is my oil return flange too far back
 

Are you running AC? The bracket for the compressor is the only thing I really had to make the return line snake around.

If you're not running AC that location will work. It'll be questionable if the compressor is still in place.

I had the machinist put it in there, and now I realize that I fucked up and now have to fix it. God damn it!!!

Any thoughts on trimming the AC bracket?

It also looks like the oil-temp sensor is going to interfere with the engine mount too:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2zzq738.jpg
oh yeah, this is starting off well.

Holy shit that is a clean motor.

holy shit dude.....

hey, can you tell me if my oil is low from this picture????

http://www.boostedmiata.com/cats/CIMG1297.jpg

the block is platinum plus, match my urrring, playa. I got dem spreewell spinners on tha pulleys too dog. Playin wit 6 figgas, got so much ice you could skate on it neeya. Str8 flossin, outta control, betta aks somebody.

Your pictures suck.

lolol. Its the best pic I have, and I need something to worry about today.

you need to watch you're bullshit attitude with me. I don't know where you come from, but I do not put up with bullshit like this. I'll kill you first in the revolution.

lol! :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Nice looking engine btw! :bigtu:

I'm falling behind in my hood termz... can you explain these two?

"duplicolor aluminum cast coat" is awesome. Super reflective/metallic, and lasts forever.

Since you posted an adorable picture of two cats, you must be a woman. Most women never check their oil, and therefore it is probable that your oil is low.

fixed and qft. even if you give them a fancy car that tells them on the dashboard how much life is left in the oil, and then says "change oil soon" as the time approaches, followed by "oil change required" as she goes over the interval, and while beeping and flashing the "oil change required" message as she's driving.

But I'm not bitter. I absolutely adore having to fill up the tank and change the oil every time I get in the car she took from me.

you need to strengthen that pimp-hand. Play through, hate tha game. wordlyphe

damn old people. lol ask your local kids, or if all else fails urbandictionary.com


Your motor looks awesome. But how much more awesome would hemi orange have been? Ok so it probably woulda sucked and not match anything at all :jerkit:

Fail double post

Those pictures make me hate my motor......:cry:

I cant tell about the oil fitting that well, but from what I can see it looks hella far back.

Vash-

here ill be helpful:

http://www.boostedmiata.com/blown_en...inepull021.jpg

oh, I'm cool. Thanks for the pic.

love,
Mr. Hustles

Originally I wanted to paint everything, and I mean everything, white like the $$$ race cars. I remember when I was in europe looking under the hood of a DTM car and saw that everything was powdercoated white. That way they knew if the car was clean or not.

I went with silver to spot leaks when they start. I don't plan on ever driving this car in the rain, so it should stay fairly clean.

dude that looks sweeeeet...

Its going to look even more sweet with all the stainless steel BEGi heat sheilds, intake box, rad cover, and nickel colored ceramic coating exhaust parts. They almost match perfectly. The exhaust parts are just a little darker. The intercooler pipes match the valve cover too, lol. This car is going to be off tha hizzle.

I think Flyin Miata does it farther back when they do oil returns off the car. If John Day did it, I am sure he is use to tapping with the engine out.

http://screaminmiata.googlepages.com...preinstall.jpg

If it comes to choosing between AC and a turbo......errr no contest

Ooooh, Ive seen that before. And it does look pretty awesome. But I like a lil color, so I think the silver will look better than an all white would.

let me know when it gets up to 108* in the UK. We see heat intex temps of 118* in the summer here, and its humid...sometimes we spontaneously combust.

It gets so hot here..... I would go crazy if someone tried to take away my AC. I think it would involved hospitalization for the party involved.
If you need the extra power that the AC takes away. THAT IS WHAT NOS IS FOR. NEVER TAKE AWAY AC IN TEXAS!

You Texans are all pussies. I grew up in south Florida. My first car was a VW Beetle, and my second car was also a VW Beetle. No A/C, no defogger, not even a meaningful interior fan. When it started to get unbearable, you just opened another beer.

A/C... Might as well just have another blended frozen Margarita...

god you're so hard.

and to think I had thought it was a rloveution that you crazy texans were trying to get done.

http://www.rescue-us.org/new/files/g...ion-iphone.png

Yep south florida here too, my first car was a black merc 300te wagon. No working a/c since I first owned it.

I lived..

lol.

from my trips to Florida I wouldn't comment on how manly the people there are. :bowrofl:

:werd:

You south Floridians are just into sweaty man buttocks and chests is all. I wonder where you are inserting that beer after it is opened?

I've been to florida. It's not the same.
And there is nothing better than to have a 20 min ride to work and get out with a wet sweaty shirt like you have been jogging. Sorry, I don't like to stink or be around nasty people.

No one wants to be that guy. The claimy one that sweats gravy at work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zraXR...eature=related

try to convince those clowns in that video (my hometown) that FL is for queers.

But if you had to choose either AC or a turbo. Forget the 1/32nd HP and 1/64newton meter of torque. 95rwhp with AC or 200rwhp without......errrr no contest lol :fawk:

Seriously tho I'm with Joe on this one. You have a turbo convertible. Put the fucking roof down and go faster. Otherwise buy a coupe.

