Just FYI the breather being capped is stopping all blowby from escaping, since the PCV valve is closed in boost. It's best to route the breather to the turbo inlet so the turbo actually draws some vacuum on the crankcase in boost (can be done through a catch can also). I've blown cam seals completely out due to this. Also - $20 to upgrade to the Mazda 323 GTX all metal PCV valve, a mandatory upgrade on a turbo Miata motor! . Looks like she's a ripper though!
Finally I have found these remarkable gelatinous mini-beasts! Now this truly is a special product; I have never found a substance so enticing and wholly original as the Haribo Gold Bears. Wherever I go, no matter what convenience store I visit no matter time of day or the position of the great celestial bodies, I can never seem to find these little gelatinous creatures. I am delighted to remark that the Haribo Gold Bears appear exactly as seen in the picture, however they are surprisingly intelligent and much more aggressive than I had expected. As a word of caution; do not eat the entire lot of these mini-beasts in one sitting. If you do, you may feel movement within your stomach and the taste of acid at the back of your throat. This is only the natural evolutionary response of the mini-beasts; their gelatinous structure allows them to come together and reconnect into a singular amorphous entity and it will do anything it can to prevent itself from being consumed by you. At this point you may feel a great wave of nausea lulling you to sleep, but you must not allow yourself to be seduced into slumber for if you do you shall not wake. The mini-beasts have at this point lowered their viscosity to mimic the blood within your veins and travel up into your spinal column and into your brain. You will hear a slight whistling sound, and this is the sound of the parasite enacting symbiosis. Don't panic
@@lordtachanka8517 i mean, it's possible, but I don't think all that junk weighed _that_ much. ...then again, it's a miata. they only weight a dozen or so lbs stock. 🤔
@@SpaceMissile pretty simple,actually. The people who made this car put a lot of thought into making it work the way it is - adding tons of random mods throws it way off balance,making it less efficient by a long shot. For example,the suspension might be technically “better”,but the stock one was made for the weight of the car,while the new one wasn’t adjusted at all.
@@bosknight7837 but consider - most people (like my gf) want a loose, floaty suspension. Her Sentra is like a boat, but my lowered GTI is stiffer than stock and holds a much tighter roll angle when cornering. the compromise is that I feel _every_ bump in the road and it drives her crazy. so yeah, I get that manufacturers know their cars best, but they don't always design with sportiness in mind.
@@kubasaki1978 it kinda makes sense no aero probably didn’t have the suspension tuned the car wasn’t running right the tyres were older and the car was probably harder to drive
Yo shut up, just because you read the books doesn't mean you can spoil it for us who watch the movies smh, that was supposed to be the major plot twist...
The engine should still be healthy. Zack just completely plugged the vents for crankcase ventilation like a noob. Since PCV is blocked off, he pressurized the crankcase and is now forcing all the oil past the engine seals. Almost seems like he doesn't know what he's doing.
@@acornhead50 plot twist, he's making errors that give him enough of an edge to go to the track, but just major enough to keep making more episodes to fix them
@@acornhead50 he doesn't , the man bought a tiny ass oil cooler and thought it would help keep his oil temps down .. serious oil coolers are 3x bigger and what he bough is seriously just for looks
Nope but he should’ve spent the nearly 18k on that more hp an tq stock vs the hopped up 4 banger 😅 but it’d probably mess with the center mass and weight distribution there’s ways to counter that none of it cheap though I don’t feel like an ls is the best fit for a Miata if you’re not a fabricator
@@kylebrown5957 I think if your seeking speed like they are then a LS build makes sense, spending 17k and still being a 200 hp car kinda makes me a little sick lol. It obviously loses day to day reliability with the swap but would be an animal with the power increase
Or just turbo it and add coil overs and a sway bar and do nothing else other than performance wheels and you just don’t add a bunch of weight. Since ya know miatas are supposed to be light. Ide like to see the total weight he added to this car with all these mods vs how much power he added because I’m 100% sure that there is to much weight, even tho I like the build a lot.
@@Donut do an episode of learning on a track to be a better track driver, it would be a cool episode with good outcomes, and you could see how much of a difference it makes!
It would be interesting to see the comparison of lap times between this and a significantly less modified car that only has mods to make it track ready
If you put the top up, it can actually improve aerodynamics pretty significantly, might give you a better time. Is a hardtop worth it? Could be an interesting episode Edit: I’m aware it won’t be *that* significant, but it would be interesting to see if it makes any difference at all in this case
I wish people wouldn't be so hard on Donut and Zach/Money Pit. It's been an incredibly well documented build series and I always enjoy watching it. What they've done is damn impressive. Are their better, more technical videos out there? Sure. Car Passion channel comes to mind. BUT...Why can't everyone have fun? Can we only receive entertainment from a select few?
yeah great spend 17 grand go slow and blow up, totally great video LOL I would rather see him in stock miata go to strip clube with a 8 ball of coke and blow 17 grand on strippers, at least that video would have nude women in it
@@Donut I would pass on the caught can and just reroute it into you exhaust stream with a Venturi. That way you have one less filter/ can to service, and your Turbo only pulls in nice clean cold air.
Rotors and pads are hot after hot lapping for a full session. It’ll melt the pads or mess up the rear brakes if you leave the e brake up after a session. I always just turn my car off and leave it in gear.
