Ooh. Condolences.
And Ohh, excitement teaser! |
Damn, sorry to hear about the subaru
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I honestly love subaru's, but I've come to the realization that I'd likely never be comfortable owning one outside of some sort of warranty...
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Originally Posted by ridethecliche
(Post 1469952)
I honestly love subaru's, but I've come to the realization that I'd likely never be comfortable owning one outside of some sort of warranty...
In more exciting news, I have submitted the order I hinted at above for the next phase of the build that will bring the miata to the next level. Working out details with a MT vendor on when I can pick it up. It'll be a good first stepping stone for a lengthy piecing together of parts. I'm going straight to ALLOFIT because if I've learned anything, its that going to SOMEOFIT then breaking parts is a waste of time and money. MT hasn't led me wrong so far! |
The wait is over, just got the new paperweight in the garage. Picked up a K24A2 from a local yard with 94k on it. Everything looks to be in exceptional shape on the engine and the price was great. Will be tearing it down shortly to do routine maintenance and Kmiata upgrades.
Can't wait to get this thing in the car, but I'll have to be patient. I have a lot more parts to buy before the big teardown begins.https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2c2b4b5ad5.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6515970206.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ffe2ce2096.jpg |
Pics don't work. And I agree on Subarus, they're nothing spectacular until you dump a bunch of money into one. |
Odd.... pics are working for me fine...
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Probably because you're logged into your account. Use imgur. |
Updated post. Pics should be fixed now
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Killer |
I approve of this.
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Dammit! Why you do this to me?!?!?
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Originally Posted by concealer404
(Post 1470862)
Dammit! Why you do this to me?!?!?
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Started a pile of projects that I've been putting off for too long due to being lazy and not wanting to work in the cold over winter. First off, started cleaning up the K. Pulled off all the accessories that I will no longer be needing which ends up being pretty much everything. Need to do some digging to see if the OEM parts I'm not using are worth anything to the Honda guys as I will have no use for them.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5ddea0cc75.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f1118183af.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ed645cf0f6.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...89fb98990b.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e1fbddf00a.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...650befa5fa.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e3c1f81519.jpg The second project was finally putting some time into figuring out the fuel system issues I had. I had 2 different things going on at once. The first item was that my fuel gauge didnt go above a 1/2 tank. The video below explains pretty clearly why that happened. I relocated the wires so they didn't interfere with the fuel level arm and the issue should be fixed. The second issue was that I had a fuel cut on hard left turns only when the car was about under 1/4 tank or so on fuel. I found the filter sock sitting in the bottom of the tank when i removed the pump assembly. I tossed it on, so now we will see if that fixes the problem. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0b9782e719.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...af44da1942.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...eefe433a02.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...48b726d99e.jpg Lastly, does anyone know what this piece is called? Does anyone have one laying around I could buy from them on the low-low? :naughty: https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8fbf84568a.jpg |
I might have that piece, no promises. I know it's not listed in my evernote inventory but I'll take a look tomorrow.
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I have a set! PM me
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There you go!
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Originally Posted by Padlock
(Post 1471193)
Need to do some digging to see if the OEM parts I'm not using are worth anything to the Honda guys as I will have no use for them.
Intake manifold is probably not worth anything, but the TB is as the electric TB goes bad so there is a market for them. eBay is probably your best bet, I think used they go for $40-50. Exhaust manifold you might get some money for but again, buyers are few. Guys looking to switch back to stock from a header maybe? |
Waiting on a bunch of important parts to come in this week to make any decent progress, but one of the issues I had since I bought the car was that the previous roll bar in the car had used holes that I am no longer using. Water was able to work its way into those holes while driving in the rain which made for a moist interior. I thought of a few methods of patching these holes, but I decided to hit the easy button and bought 3M aluminum tape. I'll be using this for a few other projects, but it pretty much sticks to anything so it fits my needs well. Time to clean the interior out now that the holes are patched.
Also got the delrin window bushings installed, so the windows function as they should https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e133f58672.jpg |
Long overdue updates. Lots has happened. I'll do my best to summarize.
March 20, 2018 Decided from Day 1 on this project that I wanted this build to have some level of street comfort that my other builds lacked greatly in. One of those items was some level of vibration, heat, and noise barrier. Found what is essentially aluminized bubble wrap on Amazon. Keeping weight in mind, the 40 sq feet I'll end up using on the car weighed in at a feathery 2 lbs. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...25602ac59c.png Wrapped the fuel cover lid as it was rattling pretty bad for some reason. The barrier material was very easy to work with using 3M spray adhesive as you can see it forming to contours easily here: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4f99b14a3a.png Started covering the entire interior https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...48bf6b7524.png https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...222351a3f6.png March 22, 2018 Received in custom LRB aluminum NB1 panels (no speaker holes). https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7f6736bd41.png Bought these clean looking Rockford Fosgate 3-Way component speakers https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6e13db33a2.png Cut my own holes for the speakers in the door panels to fit the RF speakers that I bought https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a141ec74c2.png Decided on insulating the door panels https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7d60376790.png Don't need all that extra metal behind the door panel, so out it comes. Still kept power windows because racecar. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...30c1004138.png Decided that plain aluminum panels would kind of really suck to rest your arm on during the summer heat, so bought some automotive suede material and got my craftiness on https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...dbf7709e7c.png Finished Product https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d96baa32e0.png March 24, 2018 Tried out my buddies TIG welder. First time ever TIG welding. First time welding in general since sometime in 2008 with a MIG. I need to buy an AlphaTIG for upcoming projects. First weld is the top, second is the middle, and third pass is the bottom. Pretty damn happy with results. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...62907a143f.png |
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