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Damn that is an eye popping blue!
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Originally Posted by bahurd
(Post 1073919)
My color vote:
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384630052 SRT Viper color contest winner is Competition Blue - Autoblog |
Originally Posted by Oscar
(Post 1073950)
This looks like what happens every time brainey posts an over-saturated 'no filter' pic:dealwithit:
:noob: Saying that I'm still learning photo editing.:crx: |
Any thoughts on the slim NRG quick release hub?
NRG Innovations Thin Version Quick Release Kit I like that it doesn't add too much length to the steering column. I have long arms(+3 ape index) so I don't want it up in my chest too much. |
Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
(Post 1074062)
Any thoughts on the slim NRG quick release hub?
NRG Innovations Thin Version Quick Release Kit I like that it doesn't add too much length to the steering column. I have long arms(+3 ape index) so I don't want it up in my chest too much. |
Originally Posted by eduTechnic
(Post 1074075)
They are good. On dad's 911. Great release. Blanged out kolourz. |
Avoid the thin and go with the standard. A friend of mine had issues with the thin version not wanting to lock in place. I have a standard version and I've never had an issue with it.
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Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
(Post 1074102)
Nice, didn't known he got one for the Porsche. My Momo wheel is pretty tired, leather is pretty worn out. Thinking of stripping it then sending it to you to wrap in catzskins bar tape, I don't trust myself to wrap it and rather leave it to a pro like you brother. Figured it was cheaper and would last forever that way.
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Originally Posted by Midtenn
(Post 1074156)
Avoid the thin and go with the standard. A friend of mine had issues with the thin version not wanting to lock in place. I have a standard version and I've never had an issue with it.
Originally Posted by eduTechnic
(Post 1074220)
Just drive the f0cker. hells bells son
Which is a segue into my next update.... Totally dismantled the totaled car and scavenged every bolt/clip/grommet I could off it just in case. Have it sitting outside waiting to be picked up by the salvage folks. While I have the wiring harness out that I am going to put into the 1990, I decided, why not delete some wiring! If only it is that easy right? So far I have deleted AC, radio, rear defrost, rear antenna, seatbelt/seat/airbags, speaker and power windows. I could probably go further but I am not to motivated to do so. I didn't take too many pictures since I was so busy I totally forgot about my camera. Small pile of yanked wires and AC compressor. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 The start of the dewire. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 Since I have OCD, when I pulled the frame rails to transfer to the new car, I noticed that the P.O. filled the hole with sealant(I'd do the same) but it gummed up all the bolts and nuts and washers. Since it felt wrong to put nasty bolts onto a fresh undercoat I broke out my Tap and Die set and cleaned all the threads and fixed some threads that had deformed. I was so into my work I didn't even notice a friend take this picture. I was in the get-shit-done zone. IF you are wondering what I'm sitting in it is called a crazy creek chair. 2 pads held together with webbing. Makes sitting on the floor feel like you are in a recliner. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 Also my parts for my transmission speedo gears came in on Saturday. It'll be nice having the right speed read out on the 3.63 R&P. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384757528 That was a long weekend.:crx: |
Getting closer! I feel like this thing is about to fly together after a little more paint and cleaning. Keep it up, you haven't made all of us lazy yet.
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I made my AIT wire this weekend! :giggle:
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Nice updates! I lol'd at the ape index thing, I've got that too. My armspan is 6" longer than I am tall. You said you are a +3, how the fuck do you measure the rating? It's always interested me.
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What's with all the slacking off? I haven't seen any real progress in hours!
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 1074263)
Getting closer! I feel like this thing is about to fly together after a little more paint and cleaning. Keep it up, you haven't made all of us lazy yet.
Originally Posted by Harv
(Post 1074321)
I made my AIT wire this weekend! :giggle:
Originally Posted by Fireindc
(Post 1074383)
Nice updates! I lol'd at the ape index thing, I've got that too. My armspan is 6" longer than I am tall. You said you are a +3, how the fuck do you measure the rating? It's always interested me.
Originally Posted by rleete
(Post 1074414)
What's with all the slacking off? I haven't seen any real progress in hours!
Been mostly waiting on the body shop to pick up the car. They came 3 hours later than they said they would..Hopefully it will be color code 448 in a week! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384818682 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384818682 |
LS Blue. Great choice.
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Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
(Post 1074511)
Been mostly waiting on the body shop to pick up the car. They came 3 hours later than they said they would..Hopefully it will be color code 448 in a week!
