit on wastegate pressure in my 1.6? I've got a boost controller Installed, I just haven't turned the boost up yet.
Will installing a flying miata fuel rail increase fuel flow through my stock injectors? Without any aftermarket engine management? My car is running lean and I'm trying to find an easy way to kind of make my AFRs healthier.
@@jessesan2206yep. Raising base pressure can make your injectors flow more. You definitely should have some means to tune for this or you will run rich
@@digitald5851 better rich than lean. I talked to a tuner over the phone once and he suggested a link ecu because it has a better processor and fuel tables than a megasquirt
@@jessesan2206 sounds like something is causing your AFRs to be off. It's possible that your stock Fuel Pressure Regulator is going bad. rather than bandaid fixing it with an ECU or other expensive mods start the more likely and cheaper things to fix first. As someone with a standalone ECU, I wouldn't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing.
Dang I'm having similar problems. Thanks to a previous owner, I have no timing marks, no timing cover, and aftermarket cam gears. Making like 150hp at 10-15psi. No clue what's wrong
You always have a crank timing mark, it's cast into the oil pump and the front crank timing gear. The cams also still have keying dowels, which can also be used as alignment marks.
Daniel Visser Nope, the Mazda engine is an in-line, for RWD, the Saxo is a transverse FWD engine. You can however put a Honda engine in a saxo, as they are front wheel drive and transverse mounted. You can get stupid power out of those. You will need to do a bunch of mods to make an engine swap with a Saxo. The cheapest way to get a better motor is to buy a car with one in to begin with.
@@foamdataservices tanks for the info . When i put a honda motor in and crank the power up above 300hp is the gearbox en axels up for it or do you need to upgrade those to
greg... the pulleys are fixed... u can have the timing completly wrong and the the theet spacing will allways be 19! u cant fisicly put 18 theet or 20...!
@@TheCarPassionChannel the only way u can have 18 is if u strech the belt like crazy but it will break before u get it in place. And the the only u have 20 is if u let it sloppy... But thats obvious that something is wrong...
@@sergiobisonte Wrong again. To have 18 teeth between the marks all you need to do is install the belt wrong. In fact you could easily set it up to have 30 teeth between the marks.
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My balancer have non-slip technology, it is made from a lot of rust.
My whole car is!
Saaaaaaaame
I'm an old git with a supercharged 1.6 making 172 at the wheels and 120ftlb at 2000 up to 140 at peak , totally respect the younger dudes efforts and love the detailed explanation of all that you have researched and done .
Keep it up , cheers Gilbert
Tuners HATE him!
Lmaooo I had that typed out in the title and was like... I better not push it
first thing that came to mind when i saw the title XD
@@TheCarPassionChannelthat'd be a cool shirt maybe a characatuer and the car below words in middle and below?‽???
Id buy that for a dolla
30????
As always. Great content. I just found out my car was off a tooth earlier today. Timing belt kit ordered. Thanks Greg. You're the man.
Make some hoodies or long sleeves for winter ! 🤘🏻
Beanies!
Haha. he lives is SoCal, so he would never be able to wear cold whether clothes.
I'd buy a hoodie.
I’m in
With the Miata picture on the left laptop sticker 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Kreg Jeters 2020: He'll help you make more power.
Its Craig
@@Robberbarron27 its a joke
@@davidbarlowjr7583 His name is Greg Peters
"Im Greg Peters and Performance is my business"
@@Robberbarron27 it's kreg jeters
I did my timing belt following your video and i did all of this plus discovered that my harmonic balancer had a wobble that was making my belts scream like heck, after checking under my harmonic balancer I found that there was a little metal thing that keeps everything lined up and that was completely bend, replace it with a new one install everything following the instructions on the video and everything is working perfect now. Thx Greg for the vids, keep them coming
Bro you have grown so much since the haggard days, so good. Keep up the supreme excellence, you are a true Miata Dad
Greg you are the man your help and knowledge for the community is unbelievable you deserve a medal
Greg mate your doing such a great job. Absolute legend
Dude. Duuuuude. Why you always being so helpful and informative? Gah...
What a great guy a genuine car guy that helps other we need more of Greg
Peg Greters is the only person I trust who doesn’t have a coffee pot on his kitchen counter ☕️ 🤝
Thanks for the detailed explanation, and crisp shots. So much more helpful than scrolling through infinite forum posts. I will check my '03 NB-2 myself this week thanks to you.
What a helpful guy! Respect!
