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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 10:48 AM
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Some of you may remember this thread- https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t25670/

So I pulled the motor and had it rebuilt.

In went,
Eagle H beam rods
Weisco pistons
ARP mains
New Oil pump
water pump
All new seals (obviously)
new bearings
Stock lower mileage head
New larger FMIC
Anti Hyper/Peter pan coolant reroute
Cleaned and painted everything

Here are some pics....

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Now all I need is my mirrors, valve cover back from Leatherface and my wheels from Savington.

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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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Coño Phil; that looks nice!

Do you want to build me one?
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Very nice! lets beat on it before the motor is broken in!
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looks great. what was approximate cost for that engine build?
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Your going to blow your engine with that reroute. Peter Pan reroute FTW
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this forum has a brigade of bad *** cars.
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Originally Posted by 18psi
looks great. what was approximate cost for that engine build?
The main engine parts and labor were somewhere on the + side of 2k. I lost track long ago. All the little bs stuff really adds up.
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Your going to blow your engine with that reroute. Peter Pan reroute FTW
look dude, he's designed several items for fleshlight.com, its all a conspiracy against vendors!!!!oneoneone



god damn I miss my car.
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sweeeeeeeet phil, ur still an *** for doing this AFTER I left Miami...
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I see we already have Savington's ULs mounted!
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Originally Posted by Rafa
I see we already have Savington's ULs mounted!

Not quite, I couldn't wait though. https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t29520/#post344861
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sig compression is killing me....


edit: fixed it.
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sig compression is killing me....


edit: fixed it.
waddu mean?
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Very nice man, especially with everything like the intake manifold very clean.
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upload your image and compare it side by side to the image in your sig now....
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is that a spider on your old IC? Can I have it? the IC not the spider...
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is that a spider on your old IC? Can I have it? the IC not the spider...
Dragon fly, and actually if you pay shipping its yours. I tried selling it for 40 bucks and nobody wanted it.
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upload your image and compare it side by side to the image in your sig now....
I see what you did, thanks.
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payment sent. Send the 90* bend to the inlet if you can/don't mind/love me enough.
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payment sent. Send the 90* bend to the inlet if you can/don't mind/love me enough.

lol, this is the 2nd time you've asked for it.
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