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Splitime 01-27-2014 10:22 AM

Awesome.

bikersam717 01-27-2014 12:04 PM

Awesome progress. Love the shade it appears in the inside pics. Can't wait to see this bad boy progress even more.

Braineack 01-27-2014 12:16 PM

Stein for pres.

greddygalant 01-27-2014 12:46 PM

Interested in seeing this completed, need HD video of big smokey burnouts once its all broken in.

Sean 01-27-2014 01:11 PM

Wow this car is awesome!!! I cant wait to see it finish coming together

turbofan 01-27-2014 07:31 PM

Looks absolutely incredible. Props to you.

y8s 01-27-2014 09:18 PM

*boioioioioing*

bcrx7 01-28-2014 12:02 PM

Love the colour! Looks great!

Efini~FC3S 01-28-2014 03:02 PM

Sub'd to this awesome shiii....

Looking at the most recent pics vs. the pics of the car when you first picked it up...jeez, mind bleeewwnnnn

Stein 02-04-2014 12:27 AM

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Starting to get it back together. Brakes and fuel back in. Harness is routed. All harness wires will be concealed behind the original SAAB inner fenders except for a couple of little places where it will have to poke through. Makes for a nice wire tuck.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391491670

Also built a coolant reroute spacer.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391491670

Stein 02-06-2014 11:47 PM

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Working on wiring. I hate it. So I stopped.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391748430

Finished the coolant reroute. Tapped the oil pan for turbo drain. No reason to not reinstall it and start hooking things up. Passenger side is tight but enough room to fit everything. Plenty of room for the turbo on the driver's side. Going with a TD04 from a WRX.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391748430

Zaphod 02-07-2014 03:03 AM

God, I love this project! Props given.

Opti 02-09-2014 11:00 PM

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Saw these and it reminded me of this thread
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392004841
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392004841

Braineack 02-10-2014 07:24 AM

Stein, you're doing this wrong. You need to take pictures of every single part spray painted black.

sixshooter 02-10-2014 09:18 AM

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These guys will be racing this car in the 100 Acre Wood in MO pretty soon. (If any of you remember forum member "modernbeat", that's his car).

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392041921

The Rally America event, Rally in the 100 Acre Wood is coming up in a few weeks. If you are anywhere St Louis you should come out and see rally stars and chumps competing in this event. Billed as "real cars, real roads" it is one of the best rallys in the US.
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood | February 21-22, 2014

Stein 02-16-2014 11:22 PM

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Turbo manifold and downpipe fabricated. Well, the downpipe is just tacked. Ran out of argon for my TIG.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392610924

Got the radiator, fans, intercooler mounted.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392610924

turbofan 02-16-2014 11:31 PM

Interesting manifold design. Any more pics of the process?

Stein 02-16-2014 11:41 PM


Originally Posted by turbofan (Post 1102940)
Interesting manifold design. Any more pics of the process?

I'll get some when I pull it back out. It's basically a flowish log like I built for my NB a couple of years ago and like sturovo is building now with one extra el to top mount it. I didn't have room or side mount the turbo with the SAAB inner fender there and I have plenty of hood clearance plus the top feed intercooler it's easy in and easy out.

18psi 02-17-2014 01:07 AM

Nice work. I'd be a little bit concerned with that one el though, its supporting everything. Maybe brace it?

Stein 02-17-2014 08:40 AM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1102953)
Nice work. I'd be a little bit concerned with that one el though, its supporting everything. Maybe brace it?

Possibly. I considered a couple of braces but obviously haven't done anything yet.


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