You are a GODSEND brother i think i bought an na eunos because i saw your chanel man
Not the other way around
And im going to check my timing as my engine seems a little laggy
Was told it was rebuilt sooo could be a little out
Im looking forward to finding more power and smoother running
Luv ya mate!!!!! Your a LEGEND
You are a legend mate!
Greg is awesome! He actually responded to my messages and also helped me out with my turbo Miata! Thank Greg!!
good work grep love to see you helping out the community
If you have a cut valve cover you can also use a timing light on the cam gears to double check timing or set it in a pinch with a bad pulley
I'm balls deep in a 1.8 swap into my 93' and I did time it correctly but I didn't even think about those tic marks on the harmonic balancer. Going to check that I put the balancer on in the right orientation or I'll have one hell of a time setting the advance lol
This video alone better have had brought you thousands of subs. You're an inspiration!!
Love this "format" just you talking about miata problems is awesome
So, I somewhat know that some people set their na's a timing tick ahead for a power grab, but does that work on a 1.8 nb, or would it cause it to lose power over time or just in general?
I am excited for all the stuff in the boxes that is soon to come.
Greg, thanks so much for these videos. You have saved me constant headaches with my Miata.
Your channel is awesome ... the car community thanks you
Make this a series. Good video as always!
Awesome work! 🚀
Awesome job Greg! You are a great guy for helping out your viewers! Keep it the great work man!
I'm so excited to learn from these videos.
Very good video Gred!
Awesome info as always! Thank you! Keep up the good work.
Very useful video, incredible the number of power that can be loss when little things are off.
I don't even own a miata, but this video was awesome to watch. Love the information.👌
Last time I was this early I didn't have a miata
At 10:42, the tool he uses to take off the hose. What is that?
Nice One G
Smashed it again!
Keep doing the lords work!
Doing the Lord's work
Man I wish the car just woulndt run if timing is off, since I cant tell if it lost power or its just this weak from the factory, never even sat in another miata for comparison. Making me anxious at 3am that MAYBE my timing is off, MAYBE there are more horses in there... 🤔
Just time your 0-60. As long as you're still n/a you should be between 7-10 seconds. Timing being off on an n/a would be such a huge hit to your power that you wouldn't even be able to keep up with a semi truck. Hopefully this helps.
Oh man. This! Same boat
I would not recommend using your 0-60 to see if your car is down on power. If you're off a couple teeth a 0-60 won't tell you anything
@@TheCarPassionChannel okay, Miata dad. I was just trying to reassure him
More Great Information!!! Thank You Very Much! Chris
Great information.👍
Bad bro. So helpful, you've also helped me a couple of times. Keep up the good work bro!!
My previous owner never changed the antifreeze for 20 years. Pretty much ruined the block. Never changed the timing belt either but it lasted 20 years and 83k miles.
Good hard work. Amazing content. Buying some merch.
Jesus this is very informative! Just bought myself an ecu and a wideband on top of that.
i have that same Frigidaire Range, Greg Peachers.
Excellent!
When putting the cylinder back on is it necessary to put gasket maker in the areas around the cam bearings? The Miata.net garage recommends it when replacing the head gasket but idk if it’s necessary to do it every time.
Your the whole reason I bought a miata an I couldn't be happier with my car!! Thnx alot!!😁🤘
This video made me from 135whp up to 186whp.
thx Greg :D
Thank you
Haha, awesome. My first honda I picked up because it wouldn't run. Cam was 1 tooth advanced from the mechanic the PO used. I got the car cheap. :)
Just got a 91 Miata Na stock but I can feel the gas die down past 4K rpm in the highway and flutter at 2k going up and down
will you be doing any mk3 aka nc video's ?
I suddenly feel like my cam hasn't been timed right to the crank.
While installing the timing belt I took it off a couple of times because it wasn't on good.
My megasquirted Volvo 740 runs but it runs like shit.
This isn’t a trick is it really??? It’s getting your timing right. There’s no tricks in engineering. Love this Chanel
2:05 hosrepower xD
What inspection camera you using mate dam looks clean clear image ?
Also your nankang ar1 on the street do they go of after a certain ammount of heat cycles i have been told they should only be used on track as only have a certain ammount of heat cycles in them ?
Link in the bio 🙂
@@TheCarPassionChannel thanks hows the ar1 tyres have been told they noisy on the street also ?
