Just put the hose on the waterneck first.

 

Bleh. I installed the whole thing as one part.

Not happy.

 

I might have a spare begi? spacer. Went m-tuned and never looked back. Let me look tomorrow. Ill send it your way for postage.

 

So perfect for you.

 

Catching up...


Well... i made it.

Depowered the MSM rack and added Miataroadster Delrin Bushings. Because i'm an NVH Hero.
Depowering MSM steering rack and Miataroadster delrin bushings by concealer404, on Flickr

New PPF hardware, axle, wipers, and a silly amp interface thing i didn't get around to installing.
20150715_184419 by concealer404, on Flickr

New-to-me spindles. Came off an 03 so i don't have to do silly modifications to the shields to fit over sport brakes. Bonus!
20150716_105249 by concealer404, on Flickr

Mechanic Kitty approves. (Stray we feed.)
20150716_105424 by concealer404, on Flickr

You're not being helpful, cat.
20150716_105621 by concealer404, on Flickr

Step 1 of re-route, remove valve cover and be very pleasantly surprised by the state of the motor. Me gusta.
20150716_113543 by concealer404, on Flickr

Step 2: Remove THIS ******* thing.
20150716_130033 by concealer404, on Flickr

Step 3: Assemble this thing with a new Stant Superstat. I did 180F. I think that may have been a mistake. More on this later.
20150716_134758 by concealer404, on Flickr

Step 4: Realize that most of the gasket had been left on this stupid face. Drown your rage in alcohol.
20150716_151445 by concealer404, on Flickr

Step 5: Install, and realize that your spacer is a couple mm too thin and getting a hose past that line nipple thing on the head is ******* impossible. Rage enough to get the hose past enough, then install your clamp on there ****-eyed and hope you got it tight enough, realizing that this is not an acceptable solution for track work, so rage again that you paid money for this and gave away your old spacer.

Resulting question: How far can i shave down that nipple?
20150716_153051 by concealer404, on Flickr

 

Took a break from annoying things to remove EGR. This was much easy.
20150716_154736 by concealer404, on Flickr

Back to the re-route. Realize that to remove the water neck, you have to pretty much do a timing belt job that i was trying to avoid, anyways. Rage some more.
20150716_161452 by concealer404, on Flickr

Remove that **** and pound a plug in.
20150716_162228 by concealer404, on Flickr

Cover your ****.
20150716_162524 by concealer404, on Flickr

Realize your water pump is leaking. Rage more.
20150716_165307 by concealer404, on Flickr

Remove it and throw that crap in the trash.
20150716_180203 by concealer404, on Flickr

Get angry and bang out the water pump and timing belt in 15 minutes.
20150716_185647 by concealer404, on Flickr

Make your top hats fit. Later realize that you put the longer ones up front like a moron.
20150717_112749 by concealer404, on Flickr

This **** is broken, so do something about it.
20150717_124722 by concealer404, on Flickr

Did something about it.
20150717_130246 by concealer404, on Flickr

Marvel at how legit your suspension looks.
20150717_145803 by concealer404, on Flickr

Install your new/old PPF hardware and rejoice that it's not jank.
20150718_115922 by concealer404, on Flickr

 

Do a magic trick without snap ring pliers, instead choosing to jam a pick into your thumb.

Abra...
20150718_121515 by concealer404, on Flickr

CADABRA
20150718_122128 by concealer404, on Flickr

Some idiot put 100w bulbs in this at some point. Too lazy to replace right now, so i just closed up the prongs a little and lights work again.
20150719_113339 by concealer404, on Flickr

After spending a couple hours trying to get the tie rods out the right way, give up and mess up your favorite pickle fork with a sledgehammer.
20150719_115157 by concealer404, on Flickr

Repeat on the other side.
20150719_115437 by concealer404, on Flickr

Exhaust doesn't fit bumper too well. Oh well, it'll self clearance by melting.
20150719_160753 by concealer404, on Flickr

Racing Beat's own hardware for the front sway bar block/brace kit doesn't even fit their own ****, so that's cool.
20150719_162500 by concealer404, on Flickr

Install 1.25" swaybar anyways, because YOLO if the subframe tears.
20150719_184303 by concealer404, on Flickr

