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04-07-2012, 03:00 PM

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91' w/ JDM BP05 n/a, turbo soon..(crate motor w/ 9500miles)

Hello.

I blew #4 on my small nose original motor about 2 months ago.. so I looked around and found a used jdm crate motor w/ 9500miles, for only $850..

I bought alot of 1.6 to 1.8 conversion parts from flyin miata, along with steering rack bushings, all new tranny seals.. ect... full maintenence..

did myself a custom coolant reroute, and retained the heater core, nice and toasty...

Ive done about 3 oil changes on it so far, to ensure she has a nice clean inside, even though i pulled the oil pan, and cleaned it down with mobile 1 10/30... it still had cross hatching on the cylinder walls.. compression is 185+/- accros the board...

I traded my gsxr 600 for this miata about 9 months ago.. I think I work on it everyday. I love this car.

Im just running it n/a until I save up and buy the exact turbo setup I want...

***Im also looking for some after market 1.8 headers, used or new***

SO.here ya go.

the 1.6 right before I started ripping her apart, i did this all by myself..

THE BP05 1.8

the first picture I have of the car, i had alreay replaced the stock piping and added a b.o.v.

04-08-2012, 10:16 AM

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Here is my engine bay , now that it is sort of spring ish. Fred

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04-08-2012, 10:19 AM

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Now I just need to put the timing cover back on and do something about that k&n filter on the valve cover.

04-08-2012, 12:10 PM

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IS that an ABS cover on your front coolant neck output?

04-08-2012, 12:30 PM

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Thats black paint *****

04-08-2012, 04:01 PM

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aluminium with black paint, niggstick.

04-09-2012, 06:22 PM

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It looks a lot better than it did, but it still looks a lot more cluttered than a lot of the others on this forum.

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04-09-2012, 07:04 PM

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Out of the car for now. Working on it.

04-13-2012, 03:07 PM

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changed some stuff:

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still a lil messy tho

04-13-2012, 03:20 PM

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04-13-2012, 03:40 PM

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Last year when I was looking for a strange new tick. I'm guessing I have a hydraulic lifter going out.

04-13-2012, 03:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by richyvrlimited

You get to catch your fingers/tie/clothing in them when poking about the engine with it running.

Or, you get to mash them when a stone flicks into the engine bay and gets trapped between belt and gear.

If you have vernier gears then it allows you to adjust them without pulling the cam cover, otherwise it's for looks and therefore

I run an exposed valve cover because it gives me a piece of mind.
I had a timing plate bolt ventilate my valve cover. It was my car telling me to run exposed cam gears.

Now

08-16-2012, 04:10 AM

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Reviving this thread with an updated picture from my bay.

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08-16-2012, 04:54 AM

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08-16-2012, 08:59 PM

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Reviving this thread with an updated picture from my bay.

I love the intake on this car.

08-17-2012, 08:03 AM

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Hello. New here. Here is my engine bay. 96 miata with built bp (gtr) engine. Running Na atm. Hotside coolant reroute. Intake from old intercooler pipes.

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08-17-2012, 10:03 AM

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Miata turbo engine bay by Gorillazfan, on Flickr

After washing/waxing the bay. Now I've got my heat shield on and fixed my leaky oil return line so I don't have to clean the bay every couple of days.

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