All that bright colored stuff is going to be hydrodipped. (I started a hydrographics business last christmas) It will all come together in the end.

The fun is starting to happen. Dipped a few parts this evening....
This is not cleared yet. you guys get to see the raw uncut first images of what's coming down the tubes for the engine bay.

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based on your color scheme this is going to be one cool dirtbike when youre done.


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1988 called, They want their screw-driver-splatter paint scheme back.

PS. how is the belt going to like riding on the painted ridges of the pulley? wont it slip? Real question.

I'm not sure why everyone is giving this guy shit. He's gettin' shit done and posting content. I think the hydrofilm dip is pretty neat.

The 1.6 is a mistake though, obviously.

I'm enjoying the build and the updates. I wish I was doing more of anything to the car right now.

Weird build thread is weird.

I'm still enjoying it, though.

#1.6pride

I build my car for what I like and not what you like. That's why you build your car the way you like. :) So haters can hate all they want. Doesn't bother me. I'm entertained by what people come up with. (as for the colors. The gold is the thing that I don't think fits. I had a customer order a ton of gold powder and they never showed up so i've been looking for an excuse to use that powder. I plan a bigger brake upgrade in the future anyway so I don't expect that color to stay there.)

I'm not fond of the 1.6 either but i'm in a time of need as winter is ever close. I have a rebuilt engine and a turbo kit sitting around not being used, I may as well put it to use. Power means relatively little long term anyway. Gearing is where your power does anything. I was talking to one of my renters this morning about his srt8 that has 400 whatever hp and his semi that has 500hp. He's not going to pull 70,000lbs with his srt8 now is he? It's all relative to what you're using it for. Maybe one day it will get a bigger motor. Clearly this car is getting built to last so when the time comes for that day, it's not really a big deal. Gets me around from a-b and draws people in when you pop the hood. That's what it's being built for.

As for the belt slip issue. I've never run a belt on a painted surface. I honestly don't know what it will do. I imagine it will rub off on the parts that make contact. That's fine. I like to experiment with things. If it rubs off it rubs off. If it stays on then it's cooler. I expect the valleys and peaks to keep their paint giving the pulley a neat look of just a touch of that neon showing through. I guess we'll see what happens there.

Thanks to the guys who are enjoying the build. I appreciate how you recognize the value of "getting work done". Hopefully get a ton more stuff dipped today and cleared. still need to route fuel and brake hard lines. Sit down and dissect wire harnesses. Oh and paint the car... that's gotta happen at some point.
The exterior plans are far beyond what most probably imagine. I plan to go with a mad max type theme. Not quite so... flamboyant though. Just enough badassery that it's cool but yet still resembles a miata. If it wasn't illegal to mount guns on your car... I'd totally have a 50cal on a swivel mounted on the roof! haha I can dream. We'll see what develops as the build continues. :) Maybe we'll even hit sema one of these years. That be neat.

good, it's fun for us too.

Dont get upset, we are laughing with you.

I actually liked his little speech, and don't even mind all the crazy colors cause he's doing it right and powdercoating rather than just sploshing paint on everything.

Then he used the word "haters" and I lost hope again.

In for epicness, I love it so far.

Watching, and maybe learning. Entrepreneur-ism is great.

I actually like the gold calipers. I had gold set for mine, but I chickened out and went with silver.

You Keep on Truckin' son.

Today I was busy. The weather was warm and I got in my groove and before I knew it... this just kinda happened. Not cleared yet. This is still freshly dipped and rinsed. Can't find my sungalsses anywhere...

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imovie on my phone gave me some super chessy music to work with...

Today's compiled list of activites include...

powder coated rear calipers and all their parts
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parts are hunger and ready for clear. Found out I forgot a couple parts today so lets call this batch #uno (doing that this evening)
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And lets see if we can't get these guys installed while clear coat dries on the parts in the booth.
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picking up another miata tomorrow evening and then if all goes well, Plan is for the car to be together and running by the end of the weekend. One last hard push and I should be able to knock out the majority of the work to get it mobile under it's own power again.

This morning began the strip down of the turbo parts miata I picked up last night. Radar was quick to investigate the interior and sniff out all the curious smells.
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Turbo on the other hand here laid claim to this being his car.
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which then led to the coolest miata ever. Twin Turbo with state of the art 12 year old radar navigation system...
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It's got an old fm turbo kit and burns oil like mad. Probably doesn't help that the vent breather is being used as the oil cap... There's oil EVERYWHERE from that as this engine has some major blow-by. Lets hope just the engine is toast and the turbo is still good. (not my dog. He's super good!)
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Had some young aspiring lads who want to learn the automotive world come and volunteer to help disassemble this miata. They may not know a lot or work quickly, but I enjoy teaching them and watching them learn how to work on cars and i find a lot of value in helping someone understand how things on a car work so when their car breaks that have a better sense of what's actually happening. Gives them a good sense of pride. :)
This also allows me to get the complex stuff done like reassembling a power steering pump without scratching it as it's been powder coated and hydrodipped.
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Bumpers, Doors, seats, and they started on the roll bar before we called it a day.
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Sandblasted all these suckers by hand as my parts tumbler from eastwood never showed up. Then painted them That was tedious.
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I was busy working on reassembling calipers and master cylinders and getting things ready on the motor to install.
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And throughout the day we pleasantly enjoyed finding a plethora of interesting artifacts the previous owner cared not to remove from his vehicle before selling it...
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Tomorrows goals...
-assemble motor completely and install into car
-pull driveline from parts miata and install into built miata
-hook it all up and at least get it running and driving

Snow is imminent any day now. Gotta push major hard for another week and hopefully knock this thing out the door so I have something to drive. Body will have to get finished at a later date and work is kinda backing up more and more now that this new work whip is top priority.