Race car ****.
20150719_210522 by concealer404, on Flickr

Install seats and harnesses. Have a bad time.
20150720_135903 by concealer404, on Flickr

Put it on the ground, consider drinking a beer, decide to attempt to get it out of the driveway first.
20150720_174529 by concealer404, on Flickr

Made it!
20150720_175423 by concealer404, on Flickr

 

Baby's first sticker.
20150720_210939 by concealer404, on Flickr

Bezel with things. Doesn't fit. Needs improvements, but we'll get there.
20150720_215036 by concealer404, on Flickr

Plastidip the top because the red is just too much to handle. Came out like crap, but it's not red.
20150721_160414 by concealer404, on Flickr

Drive on highway, hate life.
20150722_142902 by concealer404, on Flickr

 

At this point, Gchambers helped me out with an alignment, despite the car being a bad combination of too low with too much droop travel to get on his platforms. Saved my ***, as the alignment was REALLY bad up front. We lucked out on the rear being ok, so after driving a total of 40 miles on this thing since January, i figured it would be ok to drive down to MATG on Wednesday morning.

I got the brakes to work on the way there by dragging them at 80mph for about 10 miles until i saw smoke. Let them cool, and i had stopping power! Found out the next morning that i only had front brakes, as there was nothing but air in the rear lines because my wife apparently didn't have the leg strength to push past the front brakes with the monster master cylinder i have. Bled brakes in the rain on Thursday night, **** was cash. Proceeded to spit a bunch of the pad clips out over the weekend, so now my brakes rattle a lot, but they stop well.

Meeting people in Knoxvegas for pizza.
20150722_200444 by concealer404, on Flickr

Rained on Thursday, so spent the day drinking at the cabin and taking pictures of my car in the rain from the porch.
20150723_180559 by concealer404, on Flickr

Ran the Dragon Hillclimb route a couple times, pic at the top.
20150724_112444 by concealer404, on Flickr

View from the overlook.
20150724_113441 by concealer404, on Flickr

At Crossroads General store after the A&W run.
20150724_210741 by concealer404, on Flickr

Saw this cool Sentra parked with the Miatas.
20150725_114413 by concealer404, on Flickr

Met a dude with a Raptor Jesus tattoo.
20150726_012434 by concealer404, on Flickr


Then drove home.

The car is fast, reliable, loud, hot, uncomfortable, and doesn't give a **** about anything. It's exactly what i wanted.

Had vteckiller2000 drive past us a couple times on the hillclimb route just to see how loud it was outside the car.

 

loving the last 2 posts

 

You can just delete that nipple. Cut it off, tap it, plug it.

 

yeah, see G's thread for pics. #becauseracek0r

But really - why can't you install the hose onto the waterneck and then install as 1 unit? Still doesn't clear? I remember on a couple engines it was tight but worked

 

It definitely won't clear if i install hose first, and i'm unsure how i feel about the rather large amount of force that would be going on at that point.

That nipple just goes to the oil warmer, right?

 

That **** would be so hard to cut off with the engine in the car.

 

yep, oil warmer

 

Yeah, good ******* luck with that.







3/8NPT will fit, but you are going to have to drill baby drill. You'll have to ask Gesso what size drill be he ended up purchasing.

It runs from the back of the head > oil warmer > throttle body > front water neck. I eliminated all these things, because what does Mazda know about engine design?!

 

To answer your other question, you might be able to grind 20, maybe 30 thou off the end of that nipple before you get into trouble . So basically not at all.

3/8" NPT bit is 9/16". You can just look these things up...
http://www.engineershandbook.com/Tables/npttap.htm

 

The oil warmer is the only thing i have left out of those things, too. Sigh.

Sounds like i'll just kludge the **** on there for now then remove more **** when i pull the motor over winter.


Or maybe i buy the M-tuned reroute OneTwo has for sale.

 

Well yes, obviously

Yes, do this. Buying used worked well for me, and I have a thread documenting all the parts and sources for the install. Be sure to ditch the supplied mid steel coil spring that comes with the kit and buy the SS one I listed in the M-Tuned service parts thread.

 

Just go buy some 1/8" flat bar and make a spacer for your spacer. Glue it on with rtv. Seriously if you were making that instead of taking pictures of the problem you'd be done by now.