Thats awesome
This is great
Hey Greg, I'm trying to plan my 1994 Miata build, and I was wondering whats the best HP gain you can get from full bolt ons? Not including any kind of turbocharging or supercharging, what HP gains can I expect from a new Intake, Throttlebody, Intake Manifold, Exhaust Headers, and Full Catback Exhaust?
To maximize gains id add an afterment ecu to that list.
Yes, you will need some fuel management once you do those bolt ons. Your engine will run lean and then mess your engine up. Don't ask me how I know...
I appreciate the replies, I do know the ECU needs to be upgraded to manage fuel air ratios, I'm really just looking to see what gains to expect with the bolt ons
honestly man, I wouldn't waste your time. id do a header, a muffler and a megasquirt tune. that made a massive difference in my car before I went turbo. but even then your talking 140ish hp when a basic turbo kit can easily double your factory horsepower. Im making around 220whp on a stock bottom end and that's pretty safe. BPs are trash motors for making power in stock form. either be happy with low naturally aspirated hp or look into forced induction. hope this helps homie
@@EditsUnlimited Thank you for the reply. I was just looking for a decent gain, I'm not looking to push 200+hp. My biggest things are great handling and reliability, thus why I wanted to stay stock with bolt-ons
Greg.
I shit you not.
I can DM you stone cold proof right now.
I went out and checked my belt for shits and giggles and my crank is off as well EVEN WORSE than this guy.
Holy shit.
I set my timing recently and wondered why I could find my crank mark. Insanity.
Edit: after investigating, the pulley is slipping... so now I need a new pulley. Fuck.
So if there is 1 turn of the crank to 2 of the cams and your at top dead centre of cylinder 1 how do you know when you in the right position of the crank to align your cams? How do you check so that you don't put the engine 180 degrees out?
Backwards, 2 turns of the crank = 1 turn of the cams. If your cam gear timing marks are 180° off, spin the crank a full revolution
Same thing happened to my Nbs fan plug
Nice!
If you're at TDC won't woodriff key on the crank also be at 12 o'clock?
Yes - but you can't see the key with the pulley and covers installed.
How does 212bhp and 202ft/lbs on a 1.6 2554R at 0.8 bar sound? I did tell the tuner to be conservative as I'm in the process of building the motor and didn't want a rod through the block even tho you've proven that they can take an absolute beating before that!
Sounds right on target!
I have a question about why my car shakes or rattle while in neutral even tho the rpms are not moving is it the timing belt
Is there a trick to find out, if the woodruff key / balancer on a short nose NA is busted?
When I was flashing it with the timing gun, the timing was alterning between 10°-12°...
Hi Greg!
Do you know if the original decals reached Europe? Unfortunately I haven't received mine yet.
Email me your order details. With how the mail is right now I've had a few orders not make it, the international orders are super random. Sometimes they take 1-2 weeks and sometimes I get them back in the mail months later. I'll get you a new order out if it's been 4+ weeks
thecarpassionchannel@gmail.com
This is exactly what turned out to be the problem with my car as well way back.
I couldn't figure out what the problem was and tried a variety of solutions but still knew something was wrong. It wouldn't crack 180wtq or 200whp at 16.5psi. and every additional 2degrees of spark timing would only net 0-3whp. Dispite the crowd from Miata turbo .net pressuring me to just keep adding more timing, I knew it wasn't going to fix it. The engine would've blew before it made 200whp at any number of psi. Same exact dyno graph too.
Couldn't figure it out until the timing belt finally blew (likely due to being stressed) then when I re did the mechanical timing, holy cow the thing was fking FAST Haha I had to dial it back to 10-11psi wastegate @ 10-12 spark adv. And it made 190tq/205whp no problem. :)
Since then car is now on e80 flexfuel with a GT2554R -(Greg's suggestion) Making 285whp at redline.
Boost tapers up across the rev range. Maxing out at 15.4psi. timing peaks at high 16's.
Straight 218wtq from 3k rpm all the way to 6900rpm.
Happy ending
Thank you Tcpc
Another great video Miata Dad! With that said, the "guy" that was the topic of the video, probably shouldn't be turboing the car without checking/confirming the timing on the motor.
How can I get the hold of you if I have a question about my 2014 miata hard top performance? Thanks
I dont have a dyno sheet but virtual dyno on the other hand im making 208hp and 211tq with a stock 1.6L running a td04h 15g turbo on 16-17psi this dude over here making 250hp on 14psi on also a smallish turbo.. I need to hurry up and get my 1.8L finished maybe just be the small turbo or maybe thats the difference in a 1.6 to 1.8L Or could be that its just tuned by myself
The 15g is definitely a step smaller than what he's running, the GT2560R is a great turbo. 1.6L's also take more boost pressure to make the same power as a 1.8L.