Most of the ones I've dealt with are usually about 3 months late. Also, who's MDX in the background? |
Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 1074520)
I hope you weren't that upset about a body shop being 3 hours late... Most of the ones I've dealt with are usually about 3 months late. Also, who's MDX in the background? Sorry I'm a stickler for times. You say you will be here at 2 or you expect me at 2 you better be there! |
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Little gasket/seal replacement tonight.
Rear transmission gasket https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 Pilot bearing(I think it is perfectly level???) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 Throwout bearing https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 Pressure plate looks a little worn. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 Assembled the speedo gear and installed https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 can anyone tell me where the hell this came from? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384838739 Also did the valve cover gasket and intake manifold gasket. |
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Amazon had Centric rotors on sale for <$16 each. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384842793 |
That pressure plate wear is normal. Nothing to worry about. That long spring was probably part of some ghetto rigging of some sort.
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Nope that's a spring from a seal. Hopefully one of your old ones.
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 1074956)
Nope that's a spring from a seal. Hopefully one of your old ones.
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Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
(Post 1074613)
:party:
Amazon had Centric rotors on sale for <$16 each. |
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Originally Posted by redrider706
(Post 1075040)
Link?
Local sign company who prints my posters/window signage/advertisements for my business said they would order 2 24x48 ABS textured plastic sheets for trade($45). So when I get the doors back I'll be able to have some nice looking door panels. My mother also sewed some pull straps for me out of some old climbing webbing I had laying around. Should look great! Paint shop said they wanted my wrecked shell for some odd reason, said they'd give me a little bit off the paint job if they could have it + all the wrecked panels and extra parts I had laying around. Thank god, I wanted to get rid of 75% of that shit since it was all worthless, not even worth trying to part out. So much clean! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384926431 Wiring has hit a major stop sign. I guess when I was pulling it some of the connections came loose off the bottom loom. But it isn't exactly clear from where they separated from. There are 2 black wires and a red wire that are not connected and I can't find the end source. The 2 black I'm guessing are grounds, and they are both coming out of the same bundle so I know they don't go to each other. I was too tired tonight after putting the subframes on the totaled car and moving all the parts into the car to tear apart the loom to find the source. Hopefully I can, otherwise I may be fucked. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384926431 Seriously wish I could pay one of you guys to come to my house to inspect the harness for me, wiring just doesn't make sense to my brain. Saying that there were several wires with loose connections that I cut apart, stripped the casing, re-soldered and heat-shrinked back together. I want to delete more but I just don't care anymore about the 2-3 lbs I'd save from the harness. Agenda for tomorrow(I hope) -Steam clean and hot water evac my Mothers friend Acura trunk(her son also owns a bakery and he spilled about a gallon of honey in it) -assemble clutch and transmission and reconnect to engine --put on new rotors, cleaned and painted calipers, and wheels -clean inside/outside of gas tank -time permitting... pressure wash carpets and dye black |
Most of us can identify harness plugs with a good picture. Take a pic of something close to those two wires, and we should be able to tell you where they come from judging by what's next to them.
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Originally Posted by karter74
(Post 1072730)
Am I the only one that really loves the Stormy Blue Metallic from the NC?
Electron Blue doesn't look half bad either, but, it has been done... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1384301727 Oh nice. My car. It will rise again. It will take about.... 29x as long as Jeff is taking. Jeff, you are an animal and i love it. :giggle: |
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1075204)
Oh nice. My car.
It will rise again. It will take about.... 29x as long as Jeff is taking. Jeff, you are an animal and i love it. :giggle: EDIT: except I forgot... you said something about 6 cars and a wife all crammed into a 250 sq ft apartment or something like that, and that I need to rearrange my priorities. |
Originally Posted by turbofan
(Post 1075223)
Didn't you more or less part that thing out at some point? I thought you just had your MSM and your POS MX6 :giggle:
EDIT: except I forgot... you said something about 6 cars and a wife all crammed into a 250 sq ft apartment or something like that, and that I need to rearrange my priorities. I have the MSM, this 93 Miata, the red 90 MX6, a black 88 MX6, the 93 Escort, and an 00 Cherokee. It's bad. And sick. And i hate myself. Yep, the edit is right. Though it IS a 650sqft apartment, and i rent a 2 car garage and a shop. It's dumb. Too bad. |
Originally Posted by curly
(Post 1075188)
Most of us can identify harness plugs with a good picture. Take a pic of something close to those two wires, and we should be able to tell you where they come from judging by what's next to them.
