advice with my new motor
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The cam cover is aluminum. Cut the front of it off with whatever's handy. Zis wheel would work fine.
Looks like you're going to need to get creative with the front water neck. Recommend welding it shut and going with the reroute.
Did you score a 6 spd too?
Looks like you're going to need to get creative with the front water neck. Recommend welding it shut and going with the reroute.
Did you score a 6 spd too?
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I'm trading bottom ends for a 9.0 with some cash on top, then considering just running that setup, or sending it to the machine shop with or without getting ceramic coating on the piston tops. John Day of spec miata fame is doing the machine work and assembly.
Any chance the stock 1.6dp will bolt up to that one? I'd really like to tune and play with ms before installing the turbo stuffs, and get break-in out of the way.
It took me 5 weeks to get this **** after the car hit the salvage yard, searched for this with nothing but disaster for almost a year.
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Corky's got instructions for the return on his site. The front coolant port is a 30mm plug, use gasket adhesive on the plug to ensure it doesn't work loose. I used a Dremel with a stout cutoff wheel to score then grind through the front belt cover, then a sanding wheel to smooth it out. Worked out well.
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I guess it also depends on the length of my hose. Thanks for the info gays. I'm still looking for info on the dp bolting up. I know it won't but I'd feel like a real dumbass if I spend time looking for a 1.8 header and dp to borrow when it would work just fine.