Does anyone know if the virtual dyno software works with me221’s
I haven't tried it yet, but it works with both MS logs and CSV's and any logging software should be able to export CSV's.
TheCarPassionChannel it’s works 👍👍
Could a bad crank pulley make the belts squeal
It's not the cause of the normal squeal, that's usually a loose or worn alternator belt. A bad pulley can cause a chirping sound from what I've heard on a couple cars. From slipping a tiny bit at a time
Just wondering....
Anyone know how many horsepower I'm making with the flyin miata gt2560 kit on wastegate pressure in my 1.6? I've got a boost controller Installed, I just haven't turned the boost up yet.
356hp
Will installing a flying miata fuel rail increase fuel flow through my stock injectors? Without any aftermarket engine management? My car is running lean and I'm trying to find an easy way to kind of make my AFRs healthier.
Nope, raise the fuel pressure or get ecu remapped
@@miralemnermina142 with a pressure regulator?
@@jessesan2206yep. Raising base pressure can make your injectors flow more. You definitely should have some means to tune for this or you will run rich
@@digitald5851 better rich than lean. I talked to a tuner over the phone once and he suggested a link ecu because it has a better processor and fuel tables than a megasquirt
@@jessesan2206 sounds like something is causing your AFRs to be off. It's possible that your stock Fuel Pressure Regulator is going bad. rather than bandaid fixing it with an ECU or other expensive mods start the more likely and cheaper things to fix first. As someone with a standalone ECU, I wouldn't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing.
5.0 sbf pushrod swap a miata I think flying miata still sale a kit it would be nice to see your thoughts
$20,000 miata
@@EditsUnlimited 3500 bucks like a old pushrod 302 t5 carb not a coyote
@@cmd2789 don't let anyone tell you a v8 miata isn't gonna be deep into 5 figures. it would be super cool, but its gonna cost you
Dang I'm having similar problems. Thanks to a previous owner, I have no timing marks, no timing cover, and aftermarket cam gears. Making like 150hp at 10-15psi. No clue what's wrong
You always have a crank timing mark, it's cast into the oil pump and the front crank timing gear. The cams also still have keying dowels, which can also be used as alignment marks.
Hey greg, is it positie to put a mx5 1.8 engine in a citroen saxo?
Daniel Visser Nope, the Mazda engine is an in-line, for RWD, the Saxo is a transverse FWD engine. You can however put a Honda engine in a saxo, as they are front wheel drive and transverse mounted. You can get stupid power out of those. You will need to do a bunch of mods to make an engine swap with a Saxo. The cheapest way to get a better motor is to buy a car with one in to begin with.
@@foamdataservices tanks for the info .
When i put a honda motor in and crank the power up above 300hp is the gearbox en axels up for it or do you need to upgrade those to
Missing the old ‘back from the dead’ theme music 😂
Freaking love you videos
I liked twice for offering to give back to your subscribers 👍👍
Kind of interesting to see that he didn't get any cam and crank correlation codes due to the timing error
greg... the pulleys are fixed... u can have the timing completly wrong and the the theet spacing will allways be 19! u cant fisicly put 18 theet or 20...!
Yes you can. Ask me how I know
I've had a car i just two years ago be off. Had 20 teeth
@sergiobisonte Incorrect, you can have a different number of timing belt teeth between the marks.
@@TheCarPassionChannel the only way u can have 18 is if u strech the belt like crazy but it will break before u get it in place. And the the only u have 20 is if u let it sloppy... But thats obvious that something is wrong...
@@sergiobisonte Wrong again. To have 18 teeth between the marks all you need to do is install the belt wrong. In fact you could easily set it up to have 30 teeth between the marks.
I aspire to be as Miata knowledgable as you one day.
Not all heroes wear capes
You've missed the opportunity to paint your valve cover just like any other miata owner
🔥🔥🔥☝️
Please add a 2jz car to your fleet so you make content like this for it!
first thing I'm going to do when I get my Miata is check the timing
damn it im late to miata dad's video
You’re the Miata whisperer
Contact info for mfRex?
Instagram: @mfrex
Where is broke and boosted today???
The Tuner should of check the timing. WTF kind of tuner is that