@@Mister_Mag00 well, yeah, after some biker crashed after riding over it, possibly. a few drips of oil on the track / tire are enough to go down on a bike. not a laughing matter.
It'd not like gushing oil lol it's burning away 95% of the oil that's coming out, it's not puddling on the track it's all in then engine bay and in the air
@@angelgjr1999 Nobody cares about your mustang gt. Mustangs are some of the most overrated cars im existence. They aren't that fast, and they drive like boats.
@@angelgjr1999 imagine a car that costs more from the factory being "better" in your eyes.... lmao no shit sherlock. except you just bought an overpriced boat. lol. ofc its faster... you paid way more for it. I bought an na miata for 2k as a fun weekend car etc.. lmao. and you out here trying to flex your overpriced daily driver?... no one cares..
I still can’t believe they spent 17k is it really this expensive to modify Japanese cars? Why do Japanese guys always brag about cheap cars then? I could spend $7-8k and push 800whp in my car..
Driving school is honestly just for the absolutely clueless. You don't become a pro in a weekend. If you want to get fast, get into karting. All of the fastest track drivers I know are avid karters.
Here's what I love about Donut. One of the #1 car channels, posts honest win/fail videos. Interactive with fans. Comes back each week without giving up.
He just adding turbo which is USELESS since installing turbo means you will make even more issue you will face than before. If he not installing it, I am very sure that he can beat under 1:40 very easy. His track time was 4 second slower than 1st one due oil leak means your engine is in danger while 1st one he dont have radiator which means he cant go all out due his car is too hot for going all-out. Stop doing useless mods, he just literally ruined his own project car that he builds for a year and now he just regret it for installing turbo
Thank you for doing this. Sounds like unless you get lucky there’s no point in adding a turbo to your miata unless the engine is just completely rebuilt to be bulletproof and handle the extra strain
I absolutely love the money pit series, and it’s cool to see what different upgrades work and watch the car improve. But I think at this point it’s starting to show that sometimes starting with a better platform is worth the wait instead of throwing buckets of parts at something cheaper. At this point money pit costs as much if not more than a C5 Z06, and that’s scary
Love the series, bit silly going out on track knowing you are leaking oil! Dangerous not only for your car, (fire) but others driving on the oil splattered track after you! Keep up the mint content . Cheers
I've been on fire in the past with this exact issue on an MG Maestro Turbo. Many years ago now, but when I popped the bonnet it let the oxygen into the fire. I lost my eyebrows, eyelashes, and most of my hair. Not to mention my t-shirt was melted to my neck and my lips were so burnt they stuck together. The fire brigade wrapped my face in cling film with a straw to breath through. Thankfully I heal like Wolverine so no lasting scarring other than a bit on my neck when I get a sun tan. Taught me a valuable lesson of not dicking about when seeing/smelling smoke.
Goal of shaving about 14 seconds off the previous lap. Then you realize that is about a light year of a gap on any track. But you guys are having a blast doing it!
i tought the same and went back to the old video too check and last time his fastest lap was in fact a 1.56 ot a 1.46. That lap he couldnt go all in tho so the 6 second improvement over that lap with 120 more hp is still disappointing ngl
@@theemeralddj1 they're straight 6s, so long, and they're both cast iron and very overbuilt, so heavy. They're probably longer and heavier than an LS3 despite having 2 fewer cylinders.
So your last video at Willow Springs you had $9500 worth of mods (no turbo?) And got 1:56 as your fastest time (and your gauges failed!). This time almost double the mods and horsepower, 1:50. That's about 5.2% faster. I don't know if I'd say it's worth it? 😂 I'm curious too as to why you couldn't get into the 1:40s. As always, awesome video!
The one thing that was overlooked... the PCV system. Getting all that crankcase pressure out. Not to mention, high milage engine, older gaskets, no PCV solution, oil weeping engine... ;)
Also, just to add, I like that things don't always go to plan. It's life. And Zack is about the most charismatic person I think I've ever watched on RUclips.
Ye great, just shove some oil down on the track because you covered the breather instead of adding the right 323 parts to it 🤷♂️🤦♂️. If that was our local open day it'd have been black flagged for that smoke and oil coming off.
