Hey, does this mean you are coming down to the last Miata Reunion at LagunaSeca?

It means he better!

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Welcome back Gordon! ;)

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Oh dang, lightened stock flywheel? Yeahhhh buddy! Put that aluminum in the recycle bin where it belongs!

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You see that? Pro. And 12 points show your commitment. All y'all n00bs are on notice :cool:

WTF is with that ring all the way around your old flywheel?

--Ian

Speaking of n00bs, you all should get a copy of the Factory Shop Manual and do this shit right. There are a surprising number of Special Service Tools that are required to do this job right, and it's not like they are hard to find either.

For example, SST 49 E011 1A0 Crank Fixture Tool, as seen on page 05-10-12 of the Drivetrain section:

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I mean, really. You can either fuck this up, or you can do it right. The choice is yours.

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Jeez, on the EGR pipe?
Nice pilot bearing choice. :)

Signed up for C Sat 👍

Yeah, I better!

Thanks! (Spoilers: you gonna be disappointed :cry: )

I think it's called a ring gear, it engages with the starter.

It's fine, it's a consumable.

Thanks! I reused it from the other flywheel :p

No, the other one.

--Ian

I think it's called a rivet mark ;)

Hey, thanks for updating this thread. It was a great read and a ton of help when I was choosing parts for my build, especially the exhaust.

The other one what? The other flywheel also has a ring gear. Are you not familiar with how flywheels and starters work? :confused:

No rivets poking out on my junk, FM1 clutch is stronk like bull. Held up fine to EFR track abuse, should be fine for n/a track absuse

Not a problem, glad to help! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. It's a fantastic exhaust, I love it very much. It's perfect for me and my noise weenie concerns. Someone will eventually love it, in all its rusty glory. :P

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Well, only a couple hours left till dark, let's see if I can get this thing started tonight!

Cats, that made me laugh. Great to see you posting, still love the car and the color is awesome.

Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu!

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It's so close I could vomit!

Things what do:

Remove driveshaft from diff, jam in trans, reattach to diff

PUT GEAR OIL IN TRANSMISSION

Hook up wires and things to transmission

Clean, defuckulate and reinstall slave cylinder (goddamn piston popped out)

Secure wiring harness to PPF (zip ties lol)

Finish installing reroute (back of head to rad hose is all that's left)

Figure out what generic Walker exhaust ring gaskets work with Racing Beat header/midpipe/muffler (Buller?)

Fill with distilled, check for leaks

FILL ENGINE WITH OIL

Reinstall nose/air guide/undertray

Flush the brakes with fresh Typ200 or RBF600. I've probably got both around somewhere.

...I think that's it.

Re-wrapping that header is going to need to happen the next time it's out of the car. The wrap on the primaries for 3 and 4 got absolutely trashed by the steering column while I was lifting the engine into place, and that's a huge bummer. I put an obscene amount of effort into wrapping it the first time around. /sigh.

Speaking of exhaust, I'm also a little worried about the proximity of the ENORMOUS air filter to the header. K&N was clearly worried that there might not be enough surface area available for the deep breathing NB, lol. Hell, I think this thing actually has more surface area then the filter on the K&N Typhoon in my Subaru. Maybe I'll get one of those header blanket things.

I'm also going to *try* to do a fluid change on the diff, if I have time. The SVG 75W-90 or 75W-120 that's in there is probably 5 years old at this point. The MTG 75W-90 that came out of the 6 speed was still transparent golden, but also a noticeably darker shade than it went in and smells ever so slightly burnt. It was definitely time to dump that. Minimal grit on the drain plug too so that makes me happy.

Also, holy hell, BOLT CHECK EVERYFUCKINGTHING OMGWTFBBQ!!!1!!

It sounds like an enormous amount of stuff, but I think it'll go pretty quickly. :party:

I think you're supposed to take the plastic bag off.

Great progress, laughed my ass out on the SST. An airbox would be pretty easy to fabricate for that intake, better than exhaust mani blanket. Even better, do both.

Never skip the nut bolt fondle step of track prep. Its the happiest time of the process.

Oh, duh. forehead

One of those things sounds like it'll take time to make. The other sounds like something I can try to talk a vendor into hand delivering to MRLS this weekend 🤔

Did the fondle, now has a sad.

It turns out my old 3/8" Husky torque wrench was sticking at 60-65 ft/lbs. As a result I stripped one of the bell housing bolts that goes into the oil pan, and overtorqued the living shit out of a bunch of other stuff. /sigh. Need to order new torque wrench :(

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Burp burp motherfucker!