Scary run in with a rock.
09-11-2007, 06:52 PM
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Scary run in with a rock.
Well as the title says, I had a scary run in with a rock. I was driving down the freeway and a semi truck kicked up a rock, which found it's way into the mouth of my Miata.
The rock slammed into the intercoolers end tank which bent the bracket and sent the corner of the intercooler through the radiator. Fantastic. I replaced the radiator with a stock new one, put in a 180 degree thermostat and built some beefy *** brackets for the intercooler. Thankfully the intercoolers end tank was dented but came out relatively un damaged.
On to pictures of the carnage.
The new stuff.
This radiator has the automatic trans cooler in the bottom. Should I just plug it for now?
The rock slammed into the intercoolers end tank which bent the bracket and sent the corner of the intercooler through the radiator. Fantastic. I replaced the radiator with a stock new one, put in a 180 degree thermostat and built some beefy *** brackets for the intercooler. Thankfully the intercoolers end tank was dented but came out relatively un damaged.
On to pictures of the carnage.
The new stuff.
This radiator has the automatic trans cooler in the bottom. Should I just plug it for now?
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09-11-2007, 06:55 PM
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driving on a track, wrx wagon in front of me. he decided since he has awd that driving on the gravel was a smart idea. put a crack in my windshield right in front of my face, scared the crap out of me.
bay looks good, plugs or no plug, doesn't matter.
bay looks good, plugs or no plug, doesn't matter.
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09-12-2007, 12:43 AM
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just use a sheet of plumbers tape (metal tape) or something like it, bolt it down at each of the stock radiator bracket locations, and bolt your fan any way you want?
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a documented case of a FMIC fubaring a miata 
and a rock helping it.
09-12-2007, 09:38 AM
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Wow! You're fortunate it didn't come through the windshield. A few years back a lady here in San Antonio was almost killed by a large rock that fell off of a dump truck, came through the windshield, and crushed the side of her skull.
Intercoolers and radiators can be replaced; your brain can't.
Barry
Intercoolers and radiators can be replaced; your brain can't.
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:gay: j/k
09-12-2007, 09:10 PM
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Now that I think of it, does a Protoge or something have the same A/C fan? There is a junkyard near by that has every mazda from 1980 to 2000, except rx-7's and Miatas.
Yeah I'm really glad the radiator was the only thing damaged. It could have been much worse.
Yeah I'm really glad the radiator was the only thing damaged. It could have been much worse.
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09-14-2007, 01:26 AM
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I wasn't having any cooling issues at all, so I will wait to upgrade down the road.
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