Does that mean more expensive means more better? Zack: No, do thing in right way, then that is more better. Fu#ing love that you turbo that miata, even when the Z's got broken
I finally decided to become a paid member 2day! It's been a long time coming and honestly I should have made the commitment a looong time ago. I'm probably up there age wise when compared to other members (I'm 42 and will be 43 tomorrow). The one thing that I absolutely love about this channel is that age really doesn't matter here... Donut is geared towards gear heads and when your a gear heads it doesn't matter if your 16 or 60... We all feel the NEED 4 SPEED! When I hit my early 30's I realized that all cars no matter the make or model are awesome. Each has their ups and downs and none are "perfect". When I came to that conclusion it opened up a whole world of possibilities as I was no longer stuck on one or 2 manufactures. When I once had a few options to chose from I now had hundreds! It wasn't until I hit 40 though that I could reap the benefits. Money doesn't grow on trees and after many years of hard work and dedication I could finally afford to really build something different and unique! So what did I chose for my "blank canvas". I wanted something that broke the rules of cool. Where I live in Louisville, KY (yup, I'm a Kentucky Cobra) Honda Civics, Mustangs and Focus STs, and a lot of Zs seem to be the latest thing. Really it depends on what end of town your in. Rollin around the east end and you will see a lot of WRXs and 5 series Beamers. Knowing this I decided to build a (drum roll please)... A 2010 MINI Cooper Clubman S! In The Ville the only people you see driving MINIS are soccer moms, hipsters and college girls. The only people you see driving MINI Clubmen are... Hardly no one. Seriously even since I bought mine 2 years ago I have rarely seen anyone driving one. In all... Maybe 7! When it comes to actually built MINIS I have only seen 1. The 1 that I have seen was probably only rockin an exhaust and an intake. So yea... I used to be the guy that HATED MINIs and now I was planning to spend a lot of money on building one. Wow, I have almost typed a novel so I will cut this short. Fast forward to now. If I had known just how difficult it is to build a MINI I would have gone with another car, but once I started I was committed. MINIs are a confused and scared little cars. They never know if they are supposed to be doing what they are doing and when they are doing it they get scared! MINIs seem to have sensors for sensors that are for yet even more sensors and getting a half way decently modded MINI to go fast without setting them off is a complete pain in the exhaust pipe. Right now I am at the point where I have reached the point that the only thing left to do are internals. I've got the bigger turbo and everything needed to make it do its thing. Every bolt-on you can think of all the way down to the replacing the flywheel with a bad ass light weight flywheel. I've gone from ho-hum to holy S%#T. It's not the fastest car in Louisville by far, but I think it most definitely is the fastest MINI. Right now I am in the process deciding if I should yank the AC. Before you think I am nuts... I barely drive her. She is not my daily. It seems that when I do use the AC the car gets hot when I am sitting at a light for no more than a few min. I have not always been able to afford the finer things and I have owned many of cars that didn't have working AC so I am used to it. Right now I think the AC is a hindrance. Although I do well, working on modifying internals are expensive. Its the most expensive process in build a car (IMO). So... I am saving money for the operation and yanking an AC is something I can do for cheap right now while keeping my hobby going (along with other weight reduction). Well I am gonna stop right there. Let me end in saying that absolutely love this channel and everybody who makes it tick! Thank you for giving me something to look forward to during these very bleak and weird times. Oh... Another reason I decided MINI is because I have literally owned 32 cars before it. I wanted to build something that I have never owned and something that you do not see a lot of. I have owned everything from an '82 o24 Dodge Omni to an '84 Porshe 944 and everything in-between, but never a MINI. I know I am still gonna catch hell for it though.
Only way to make if fast, could have LS swapped it in one episode, laid down a 1:30, slapped a Hong Kong hurricane on it in the second and laid down a 1:15
This is what happens when you have no suspension mods on stock Miata. Put on some decent coilovers, sway bar, bushings, etc. I mean cmon, a spec Miata with 140whp can do 1:35 easily here
have you been around? m3s only been skyrocketing in price... they arent cheap, i wouldnt pay that much for such an old car anymore, espicially one that isn't even fast for todays standards... they used to be great cars to drift or build etc but now they are just overpriced for what they are, and all their parts are skyrocketing as well etc... deff not the move for a fun car unless you are trying to hold one to keep and not beat on it etc.
@Dick weed maybe $17500 worth? Look, sure you could do all that shit but, that doesn't change the point, you're only getting one M3 in that price range.
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Just FYI the breather being capped is stopping all blowby from escaping, since the PCV valve is closed in boost. It's best to route the breather to the turbo inlet so the turbo actually draws some vacuum on the crankcase in boost (can be done through a catch can also). I've blown cam seals completely out due to this. Also - $20 to upgrade to the Mazda 323 GTX all metal PCV valve, a mandatory upgrade on a turbo Miata motor! . Looks like she's a ripper though!
The Miata Turbo Gods descend from the mountains and impart their wisdom on all of us once more.
I think Zach should see this so +up
Finally I have found these remarkable gelatinous mini-beasts! Now this truly is a special product; I have never found a substance so enticing and wholly original as the Haribo Gold Bears. Wherever I go, no matter what convenience store I visit no matter time of day or the position of the great celestial bodies, I can never seem to find these little gelatinous creatures. I am delighted to remark that the Haribo Gold Bears appear exactly as seen in the picture, however they are surprisingly intelligent and much more aggressive than I had expected. As a word of caution; do not eat the entire lot of these mini-beasts in one sitting. If you do, you may feel movement within your stomach and the taste of acid at the back of your throat. This is only the natural evolutionary response of the mini-beasts; their gelatinous structure allows them to come together and reconnect into a singular amorphous entity and it will do anything it can to prevent itself from being consumed by you. At this point you may feel a great wave of nausea lulling you to sleep, but you must not allow yourself to be seduced into slumber for if you do you shall not wake. The mini-beasts have at this point lowered their viscosity to mimic the blood within your veins and travel up into your spinal column and into your brain. You will hear a slight whistling sound, and this is the sound of the parasite enacting symbiosis. Don't panic
This is pure Miata knowledge right here, 100% fine grade stuff.
@@Mr-Cough what I kept reading thinking somehow, this had something to do with this video. Then I got to the end and Im fuckin confused.
“That’s okay... that’s just more episodes” exactly what we wanna hear
s t o n k s
i smell content....
Hell yeah, brotha.
Noooo lmfaooo why ur comment had to be on top for me now it’s a spoiler 😂😭
We may see a head gasket replacement
this is the most accurate thing I've ever seen happen with a project build
And there goes Sammit with forged 400hp Miata
a lot of SHTF and back and over
exactly. Aaaannnnddd thats an L lollll. Will be another couple visits to Willow before you get that real win. We’re with you Zach!