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1075204)
Oh nice. My car.
It will rise again. It will take about.... 29x as long as Jeff is taking. Jeff, you are an animal and i love it. :giggle: |
If it's on the harness from my old car I may be able to help with a good picture
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Big thick red I think was there when I got the car, I think it is a hot wire feed.
Anything in the ms3 plug, check the excel file on the cd, also, braineack color codes his writing in the ms, he might have a description of the pin that each write connects to on that harness. Some under dash harnesses went to the air c bag and were unused. The bundle with all the butt connectors looks like the stereo harness. That thin blue wire wrapped around the loom may not be connected, butt out would be on the excel sheet. The iat used the maf harness. Black wires may go to injector harness, vics control. Ebc, and ignitor Afr used stock harness, two injectors used stock harness, two coils use stock harness. I don't recall that funny white connector |
yummy hack up wiring. #7 looks like aftermarket stereo shitty installer wiring.
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BTW, the 1992 Mazda Field Service Manual that is in a sticky somewhere on the site contains excellent wiring diagrams along with drawings of the connectors and location of the connectors on the car. Well worth the download.
Figuring this out is going to take a bit of time I'm afraid. Personally, I leave factory wiring harnesses as intact and unmolested as possible -- that's really the key to reliable wiring for most of us. |
I suppose my question at this point is: What's stopping you from dipping into the extra money pool that you didn't plan on having when you first bought the car, and building a new harness from scratch specifically to work with Megasquirt, instead of carrying on with a factory harness and all the downsides they come with?
Besides the fact that wiring is scary, of course. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1075680)
BTW, the 1992 Mazda Field Service Manual that is in a sticky somewhere on the site contains excellent wiring diagrams along with drawings of the connectors and location of the connectors on the car. Well worth the download.
Figuring this out is going to take a bit of time I'm afraid. Personally, I leave factory wiring harnesses as intact and unmolested as possible -- that's really the key to reliable wiring for most of us. Still my fault for not labeling accurately, but I don't want it to seem like I just deleted crap willy nilly.
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1075682)
I suppose my question at this point is: What's stopping you from dipping into the extra money pool that you didn't plan on having when you first bought the car, and building a new harness from scratch specifically to work with Megasquirt, instead of carrying on with a factory harness and all the downsides they come with?
Besides the fact that wiring is scary, of course. Give me a link to a custom harness vendor and/or person that can do it and then I can give you an answer ;) |
and the answer I'm sure on the "custom wiring harness" is already a no. I know how much they run for porsches, and even if they are 1/2 of that cost, it is way out of my budget.
Also, I have the stock wiring harness from the 1990 if all else fails... |
No i'm saying do it yourself. Grab a DIY Autotune flying lead, terminate it yourself, win at life.
I wouldn't pay someone to wire a basic Miata harness from scratch, that seems silly. :P |
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1075703)
No i'm saying do it yourself. Grab a DIY Autotune flying lead, terminate it yourself, win at life.
I wouldn't pay someone to wire a basic Miata harness from scratch, that seems silly. :P Time to learn how to read a wiring diagram tonight and do the full monty. Car will be in paint until the first week of December so there isn't a huge rush. Especially since most of my parts are all ready to be thrown in the car. Contemplating assembling the running subframe with engine/ppf/subframes all put together and drop the body on top of it. |
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New AEM dryflow filter(old one got crushed in the crash)
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385104110 New rear main seal on engine https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385104110 Flywheel on https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385104110 Transmission connected. Luckily I read a diy on making your own clutch alignment tool otherwise that would have been a bitch to put together. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385104110 |
Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1075682)
I suppose my question at this point is: What's stopping you from dipping into the extra money pool that you didn't plan on having when you first bought the car, and building a new harness from scratch specifically to work with Megasquirt, instead of carrying on with a factory harness and all the downsides they come with?
Besides the fact that wiring is scary, of course. |
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Hooray u haz tahrboz! Looking good man. Can't wait to come down for Thanksgiving and help you out. Wish you'd have it running so we can tuuuuune your mega squirts. Definiteliy learn to read wiring. It's not rocket science once you have teh little "a ha that's how it works!" moment.
