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Dec 23, 2008 | 10:48 AM

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On the road again

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

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

Feel free to comment or ask questions.
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Dec 23, 2008 | 10:56 AM

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Coño Phil; that looks nice!

Do you want to build me one?

Dec 23, 2008 | 11:06 AM

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Very nice! lets beat on it before the motor is broken in!

Dec 23, 2008 | 11:11 AM

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looks great. what was approximate cost for that engine build?

Dec 23, 2008 | 11:13 AM

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Your going to blow your engine with that reroute. Peter Pan reroute FTW

Dec 23, 2008 | 11:17 AM

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this forum has a brigade of bad *** cars.

Dec 23, 2008 | 11:17 AM

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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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Dec 23, 2008 | 11:18 AM

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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.

Dec 23, 2008 | 03:28 PM

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sweeeeeeeet phil, ur still an *** for doing this AFTER I left Miami...

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:04 PM

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I see we already have Savington's ULs mounted!

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:07 PM

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Quote:

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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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Dec 23, 2008 | 04:26 PM

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sig compression is killing me....

edit: fixed it.

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:33 PM

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sig compression is killing me....

edit: fixed it.

waddu mean?
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Dec 23, 2008 | 04:36 PM

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Very nice man, especially with everything like the intake manifold very clean.

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:43 PM

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upload your image and compare it side by side to the image in your sig now....

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:45 PM

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is that a spider on your old IC? Can I have it? the IC not the spider...

Dec 23, 2008 | 04:48 PM

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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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