Hey I am back, and I don’t think I ever had a build thread in here since the first time.


That said, I bought my car back, after seeing it sit for a few years in a field rotting away.


Here it is over decade ago

IMAG0191

new setup as of 2/24/11'


Here it is two years ago when I brought it home




and here we are today, hoping to mount the drivetrain this weekend. The engine has fresh seals, good compression and surprisingly healthy cylinders. The autotragic needed a complete overhaul, and I went along with it because that’s my schtick here. It’s got new upgraded friction disks and everything else. If it blows up, I’ll finally 5 speed swap it.







the plan is either go back to MSPNP or give arduino based a try. Also in search of a new hardtop, thinking about going carbon fiber this time on a lot of it.

 

forgot about this already, so far i've been using this build as a distraction from the bustle of life. Forgot how fun it is to work on a miata vs. the other shitboxes I own and modify.
Already have an issue, i rebuilt this 4N71B autotragic to handle a bit more power according to Level 10's specifications, and caused myself a pan leak because my dumbass used the gasket with the old steel pan and not sealant. So, now as it sits its excruciatingly slow weeping precious ATF all over my floor when i'm not looking.
My bushings are cooked, so that needs to be addressed. I will be printing my sway bar bushings out of solid TPU 98A as soon as I acquire MSM sway bars.

But, i have been slowly chipping away the stuff needed like:
-single piece hotside charge piping made, while keeping P/S and A/C
-dual row aluminum rad installed (yes, that's a universal fan spliced into a modified OEM fan shroud)
-$30 dollar downpipe made from pie cuts and scrap exhaust (im still a frugal mfer)
-rear bumper cut made, and now decided I will be adding aero this go around like rear diffuser, skirts and splitter. (might go fastback hardtop not sure yet.)
-replaced front wheel bearing hubs, brake rotors and pads
-replacing other rotted rubbers like fuel lines.





Still needing to get:

-wideband installed
-standalone ECU
-stop browsing forums, online shopping, instragram feeds, and finish the damn exhaust as I sit here.