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Old 10-30-2014, 07:38 PM
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In the Miata?
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nice fab work underneath. Lookin good
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A little bit more work done
Getting the floor clean ready for paint




GF giving me a hand painting the car



Next up to paint the cage the same Lime Green as the dash bar





While I'm waiting to do the painting, i decided to move to the rear heat extractor





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Some more progress on the rear Miata aero











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Old 01-25-2015, 05:39 PM
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Working on the first part of my radiator duct

Getting the template of the radiator duct fitted



After measuring and fitting, time for gluing





Still got to sand, clean and wax

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Woah that trunk area is CRAZY!
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Man I'm ******* stupid for not realizing this was you until I saw you standing on it.
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Old 01-28-2015, 10:07 PM
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Here is an update from yesterday/today

It doesn't have to be beautiful, because Racecar












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It still needs some cleaning but here you go













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Nice job man. That should really help force high pressure air from the center of the bumper across the entirety of the radiator.

I noticed your new front air dam looks different than the earlier one. Did you cut a new front air dam from the alumpanel so you could have a square air inlet?
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Old 02-09-2015, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by freedomgli
Nice job man. That should really help force high pressure air from the center of the bumper across the entirety of the radiator.

I noticed your new front air dam looks different than the earlier one. Did you cut a new front air dam from the alumpanel so you could have a square air inlet?
Yes the first air dam had to big of an opening so I remade it. Now on to pulling the 4 cyl engine and installing the V6 to get placement for the hood duct.
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subbing for randomness
what is going on here?
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Old 02-19-2015, 10:32 PM
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I just got the car out in the sun and put some paint on Project Bad Apple









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Miata LFX Swap

I picked up the engine a 2014 Camaro 3.6 V6 VVT

Price List in USD

2014 Camaro V6.....................$1249 +200 shipping
2013 Camaro Trans.................$900 +111 shipping


I got the engine on Monday






I Picked up the 6 speed trans on Thursday and the engine will be coming out tomorrow. The Girlfriend says she wants to get her hands dirty. :-)





More pics will be up tomorrow
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Engine is pulled thanks to in part to my GF. Next up is to remove all the wires and unused hoses.







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First test fit (nothing cut to fit the engine, besides the firewall ears)











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After some cutting, but still more cutting needed.











A piece of 2.5" exhaust in there to show the room

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Originally Posted by 1993ka24det
***** REAL.
Looking forward to the subframe conclusion for LFX swap.
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A bit of a update but, not much











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