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Borrowed a DA polisher from a friend because I've been meaning to learn to polish for a looong time. Had a practice run on the Honda and then went to work on the miata. Got her mirror smooth and applied a film of Fusso soft 99 on the paint and then Glaco on the windows. Now flies need nothing more than a light spray of water to get off and water literally bounces off. Both products super simple to use
Now I'm just waiting on some minor parts, but she's on daily duty and driving almost like stock. I really like the feel of the AWR 60 durometer mounts and supermiata sport clutch. feels perfect to me.
Sixshooter invited me to join him and Ryan_G at the MATG. So of course I hopped on a plane and got my *** over to the US. They picked me up in Atlanta and then we headed to the Gap.
Here we can see Shuiend checking out sixshooters and Ryans cars
Me having a blast in the Evora
Now remember that there are total 35 miatas in Iceland and not all of them roadworthy. So seeing all these miatas at the same place and the variety was so much fun for me.
This one was rocking a cammed LS3 and nitrous.
It was super interesting to see the K swap in person because it's a likely "next step" in my cars life. When/if my engine dies
I was bombarded with new names all weekend so you have to forgive me for not all of them sticking.
Here we have a father/son duo. The son driving the Gray LS3 NA
The bay was really neat and it hauled *** when he took me for a drive
The dad's ride. LFX NA. The character of this engine suits the miata pretty well.
This Merlot NA was impressive because it was so nice, inside and out. Super clean and I just now realized I forgot to snap a pic of the exterior
nine lives racing sponsored vehicle
The group headed out for the dragons tail
Mid cruise breather.
An older couple were rocking this 1.5 miata
The plasti dip may be gaudy. I still like it
I had a great time, putting faces to the screen names. seeing all the cars I've only seen online. witnessing the whole spectrum of miatas from slammed to lifted
Thanks man. my pictures really don't show how clean your car is.
But I've been driving so much haven't really given myself any time to tinker. Tonight I mounted the fuse box in the glove box and cleaned up the wiring. simple but needs to be done.
next friday I'll be hosting the yearly owners club gathering. We'll park in front of this church downtown. A popular tourist spot and a good backdrop
Unfortunately the turnout was not great due to unforeseen circumstances but the few that showed up had a great time.
A hen party showed up and the bride to be wanted to pose with my car but didn't dare for a "scare drive"
Midnight run with the gang
The 280z is a friends car, it has an RB20 and was bought off Snoop Dogg's producer last summer and imported. He's going all in this winter with a 2JZ and a BMW transmission.
The black NA has just been imported, RHD and will be turbo'd with my help this winter. I'll do it faster the second time around lol
A friend came for a visit and we took a spirited last drive before winter hibernation.
Since the beginning of July I've driven it 4000km without any trouble and been able to just enjoy it. I've written down a list of things to do this winter, what to add and what to do better. I don't really want to stop driving it but I'll have plenty of time next summer.
I had been planning on redoing my piping from the heater core to the water inlet. I have the inlet from Hawley performance which only has one inlet on the back. But a friend was throwing a car away and This piece caught my eye.
Fits perfect to make the water inlet accept the oil heat exchanger and heater core return lines. But then I started asking myself if the heat exchanger was really needed since I live in a pretty cold climate. I am aware of slower oil warmup times but I'm fine with that. I was just wondering what the consensus was on removing it.
I added a small sub for a tiny kick along with the door speakers since this is my daily in the summers.
Redid the headlight with newer lenses and got new rubber trim around the lenses. Makes a lot of difference in the overall look of it
Decided that I didn't want my wireless charger just glued under the storage cubby so I used it as a chance to practice in Fusion and made a holder for it that I can mount under the cubby.
Wanted a secure place to store the extinguisher and didn't exactly want it on the shelf behind me even if the location is pretty convenient. So I drew this up and had the waterjet at work cut it out for me
Just gotta make some neat straps with convenient clasps and I'd call that done.
I have the Hawley performance water neck but didn't really like how restricted the rear inlet of it was considering the hose diameter coming in to it, while I like the rest of the unit. So I decided to weld on a 16mm barb. But finding an aluminum 16mm barb over here was proving almost impossible and shipping to Iceland has come to a crawl. So an AN-10 fitting got sacrificed for the task
Happy with how that turned out, I can find new gaskets tomorrow and start driving. Summer is here!
She's back on the streets and feels so damn solid. I trust her on a road trip and that's what she'll be doing soon. a round trip on Route 1 in Iceland with some deviations from the pictured route to check waterfalls and scenic places
what I need now is an exhaust tip because I don't like the bare pipe look
She's back on the streets and feels so damn solid. I trust her on a road trip and that's what she'll be doing soon. a round trip on Route 1 in Iceland with some deviations from the pictured route to check waterfalls and scenic places
what I need now is an exhaust tip because I don't like the bare pipe look
I can only begin to imagine how much fun it would be to take a top-down drive around Iceland in a Miata. I drove from Akureyri to Reykjavik about eight years ago in a tiny Hyundai, it was a blast (and so far the only rental car I've driven that had a manual, and thank god for that). I think some of the most beautiful driving was on my detour into Westfjords and Western region. I left the Ring road just north of Staður and crossed to the western side just north of Hólmavík. I stayed at the Heydalur guesthouse in that area - wonderful hosts, absolutely stunning area. Absolutely stunning. I'd recommend it if you have time.
Lost oil pressure as I rolled into the parking lot at work this morning. I had postponed putting the new gauge in there because the sending unit interfered with the oil/water heat exchanger. Now I guess I have to find a way to plug it in and install it in the parking lot at work.
Trying to troubleshoot it in my head, Thinking where to look for a blockage in the system because everything sounds good and seems by a quick glance to still be moving the oil (cams still getting lubrication). Any ideas appreciated
if I rev the engine pressure builds a little and drops. Meaning that both, sensor and pump work but I'm losing pressure somewhere in the system
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