I'll be rewiring my engine harness when that time comes as well so maybe we can get that done at least. Do you have the MS JimStim so I can show you some things virtually? Either way I can go through my log files with you on Megalog Viewer. Lisa called the scatter plots "pretty enough for the wall" and I have to agree. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385133686 |
I, for one, would not take the time/effort to re-wire the entire car. Fuck that, maybe if it was a race car. I mean you do all the work for what, a few saved lbs of wiring and potential electrical issues?
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Originally Posted by richyvrlimited
(Post 1075893)
What you're talking about is just the engine harness though. the OP has the entire car wiring harness out of the car doesn't he? That's significantly more work than just replacing the 15 - 20 wires it takes to run an MX5 engine.
Oh, i didn't catch that it was his body harness that was hacked up. That said, i did just go through removing and stripping all the extra bullshit no longer being used out of my body harness on my daily driver. Took about 4 hours. All lights seem to be brighter and voltage vital signs across the board seem much stronger. Not to mention it looks better. |
BTW, on that rear main seal, I hope you used Mazda OEM or some other, similar known-quality source.
I installed a remanufactured engine almost a year ago. Ended up replacing both cam seals and the rear main seal over the course of the first six months. There's a lot of garbage out there. The rear main, in particular, is a PITA to redo. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1075996)
BTW, on that rear main seal, I hope you used Mazda OEM or some other, similar known-quality source.
I installed a remanufactured engine almost a year ago. Ended up replacing both cam seals and the rear main seal over the course of the first six months. There's a lot of garbage out there. The rear main, in particular, is a PITA to redo. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1075996)
BTW, on that rear main seal, I hope you used Mazda OEM or some other, similar known-quality source.
I installed a remanufactured engine almost a year ago. Ended up replacing both cam seals and the rear main seal over the course of the first six months. There's a lot of garbage out there. The rear main, in particular, is a PITA to redo. I went with an ebay timing belt kit before, the mitsuboshi is a great timing belt used by many OEM's, the GMB waterpump is quality as well. Almost all the seals and gaskets provided were trash. I used: cam seals front/rear main seals valve cover gasket I ended up replacing the cam seals, front main, and valve cover gasket. Although the front main wasn't leaking, after learning my lesson with the cam seals I yanked the ebay one out and went oem. |
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Spent last night clocking the turbo back to the correct angle. I think I nailed it. To my research you want to be under 10° from vertical. Hard to get it perfect with the engine on the ground but I believe it is close enough.
When asking the wastegate if it dressed to the left or the right it said no. Don't seem to see any bends in relation from the rod to the actuator housing. I may need to put another washer in between the actuator and the mount to make sure it doesn't rub on the compressor housing. It isn't rubbing very bad but it is still touching slightly. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 Coolant inlet looks to be about right. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385206894 What do you guys think? Obviously might have to play with it once I actually get my TSE studs and get the engine in the car, but roughly looks about right. That was a tedious job. |
Looks good to me. Might want to keep the compressor housing and even the CHRA off until it's in the engine bay. CHRA off to keep it from getting damaged, and the compressor housing off for final intercooler fitting, unless you're just putting back on what was already there.
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 1076233)
Looks good to me. Might want to keep the compressor housing and even the CHRA off until it's in the engine bay. CHRA off to keep it from getting damaged, and the compressor housing off for final intercooler fitting, unless you're just putting back on what was already there.
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The overspray on all these parts is rediculous.
Degreaser+plastic razor blade+Super VRT=Win! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385223320 |
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More rust removal...
Post Paint stripper https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385249472 After too much wire wheel/sanding https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385249472 Found a ton of surface rust on the pedal assembly. Pre https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385249472 Post https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385249472 Also cleaned up the ECU bracket a little. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385249472 Going to do a satin black on all of them |
You're insane.
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Mine is a 97, otherwise if it came down to it I could have just driven over and compared the wiring to find out where everything goes, but not sure what differences it would have.. OBD2 I think for example
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Originally Posted by turbofan
(Post 1076341)
You're insane.
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Not the greatest photos but here is the finished product. I let the paint cure all day long under some heat lamps so it wouldn't chip when I reassembled the pedal assembly.
Clutch https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385351480 Gas/Brake https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385351480 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385351480 ECU Bracket https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385351480 Door hinges https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1385351480 That was quite the project. |
Might have a good bead on a hardtop in Las Vegas. He wants $950 but I'll hopefully be able to talk him down a little bit.
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Strong work man. When's she back from paint again? 1st week Dec?
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Originally Posted by eduTechnic
(Post 1076640)
Strong work man. When's she back from paint again? 1st week Dec?
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