@@zeco_vlog for real in ol chairnik shop with minimal tools
It wasn’t on jack stands for a year tho.
$17,500 to go slower than stock and blow an engine. Sounds about right. Sad, but this is the most realistic series I've ever watched.
i simply don't understand how almost double hp means slower lap times. blows my mind.
@@SpaceMissile maybe the mods added to much weight?
@@lordtachanka8517 i mean, it's possible, but I don't think all that junk weighed _that_ much.
...then again, it's a miata. they only weight a dozen or so lbs stock. 🤔
@@SpaceMissile pretty simple,actually. The people who made this car put a lot of thought into making it work the way it is - adding tons of random mods throws it way off balance,making it less efficient by a long shot. For example,the suspension might be technically “better”,but the stock one was made for the weight of the car,while the new one wasn’t adjusted at all.
@@bosknight7837 but consider - most people (like my gf) want a loose, floaty suspension. Her Sentra is like a boat, but my lowered GTI is stiffer than stock and holds a much tighter roll angle when cornering. the compromise is that I feel _every_ bump in the road and it drives her crazy.
so yeah, I get that manufacturers know their cars best, but they don't always design with sportiness in mind.
When he said “That’s okay, that’s just more episodes...” everyone liked that 😏
Im waiting For Ae86 Miata is getting Boring
Bro hell yea 😭🤣 he said that and in my head I was just like.... nice.....🥸
Haha definitely
@@rizkyakbar8928 miata is still cool if they gotta take the engine apart but the ae86 would be soo fucking sweet
@@ritawant1063 Jak sa máš ty?
Miata: *blows up*
Zack: “I know this looks like an L but I’ll take it as a win because the turbo kicked in”
@F***CK МЕ - ОКЕУ ? nah
@F***CK МЕ - ОКЕУ ? wtf
@F***CK МЕ - ОКЕУ ? no
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We need a D-List on all the Donut Media employee cars (including projects)!
yes we do
You damn right about this!
Hell yeah!
Yes we absolutely need this
NO! No D-List! A classic B2B for every single car with James as a host!
17gs and you went 4 seconds slower... killing it!
Yup...that makes TOTAL sense to me..what a joke.
@@kubasaki1978 it kinda makes sense no aero probably didn’t have the suspension tuned the car wasn’t running right the tyres were older and the car was probably harder to drive
@@kubasaki1978 you act like it's your money lol lame
@@thebeatmajors_yt he’s so mad about someone else spending money haha
@@hubertkam7647 It was running R888s. Those are perfect tires for this. The thing couldn't even break bone stock Miata on bone stock tire times.
On the next episode of Money Pit, "I'm Zach and today we are rebuilding engines. Let's do this!"
I don't recall him installing catch cans on the boost side. He's probably still running stock PCV valve
Zack looks like the 80s dad James never had
i time traveled to now to hang out with my son
up to speed on zach aka james dad?
Yo shut up, just because you read the books doesn't mean you can spoil it for us who watch the movies smh, that was supposed to be the major plot twist...
Bruhh lmao
I wish I had a dad
Literally in the first episode of turbo pit Zach said: “my engine is healthy so I can make mopowabebeh”
Miata now: jOkEs On YoU
The engine should still be healthy. Zack just completely plugged the vents for crankcase ventilation like a noob. Since PCV is blocked off, he pressurized the crankcase and is now forcing all the oil past the engine seals. Almost seems like he doesn't know what he's doing.
Zach
@@acornhead50 plot twist, he's making errors that give him enough of an edge to go to the track, but just major enough to keep making more episodes to fix them
@@acornhead50 which episode did he do that?
@@acornhead50 he doesn't , the man bought a tiny ass oil cooler and thought it would help keep his oil temps down .. serious oil coolers are 3x bigger and what he bough is seriously just for looks
2 years from now: "Can I break 1:48 with 100k worth of mods"
why did I click on 1:48
“Let’s hope nothing blows up”
Only 8 minute video
I’ve got a bad feeling about this
@@iwantsexseemyvideo2548bruh, why are you here?
"That's just more episodes"
Me: 😐...🙂...😁
Yes!🤣
Car Channels, "Well that wasn't planned, but it's content!"
@@dovahboy4015 build going perfectly = less views
Colossal mess = high views
Bin
*sees video is only 8 minutes*
"Something terrible has happened"
lol so true, thought the same thing
My hearth stop
Yeah that terrible thing was RUclips making the time for midroll ads 8 mins instead of 10.
@@AnonyMous-lk7zi ruclips.net/video/BJ_MHX49RqY/видео.html
Next episode: "will an LS motor fit in a Miata?"
I remember back in the day people swapping 5.0L engines in Miatas. Called them monster Miatas. They were VERY fast!!
@@locosiete6839 Monster Miata Still makes 5.0 kits and LS kits crazy they have been doing it for like 30 years
@@melloyello89 well we know what the next mod should be for the car lol! That will be a good one to watch
Nope but he should’ve spent the nearly 18k on that more hp an tq stock vs the hopped up 4 banger 😅 but it’d probably mess with the center mass and weight distribution there’s ways to counter that none of it cheap though I don’t feel like an ls is the best fit for a Miata if you’re not a fabricator
@@kylebrown5957 I think if your seeking speed like they are then a LS build makes sense, spending 17k and still being a 200 hp car kinda makes me a little sick lol. It obviously loses day to day reliability with the swap but would be an animal with the power increase
Don't let anyone take away the 22 centiseconds you shaved in the last lap, Zach. You earned it. Proud of you, buddy.
