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acedeuce802 04-04-2016 05:10 PM

If you upgrade to a 1.8 diff now, you can sell the 1.6 diff to some who had theirs explode for $1-200 bucks. Why just let it grenade?

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:13 PM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320936)
your tranny wont fail
will take much shock loading

the transmission though..........

Yeah, I was talking about the tranny.... tranny can be seen in the earlier pics sitting next to the car. So far has been handling huge loads great, no complaints there. Transmission is a different story.

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:15 PM


Originally Posted by acedeuce802 (Post 1320937)
If you upgrade to a 1.8 diff now, you can sell the 1.6 diff to some who had theirs explode for $1-200 bucks. Why just let it grenade?

No local market in Maine and not worth the effort to ship for that amount of money imo. One of my friends will use it for a project eventually, or some sort of go-kart shenanigans

Girz0r 04-04-2016 05:16 PM

None of your images worked in the first post

So here's one...

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/61545325.jpg?

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:19 PM


Originally Posted by Girz0r (Post 1320942)
None of your images worked in the first post

So here's one...

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/61545325.jpg?

They did work, but the website must be experiencing server issues. Either way I was making a joke at my girlfriend's expense. Luckily she thought it was funny too.

18psi 04-04-2016 05:23 PM

is your girlfriend the tranny?

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:25 PM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320948)
is your girlfriend the tranny?

That was the idea... Wasn't realizing that the pictures weren't working right now.

shuiend 04-04-2016 05:25 PM

This is a better idea then the manifold you have.

18psi 04-04-2016 05:29 PM

oh yeah the pictures don't work

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:33 PM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320953)
oh yeah the pictures don't work

They were working yesterday for me. How can I fix them? URL instead of upload?

18psi 04-04-2016 05:36 PM

are you on cell phone? that might be the problem. usually it uploads either way. just hit the little picture button and paste in the URL's or upload from pc

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320960)
are you on cell phone? that might be the problem. usually it uploads either way. just hit the little picture button and paste in the URL's or upload from pc

Well Nah I was on my PC. I uploaded them directly, wasn't sure if linking externally would make it so other people could see. I could see them last night. I'll just reupload I guess. -_-

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:41 PM

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18psi 04-04-2016 05:47 PM

suddenly everything makes sense

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320965)
suddenly everything makes sense

I thought you might say that. Basically I would like for the car to be a (relatively quick) v8 troll. Nothing else. It doesn't have to be reliable, look clean etc.

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1320965)
suddenly everything makes sense

Oh wait here's one to really piss you off.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1459807123

the_enginear 04-04-2016 05:58 PM

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Those first few are the day after I got the car, lowered it too much etc, it's now at 12.5 height with kirkey seats and no interior, probably how it will stay. girlfriend enjoys doodling so that gives her something to do while I work on the car.

nitrodann 04-04-2016 06:32 PM


Originally Posted by the_enginear (Post 1320884)
Here are some pictures of the welds on the IC piping and the mani. The welds are much more telling now that they have had some heat applied to them. Not great quality, but could be a lot worse. I have no information whatsoever to provide on the turbo, except the thread sizes and that it is a gt2554 replica. The turbo has already developed some blowby (mostly on the exhaust side, some on intake side) after a 5 minute low-rpm drive, so I suspect it'll be getting replaced rather quickly.


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Yeah that'll shit itself in a week or 2.

I really doubt you understand the forces and energy that goes into a manifold if you believe that's up to the task.

Dann

shuiend 04-04-2016 06:46 PM


Originally Posted by nitrodann (Post 1320980)
Yeah that'll shit itself in a week or 2.

I really doubt you understand the forces and energy that goes into a manifold if you believe that's up to the task.

Dann

I mean he could pussy foot and granny shift around and it may last a bit longer.

For all of us men who only drive flat out, it will crack from know how big our penises are.

18psi 04-04-2016 06:48 PM

are those stud holes stripped out?lol


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