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Old 05-10-2008, 04:04 PM
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So how many posts before you actually put this thing into your car?
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Originally Posted by Saml01
So how many posts before you actually put this thing into your car?
many more. This motor isn't going in any time soon unfortunately.
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I see the passenger seat is missing. Did that method work well for hauling the engine?
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Originally Posted by jasonrobo02
I see the passenger seat is missing. Did that method work well for hauling the engine?
Yeah. I had to jack the car up to get the cherry picker feet under it, but we just dropped it right in and I held it through the turns. Its now a utility miata.
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Ooooh its new! looks good
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specs? work done?
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Originally Posted by Braineack
specs? work done?
basically a slight overbore to almost a 1.9 with the supertech pistons and CAT rods (which he said tested really well like the high dollar ****), knifed the crank, polished the crank journals, blue printed and balanced it super low (he was bragging about how low it went), cleaned up some casing irregularities (i couldn't afford a full p&p), new valve seals and all that crap, tapped for oil return and temp sensor, decked the head and block a bit to make it straight, provided mahle bearings and crap, and assembled everything but the head to the block for $1296.
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Originally Posted by hustler
many more. This motor isn't going in any time soon unfortunately.
Can I borrow it until you're ready to use it?It'll be a year or so right?
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which supertech piston CR did you get?

it looks perty. and I told you, you didn't have to take the seat out. but I did also have to jack up the car to get the 'picker under the car.
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that's a good price for all that work
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Originally Posted by y8s
which supertech piston CR did you get?

it looks perty. and I told you, you didn't have to take the seat out. but I did also have to jack up the car to get the 'picker under the car.
I took the seat out, and ended up getting another identical set of pistons and after the machine work their right at 8.9:1.
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I'm jealous! Looks good!
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now we're off to the jet-hot coating party.
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Looks good, who modified your VC? Did you really paint the teeth of the timing gears, i can't tell from here?
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Originally Posted by cjernigan
Looks good, who modified your VC? Did you really paint the teeth of the timing gears, i can't tell from here?
I did the valve cover with a circular saw...lol. I got overspray on the teeth, the timing belt will be just fine.
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Ok, I give up. Do I have the wrong waterpump? I don't know where I'm going to mount the tensioner, I don't have an old one to compare it to, and I don't want to take apart my other miatas to figure this out.
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Is the block painted or powder coated? Same thing for the VC? It looks very good!
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