Milli
@@christopherg1288centi
"I think I'm going to join the f*ck it club"
using that one
@Dennis Moroz it’s prolly a bot
my fav is "chuck it in the fuck it bucket"
Good slogan.... Horrible choice with a race car for the other racers!!!!!
Live it, breathe it, be it.
Me when i ripped my interior out 🤣
Nobody:
*oil chilling on the hood*
*turbo is literally wet*
Zach: “SEND IT!!!!!!”
My man really wanted to race 😂
So, today i learned: Keep your Miata stock.
>dont buy a miata at all
Just fixed it
@@k3kboi665 or buy one
As James May says: STANDARD!
Or just turbo it and add coil overs and a sway bar and do nothing else other than performance wheels and you just don’t add a bunch of weight. Since ya know miatas are supposed to be light. Ide like to see the total weight he added to this car with all these mods vs how much power he added because I’m 100% sure that there is to much weight, even tho I like the build a lot.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
I’m starting to believe Zach may just be slow
i am ☹️
At least you know you can trust the car you built now 🤷
@@Donut as long as you were having fun it still would be a W in my book
@@Donut Slow is ok as long as it's fun going slow.
@@Donut do an episode of learning on a track to be a better track driver, it would be a cool episode with good outcomes, and you could see how much of a difference it makes!
"Was putting almost $18k into my daily driver to add 5 seconds to my lap time worth it?!" 🤔🤔🤔
Jk love u Zach gr8 show ☺️
It shaved 6
It would be interesting to see the comparison of lap times between this and a significantly less modified car that only has mods to make it track ready
Yes
And be 20 seconds slower then the stock Miata record.
It's a money pit, what were you expecting? There are a lot of 18k cars that can beat that Miata. You can get a porsche for that money...
You know he's a Miata guy when every time he references the stock power, it keeps going up...
I know this because I do the same thing
This series was amazing. Not only did we see the evolution of a Miata, but we also saw Zach slowly transition into an early 80s mechanic.
We in the Jeep world have a saying: "If it's leaking oil, it still has oil" #SendIt
😂😂😂
That’s what military aircraft maintainers say about all their Jets and rotor birds lol
I see you Jeep folk are not so different from us Land Rover folk after all.
And dodge. If it has an oil puddle its got oil
@@Aduro90 I believe the Land Rover saying is "if there's no oil under it, there's no oil in it"
Next episode: **"HOW TO LS SWAP YOUR MIATA"** 😂😂😂
@UCpQzIYG9g789kCJ9clqgE_Q that won't fit. I think.
@@reginaldbowls7180 LS fits anything even civics
@@reginaldbowls7180 they’ve put a hellcat engine in a Miata before a ls would fit
@@reginaldbowls7180 ohh it'll fit
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If you put the top up, it can actually improve aerodynamics pretty significantly, might give you a better time. Is a hardtop worth it? Could be an interesting episode
Edit: I’m aware it won’t be *that* significant, but it would be interesting to see if it makes any difference at all in this case
thought the same thing, the track and the car are quite slow however, so it wont probably make that mch of a difference
I don't think the roof being down is the factor holding it back
@@R03333 I'm with you. A weekend at track school will shave the most time. It will cost a lot less than $17.5k also.
Aerodynamics lol, that really won't make any difference. They just need to make it run reliably and Zach needs more time to practice at the track.
Best Motoring did this with an S2000, a Z3M, a Z4, a Boxster, a 350Z Roadster and an SLK. The difference was negligible top up or down.
I wish people wouldn't be so hard on Donut and Zach/Money Pit. It's been an incredibly well documented build series and I always enjoy watching it. What they've done is damn impressive. Are their better, more technical videos out there? Sure. Car Passion channel comes to mind. BUT...Why can't everyone have fun? Can we only receive entertainment from a select few?
yeah great spend 17 grand go slow and blow up, totally great video LOL I would rather see him in stock miata go to strip clube with a 8 ball of coke and blow 17 grand on strippers, at least that video would have nude women in it
ZACH: FIX YOUR PCV SYSTEM AND THEN GET A CATCH CAN!
And an oil breather
check back next week!
@@Donut i always do 👍
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@@Donut I would pass on the caught can and just reroute it into you exhaust stream with a Venturi. That way you have one less filter/ can to service, and your Turbo only pulls in nice clean cold air.
We got more powah Wednesday awe yeahhh
This makes me smile
Should be a shirt. Just being honest.
@@petercorrea7645 10/10 would buy
@@yosemuanya i literally had to think about it for a second
Hehd
Zach is that uncle who gives you a sip of Miller lite and shows you how to tie 4 M80s together to make a stick of dynamite.
And teaches you to light it with the cigarette he let you bum.
Most accurate, honest video I've ever seen on any subject. Kudos to Zach for being brutally honest, that's integrity!
“My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count Donut” - Zach Skywalker, probably
Zach Miatadriver
"Twice the Pride, Double to Fall"
"I see this as an absolute win"
“Running great”
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"That just means more episodes"
17k later.... while me spends 3k on a super charger on a 8k car and makes 700hp
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Im actually impressed it didnt catch on fire with all that oil sparying from the engine
Friendly advice, don’t pull the hand brake when you park in the pits.
