93' Miata stolen and flipped build thread
#3762
On another note. I refinished my steering wheel again. It must not have like the leather conditioner I was using as it stripped the top coat off and was looking a little beat. So I removed the top coat and refinished it and then buffed it with a dry microfiber towel. Just going to use water and some light interior protector from now on.
Also bought these adjustable AN wrenched after a couple people recommended them(thanks Bryan), for my fuel fittings and to stop further damage to my turbo fittings. There are a ton of options and buying multiple of each type was looking expensive. CNC'd billet aluminum. Yum.
They don't loosen up as you use them supposedly as well, which I always found annoying on other adjustable wrenches. They are so light they feel really cheap, because my muscle memory is used to the heft and feel of steel tools. They are far from bad quality though. Hopefully I have these in my tool kit for a very long time.
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For leather, I use Ultra Shield leather care cleaner and conditioner. It's made for furniture, and it works great on seats. If you use it sparingly, it leaves the leather soft, but not oily or slippery feeling. A $10 bottle will do an entire sofa several times, so 1 bottle should last for years doing seats and trim.
#3768
It really is suprising just how different it hits. It is still scary, but not in the brutal sense like the 2860rs. When the 2860 hit full boost....look out...and hope you are going in a straight line. With the EFR's linearity it just makes the car so much more predictable, as you said, a larger displacement NA motor.
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You have no idea how antsy I'm getting as mine comes together.
#3770
I'm sure it was partially tune related, but the delivery is really quite different. Before the car was stolen and it was all sorted it still hit pretty visciously.
And yes, the Rotrex comparison was quite the exaggeration in retrospect but ya'll know what I mean....
#3771
Fun was not had yesterday...
So I've had misfire issues for as long as I can remember on cylinder #1, always chalked it up to a faulty COP or spark plug but after putting in fresh plugs gapped even narrower it finally stopped misfiring on cyl #1 but would always return at idle.
So I finally got off my lazy *** and did a compression test and leakdown test and it showed low compression on cyl #1, and didn't rise after squirting some oil in the cylinder. So knowing that I did a leakdown test and saw that it was leaking from my exhaust valve on #1. Cylinders 2, 3, and 4 all were stable and had the exact same compression numbers.
So after considering my options I pulled the head. Dropping it off at an engine shop later today to find out the full story before I make a decision on what I replace. The original owner did a 3 way valve job with backcut valves but used the 99 valves that came with the head.
Shop I'm dropping the head off to is a performance drag motor shop and works on a lot of import motors as well and has been in business for 30 years so I am not really nervous about their experience/quality.
And before anyone says it, no this was not due to my tune I had done recently. It was a prevalent issue before it was tuned, most likely caused by myself learning how to tune the car and/or the rollover incident.
Not mad about it, as it is part of the reality you accept when you enter this "world", and seeing as there is no rush to get it done I'm not feeling ansy or annoyed to meet a deadline. Luckily it wasn't the bottom end, as that could have caused this to be considerably more expensive.
Took me 3 hours to pull the head, and the only tricky part was getting the CAS to clear the firewall. Really a fairly undramatic job considering how I was building it up in my head.
Probably going to go with Supertech valves to replace the OEM valves and maybe dual light valve springs for a little more assurance.
Let the fun begin...again!
So I've had misfire issues for as long as I can remember on cylinder #1, always chalked it up to a faulty COP or spark plug but after putting in fresh plugs gapped even narrower it finally stopped misfiring on cyl #1 but would always return at idle.
So I finally got off my lazy *** and did a compression test and leakdown test and it showed low compression on cyl #1, and didn't rise after squirting some oil in the cylinder. So knowing that I did a leakdown test and saw that it was leaking from my exhaust valve on #1. Cylinders 2, 3, and 4 all were stable and had the exact same compression numbers.
So after considering my options I pulled the head. Dropping it off at an engine shop later today to find out the full story before I make a decision on what I replace. The original owner did a 3 way valve job with backcut valves but used the 99 valves that came with the head.
Shop I'm dropping the head off to is a performance drag motor shop and works on a lot of import motors as well and has been in business for 30 years so I am not really nervous about their experience/quality.
And before anyone says it, no this was not due to my tune I had done recently. It was a prevalent issue before it was tuned, most likely caused by myself learning how to tune the car and/or the rollover incident.
Not mad about it, as it is part of the reality you accept when you enter this "world", and seeing as there is no rush to get it done I'm not feeling ansy or annoyed to meet a deadline. Luckily it wasn't the bottom end, as that could have caused this to be considerably more expensive.
Took me 3 hours to pull the head, and the only tricky part was getting the CAS to clear the firewall. Really a fairly undramatic job considering how I was building it up in my head.
Probably going to go with Supertech valves to replace the OEM valves and maybe dual light valve springs for a little more assurance.
Let the fun begin...again!
#3773
Jeff, as you know, I've been pulling my head pretty regularly (actually, valves are holding up fine now that I changed machine shops). I recommend that you remove those studs before pulling/installing the head. I didn't at first, and the head would sometimes **** and drag on the studs. Having them out of the way makes things much easier.