Me too, waiting on the damn spacers now which were ordered a week before the wheels

 

Cspence, you asked him what was the nasa event, and he replied... no confusion anymore:P

looks good man! that intercooler is massive, love the look it has.


did you do any ducting between the intercooler and the rad? with it sitting that far forward i would assume decentgains in cooling effiecency with proper ducting.

 

Still waiting for the spacers which are due in on Monday (3/1). I was in the mood to do something so I made this install tool at work to hold everything while I tightened the spacer on. To make it I just punched out a couple pieces (.048" Steel ea.) on our turret press and spot welded them together. God I can't wait to get these damn spacers and some tires....

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Spacers finally made it, I'm stoked! It took a solid 3 weeks but it was well worth the wait since they are absolutely perfect. I took a **** load of pictures so enjoy....

O yea, since I'll probably get asked, the spacers weigh in as follows (WITH the shorty lugs):
30mm - 2.80 #'s (15.5 with the 6ul....not bad considering the 16x9.5 spinwerkes were going to be 16.5#'s)
19mm - 2.05 #'s (14.75 with the 6ul)

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The install tool looks like it'll work out. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was a perfect fit since I made it a few days ago before I actually had the spacers in hand...
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30mm SPACER
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19mm SPACER
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FRONT WITH 30mm SPACER (Just to see what it'd look like with the larger spacer )
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REAR NO SPACER
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REAR WITH 30mm SPACER
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NO SPACER
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WITH 30mm SPACER
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Bout a 1/2" from flush because of camber...I'm thinking once the suspension is loaded and settled it'll be just right
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Very cool!

 

wow. I need to paint my car, get wheels tires , better suspension and flares asap.

 

Not another flared miata in CT

 

ill tell you what, Ill do the full AWR wide body kit... if you pay the difference. :-D

 

Do it! I like that kit....just too much body work for me

 

Get the dam tires on already!

 

Next week or the week after....you think I'm made of money?! **** if I didn't just drop 5 grand on a damn ring I'd be buying up all sorts of things for the car...

 

Ahh that sucks, should pulled a homer simpson and dropped 5 bucks on some onion rings instead of 5 grand Cant wait to see the finished product though!

 

This is coming along swimmingly!

 

Start spending all your money and get as many BJs as you can now cause after you get married it all disapears. Ask me how I know

 

Looks like black 6UL's! Nice choice dude!

Cant wait to see the final product in person.

 

Swimmingly, huh?

Check and check

 

Still trying to finish up some of the projects I started before the nice weather arrives in full force. I was able to get my naca duct all blended in and primed....not a huge task but I should have finished this a while ago
In case anyone is ever curious, I used the Loctite marine epoxy from lowes to attach it and then just blended it in with bondo...

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I envy your **** and your ability to walk.

 

That white is a little off...planning on getting it painted to match?

 

Thats just primer....I didn't want to paint it yet because I'm still trying to decide if I want to mold the lid onto the hood or if I want to just make a few brackets to hold it to the "airbox" I made. Either way I go I'm going to have to grind the edges down to metal for welding...