Just curious but why shouldn’t we?
The pads are so hot the compression will probably warp the rotors
@@EZ2EE. ^
Rotors and pads are hot after hot lapping for a full session. It’ll melt the pads or mess up the rear brakes if you leave the e brake up after a session. I always just turn my car off and leave it in gear.
Sound advice
Big respect for how much a positive attitude man keeps 😂😂 I’d be a little more frustrated at these oil leaks
Next episode: "is doing an engine swap worth it?"
These bots lol
@@alexj.5207 lmaoo that's what I was thinking
Screw it ls swap
"Is a LS1 motor worth it?"
@@hehehboi8509 "Yes"
Zack: Turbos his car
His car: Haha engine now go dead
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“Really good at changing my goals” lol that was hilarious
I say donut makes a brand named “The Fuck It Club”
i would totally buy a fuck it club t shirt
Same here
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I don't know whether to be disappointed that the car didn't preform again or excited that we get more episodes of money pit
Definitely the latter
I felt that when he said “I’m good at changing my goals.“ mood.
Taking extra laps when you know you’re blowing oil is unconscionable, especially on a track used by motorcycles. You could see it on your warmup laps.
I was thinking the same thing...any of that oil gets on the track, and it willl...bad for everyone’s day.
if there was an issue the track officials would have done something, relax
@@Mister_Mag00 well, yeah, after some biker crashed after riding over it, possibly. a few drips of oil on the track / tire are enough to go down on a bike. not a laughing matter.
It'd not like gushing oil lol it's burning away 95% of the oil that's coming out, it's not puddling on the track it's all in then engine bay and in the air
Up next. “On this episode of my $1k LS swap.”
then he'd run a 1:55
@@RW-zh7kl Less than that. Miata is garbage. Turbo car and only 220 hp? My Mustang GT does more.
@@angelgjr1999 what mustang do you have?
@@angelgjr1999 Nobody cares about your mustang gt. Mustangs are some of the most overrated cars im existence. They aren't that fast, and they drive like boats.
@@angelgjr1999 imagine a car that costs more from the factory being "better" in your eyes.... lmao no shit sherlock. except you just bought an overpriced boat. lol. ofc its faster... you paid way more for it. I bought an na miata for 2k as a fun weekend car etc.. lmao. and you out here trying to flex your overpriced daily driver?... no one cares..
Zach should make a sick cross-over episode with Riley from LTT, they're basically long lost moustachey twins at this point.
Oh yes!
Riley!
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How to turn 17K into a slower lap time and loss of reliability.
How to jack up a PCV system and drive inconsistently
Eh it's not loss of reliability, it's about as unreliable as before but in a different way :)
@@brreeaad lol
I still can’t believe they spent 17k is it really this expensive to modify Japanese cars? Why do Japanese guys always brag about cheap cars then? I could spend $7-8k and push 800whp in my car..
I mean, most accurate turbo charging series I've seen
“Cars running great” - can’t even break 1:50 and is squirting oil everywhere Lolol
I’m Zac and this is “ fixing Pit” baby
He really did another lap on the track with a car with leaking oil.. that’s so considerate of him and everyone else on the track.
Clown I tell ya
Open track day and he would've gotten his ass beat!!
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Please do "Is driving school worth it" ! Take some of the donut team and see how much their lap-times improve with some professional instruction
Driving school is honestly just for the absolutely clueless. You don't become a pro in a weekend. If you want to get fast, get into karting. All of the fastest track drivers I know are avid karters.
Here's what I love about Donut. One of the #1 car channels, posts honest win/fail videos. Interactive with fans. Comes back each week without giving up.
The real "worth it"s are the Miatas we made along the way!
It's not, since they added so much shit that the car clearly is less reliable and deduced its power/weight ratio.
He just adding turbo which is USELESS since installing turbo means you will make even more issue you will face than before. If he not installing it, I am very sure that he can beat under 1:40 very easy.
His track time was 4 second slower than 1st one due oil leak means your engine is in danger while 1st one he dont have radiator which means he cant go all out due his car is too hot for going all-out.
Stop doing useless mods, he just literally ruined his own project car that he builds for a year and now he just regret it for installing turbo
@@hartonosutrisno5452 he ran 1:56 w/o turbo, not 1:46. He is 6 seconds faster
@@RazorHK at 1:53 he clearly states that he ran a 1:46 and was hoping to bring it down to 1:40.
Thank you for doing this. Sounds like unless you get lucky there’s no point in adding a turbo to your miata unless the engine is just completely rebuilt to be bulletproof and handle the extra strain
Yeah really think FI goes against the bulletproof simplicity of the Miata
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I absolutely love the money pit series, and it’s cool to see what different upgrades work and watch the car improve. But I think at this point it’s starting to show that sometimes starting with a better platform is worth the wait instead of throwing buckets of parts at something cheaper. At this point money pit costs as much if not more than a C5 Z06, and that’s scary
I mean, its literally called money pit, in that case hes rly doing everything right
"Whooooo yeah baby, that's what I've been waiting for that's what it's all about"
Ah yes, a man of culture.
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Please don’t ever end this series sooooooo good maybe try it on other platforms but stupid hype it’s on the miata !!
