008Miata's Long Slow Build, srsly Slow tho.
 

After years of tuning and tweaking my WRX, it has since been sold and replaced with a little miata.
So now I've decided to catalog all of my misfortune and money spending.




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Lets start out with the basics.
It's a stock 1999 Silver miata, car has 355,000 miles, and up until a week ago they were going up.
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Last week the car decided that the radiator wasn't giving it enough love, splitting the entire upper part of the endtank off of the radiator.
Needless to say I can skip the radiator flush I was planning.




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So I yanked it out, and made room for all the activities.
I ordered a CXRacing radiator and it should be here in a day or two.




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So this is where i'm at meow.

Dammit Kenny! Stop being so poor or I'm gonna start hucking rocks at you!
/Cartman

Welcome to the forum.

Ok I got the Radiator in and I have to admit, it's not too shabby.
Packaging was good and all welds seemed decent and thorough.
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I tossed it in really quick to check clearances beings as this unit is quite a bit larger than the OE unit. After a quick check it seems that the front edge of the radiator rubs against the mounting bolts for the AC heat exchanger. (Sorry crappy picture doesn't really show it well).
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Afterwards I bent the tabs back a little to offer a bit more room, I massaged the radiator in and tightened all the hoses up. I noticed the upper hose sits against the fan on the passenger side.
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So I filled it up with coolant (40/60) started the motor and let it warm up.
Checked for any pin holes or leaks, all was good, so I took it for a quick spin.

Also cleaned up some of the engine bay while I was in there.

So with things being crazy busy lately I haven't beend able to really dive into the car like I was hoping.

I did find time to test out an idea I had for fender stripes on the car.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1438274502

Again it was an idea, so I didn't want it to be permanent, therefore I used some black plasti dip, and some red vinyl pinstriping.
I thought it came out great, and my wife even gave me a compliment on it!
Let me know what you guys think.

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Also bear in mind the suspension is stock (for now).

Guys I did a thing....
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