Love the series, bit silly going out on track knowing you are leaking oil! Dangerous not only for your car, (fire) but others driving on the oil splattered track after you! Keep up the mint content . Cheers
oh yes because there's NO safety precautions at all right?
Who cares
Tracks usually care a lot about that. The fines for spilling oil are almost more than the Miata is now worth 🤣@@obeseperson
I've been on fire in the past with this exact issue on an MG Maestro Turbo. Many years ago now, but when I popped the bonnet it let the oxygen into the fire. I lost my eyebrows, eyelashes, and most of my hair. Not to mention my t-shirt was melted to my neck and my lips were so burnt they stuck together. The fire brigade wrapped my face in cling film with a straw to breath through. Thankfully I heal like Wolverine so no lasting scarring other than a bit on my neck when I get a sun tan.
Taught me a valuable lesson of not dicking about when seeing/smelling smoke.
Day 292 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad
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Ahh yes
YES
i wish i had his determination fixing my 300zx
Here u are
“Uncle Rico Goes Racing 2” great episode Zach!
This dude is never out of motivation. Friggin inspired bruh🔥❤️
Goal of shaving about 14 seconds off the previous lap. Then you realize that is about a light year of a gap on any track. But you guys are having a blast doing it!
imagine doubling your horsepower..and going slower lmao.
i tought the same and went back to the old video too check and last time his fastest lap was in fact a 1.56 ot a 1.46. That lap he couldnt go all in tho so the 6 second improvement over that lap with 120 more hp is still disappointing ngl
lmao i thought the same thing. Im sure it will get better though
@@alexsupertramp4907 lol! That makes more sense. He gave us the wrong lap time. I said no way would his time be slow after doubling his horsepower.
The Ricer life is real... 😂
That car is not a ricer... Not a single mod he did makes it a ricer. There is not even a wing in it.
Watch him say fuck it lets take out this engine and put a LS or any swap
I doubt tho because he turbo'd it
Ls miatas suck for everything.
@@thatgaykid420 why?
Or stick a 2JZ or even an RB26DETT (idk if they would fit tbh)
@@theemeralddj1 they're straight 6s, so long, and they're both cast iron and very overbuilt, so heavy. They're probably longer and heavier than an LS3 despite having 2 fewer cylinders.
@@XenFPV the easy choice would be to go the carthrottle route and go full ford/jaguar v6 swap
Damm dat turbo sound
all da noises
So your last video at Willow Springs you had $9500 worth of mods (no turbo?) And got 1:56 as your fastest time (and your gauges failed!). This time almost double the mods and horsepower, 1:50. That's about 5.2% faster. I don't know if I'd say it's worth it? 😂
I'm curious too as to why you couldn't get into the 1:40s.
As always, awesome video!
Last time I was this early, the Miata still had the stock ride height
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Expecting a ‘is a full engine rebuild worth it?’ Good luck bud
Im here for Eagle rods and Wiseco/Mahle/Comp piston upgrade....
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@@eddiezambiaphiri6666 im just hopeful that they will go big peepee with this miata build.
When the budget for wardrobe is more than the budget for parts.
The one thing that was overlooked... the PCV system. Getting all that crankcase pressure out. Not to mention, high milage engine, older gaskets, no PCV solution, oil weeping engine... ;)
"Didn't overheat, there is a little bit of SMOKE coming out of the engine bay..."
2:46 "Yeah Baby LETS GO" *cuts to far away shot of miata doing 30mph with beemer on its ass* Yup still a miata lmao
Love that he is like "well shit, let's repair it."
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Also, just to add, I like that things don't always go to plan. It's life. And Zack is about the most charismatic person I think I've ever watched on RUclips.
Zach: It's smoking, it may break
Miata: Breaks
Zach: *insert suprised pikachu face"
1:00 hey Zach tell Eddie that he need to install a turbo in his Miata as well ! 😁
Ye great, just shove some oil down on the track because you covered the breather instead of adding the right 323 parts to it 🤷♂️🤦♂️. If that was our local open day it'd have been black flagged for that smoke and oil coming off.
Came here to say this. Not a great look going out twice with oil leaking. Love the whole series otherwise
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Does that mean more expensive means more better?
Zack: No, do thing in right way, then that is more better.
Fu#ing love that you turbo that miata, even when the Z's got broken
I can now say, wednesday's one of the best days.
Day 34 of wanting Up To Speed back
good luck bro ...i want it back too
Day 48 of asking Jeremiah to do a B2B on an LMP car
Like for 919 Hybrid Evo, Reply for TS050
@@SkyHighGD Day 1 of wanting Pumphrey to do the old REAL B2B.
idk but the new B2B just doesnt feel like B2B to me.
@@Qutut it’s cos of covid unfortunately
i want Up to speed Lada
"Its okay, that's just more episodes"
He is speaking our language
I finally decided to become a paid member 2day! It's been a long time coming and honestly I should have made the commitment a looong time ago. I'm probably up there age wise when compared to other members (I'm 42 and will be 43 tomorrow). The one thing that I absolutely love about this channel is that age really doesn't matter here... Donut is geared towards gear heads and when your a gear heads it doesn't matter if your 16 or 60... We all feel the NEED 4 SPEED! When I hit my early 30's I realized that all cars no matter the make or model are awesome. Each has their ups and downs and none are "perfect". When I came to that conclusion it opened up a whole world of possibilities as I was no longer stuck on one or 2 manufactures. When I once had a few options to chose from I now had hundreds! It wasn't until I hit 40 though that I could reap the benefits. Money doesn't grow on trees and after many years of hard work and dedication I could finally afford to really build something different and unique! So what did I chose for my "blank canvas". I wanted something that broke the rules of cool. Where I live in Louisville, KY (yup, I'm a Kentucky Cobra) Honda Civics, Mustangs and Focus STs, and a lot of Zs seem to be the latest thing. Really it depends on what end of town your in. Rollin around the east end and you will see a lot of WRXs and 5 series Beamers. Knowing this I decided to build a (drum roll please)... A 2010 MINI Cooper Clubman S! In The Ville the only people you see driving MINIS are soccer moms, hipsters and college girls. The only people you see driving MINI Clubmen are... Hardly no one. Seriously even since I bought mine 2 years ago I have rarely seen anyone driving one. In all... Maybe 7! When it comes to actually built MINIS I have only seen 1. The 1 that I have seen was probably only rockin an exhaust and an intake. So yea... I used to be the guy that HATED MINIs and now I was planning to spend a lot of money on building one. Wow, I have almost typed a novel so I will cut this short. Fast forward to now. If I had known just how difficult it is to build a MINI I would have gone with another car, but once I started I was committed. MINIs are a confused and scared little cars. They never know if they are supposed to be doing what they are doing and when they are doing it they get scared! MINIs seem to have sensors for sensors that are for yet even more sensors and getting a half way decently modded MINI to go fast without setting them off is a complete pain in the exhaust pipe. Right now I am at the point where I have reached the point that the only thing left to do are internals. I've got the bigger turbo and everything needed to make it do its thing. Every bolt-on you can think of all the way down to the replacing the flywheel with a bad ass light weight flywheel. I've gone from ho-hum to holy S%#T. It's not the fastest car in Louisville by far, but I think it most definitely is the fastest MINI. Right now I am in the process deciding if I should yank the AC. Before you think I am nuts... I barely drive her. She is not my daily. It seems that when I do use the AC the car gets hot when I am sitting at a light for no more than a few min. I have not always been able to afford the finer things and I have owned many of cars that didn't have working AC so I am used to it. Right now I think the AC is a hindrance. Although I do well, working on modifying internals are expensive. Its the most expensive process in build a car (IMO). So... I am saving money for the operation and yanking an AC is something I can do for cheap right now while keeping my hobby going (along with other weight reduction). Well I am gonna stop right there. Let me end in saying that absolutely love this channel and everybody who makes it tick! Thank you for giving me something to look forward to during these very bleak and weird times. Oh... Another reason I decided MINI is because I have literally owned 32 cars before it. I wanted to build something that I have never owned and something that you do not see a lot of. I have owned everything from an '82 o24 Dodge Omni to an '84 Porshe 944 and everything in-between, but never a MINI. I know I am still gonna catch hell for it though.
Yes i see this as an absolute win to my money, I'm just gonna stick to NA for now😅 great video I've learned a lot.
Yeah NA is hardcore it won't broke as easy as turbo...
Of course it was, we have been waiting for it
I’m waiting for the ls swap comments
Only way to make if fast, could have LS swapped it in one episode, laid down a 1:30, slapped a Hong Kong hurricane on it in the second and laid down a 1:15
Step one: buy a SN95 mustang for 500 dollars.
Step two: LS swap it
Step 3 : profit
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@@nickdseidel Hong Kong hurricane!!! Bwahahahahahahaha
"F*ck it" is what keeps the performance industry in business. 🤘🔥🖤
Day 2 of asking to bring back up to speed
I think they are bringing it back very soon
the last one was 4 months ago...
They should redo some of the older up to speed episodes like they did for the RX7, some of those older ones were dark and awkward af
They’re going to bring it back with a rocket bunny ep I’m pretty sure. Not sure when tho
@@nandernugget *James* Just like my dad.
Where did Zach get that awesome Snap On sweatshirt?
This Miata has had a hell of a journey
This is what happens when you have no suspension mods on stock Miata. Put on some decent coilovers, sway bar, bushings, etc. I mean cmon, a spec Miata with 140whp can do 1:35 easily here
Yes the moment we've all been waiting for
Yessir
They brought Up to speed back?
Here we go!!!
engine swap on da miata? that could be interesting.
Yeah dude, just completely swap the engine that you JUST turbo'd.
@@Qutut yeah, makes sense.
@@Qutut fuck it bro yolo dawg
Wanna go even slower ? :-D
@@DrSid42 yes😳
Project cars make the best car content. There's always more stuff to fix or add and it's all great
Zack: “I’m zack & this is turbo pit” 😂😂
Zack be like "Where we're going we need no oil!"
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All the M3s you could’ve bought for that amount of money: hehe
uhh, you mean like maybe 1 M3? Maybe a couple of 328i's.
M3's are not cheap, especially in generations that are "iconic" like the e36.
have you been around? m3s only been skyrocketing in price... they arent cheap, i wouldnt pay that much for such an old car anymore, espicially one that isn't even fast for todays standards... they used to be great cars to drift or build etc but now they are just overpriced for what they are, and all their parts are skyrocketing as well etc... deff not the move for a fun car unless you are trying to hold one to keep and not beat on it etc.
@Dick weed maybe $17500 worth?
Look, sure you could do all that shit but, that doesn't change the point, you're only getting one M3 in that price range.
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