Well, then I guess us Texans should just man up then. After all, those Bristol UK summers are notoriously harsh, so if you can take it, so can we. Over here, our mild South Texas summers pale in comparison to those brutal Bristol temperatures in the English Desert. After all, this month, here we are only averaging about 35C for our daily high, and have only hit 40C so far this year....

:bowrofl:

Just because I live in the UK now doesn't mean I always did. When I was In South Africa guess what? Still no AC.

Yeah yeah I know white guy in SA sue me.

big whoop.

Google maps wont street maps some areas of Houston for safety :bowrofl::giggle:

Saying I survived the SA summers without a/c is about like saying I survived the California summers with no a/c. It depends on location. Death Valley or El Centro, impressive. San Francisco, not so impressive.

http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/com...Houston+&s2=TX

Debunked

make note** the actual population of west palm is somewhere near 1.3 million with unincorperated areas included. So even though its much smaller, its one of the most dangerous cities in the US. Guess where all your cocaine comes through..

Meh, you like AC I like PS I guess were all pussies :bowrofl:

The only place I would have traded my left nut for AC was the only place it was forbidden. Damned coal mines with their explosion proofing rules...grumble grumble

Does anyone get the impression we went a bit off topic?

Crime Rates Houston, Texas West Palm Beach, Florida United States
Violent Crime 6 7 3
Property Crime 7 8 3

numbers are numbers.


for getting back on topic,

Man Fing Israel in the middle east was cooler than it is here in Houston

You do realize how large the Houston metro area is and the area that surrounds the "Houston" city limits that actually pretty much still falls into Houston.

Houston=> sugarland, katy, cypress, pasadena, etc.

getting back on topic.

Traveling around the middle East (in Israel) It was hella cooler than it is here in Houston

It feels like a hair dyer. I'll take the NA.
I'm being serious. In two minutes you bead up with sweat. If I have to I'll drive without. But an A/c is more of a concern than a turbo on a daily driver. When we drop the top, we roll up the windows and turn the a/c on. Otherwise you stink when you stop to eat a nice dinner.

I would like to stick you in DFW rush hr trafic with the top down, sun beating you like a heat lamp, and say turn the fan on. It feels like a sweet heater.

I understand saving face and the love of a turbo. But to say we are pussys. I am 5'10 190 lbs and have been in over 55 fights literally. And have won every one on one fight, some fights against two people. And that is not BS. That is being a white boy in the southern getto school.

That is what happens when you can afford a new bike and they can't. You are a target of jealousy. I've had a gun thrown in my face by one of the biggest Mexicans I ever seen, and beat him senceless. I got the blood stained shirt to prove it.

I'm not a pussy. I'm a RED NECK prepy from the Arkansas/ Texas line and proud of it. Yes there is such a thing.
Our Ideal of a good time is to go out into the woods with no help for miles, a bottle of cheap wiskey, shoot inocent animals, skin them and eat them.

We don't have to depend on Walmart to supply beef and chicken to make believe nothing dies for us to eat. We are real men. And we know how to destroy the life out of something quickly to make pain minimal, gun or no gun.

We have an unterstanding of only kill to eat. Not lets shoot a bird to feel cool. We have passed laws that if some no name dick threatens you on you farm you can shoot him. And not go to jail.
You say we're crazy. You might be Right............

HAHA give me a fucking break. I made it 1 min into the video before I felt like I was losing brain cells. Fucking talk is cheap, guns are for pussies, and just cause your black.....doesnt mean your tough. WTF is with ghetto ass fuckers with pitbulls, ski masks, guns, and gold chains. That shit makes me raging angry...:vash: Thank god I live far enough away from the majority of it.

Thug ass ghetto bigmouths are the best ones to fight, cause they only know how to run their mouths. But after you take on 1.....you have 100 more to deal with. Pussies travel in packs and carry guns, they are about as tough as my retarded neighbor girl that picks on the neighborhood kids.

-1 for thugs :jerkit:

Vash-

Yeah, so, getting back on topic...

About that oil pan return flange hole; should I bust it with a 44 mag., or a 45 FMJ?

Go with the 45. The 44 mag is too fast and will tear something up. LOL

jacksonville murder rate > west palm pansie murder rate

im a OG, and i roll wif ma hommies dowg. day call me white kong AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

and hustler, you have another car, take out the a/c you women. my miata has no a/c, heat, blower, interior, and other things. when i want to be confortable, i drive the lincoln.

What I got from this thread so far is that while I've been gone for 4 months you still haven't installed your fucking turbo kit. Pathetic...

wtf is going on in my precious thread?

I condemn you all to Auschwitz.

Homosexuality has been observed in wild animals, I don't see how they are any exception.

oh and that video needs some real gangsta rap;

Todd,

Saying we are all pussies was my way of trying to diffuse the situation. So err guess that didn't work. So before this escalates. Sorry, d'int mean nothin by it.

I appreciate that yes Tx is hot and if I were there I'm probably gonna want some AC for comfort. I also think I seriously want a turbo in my life which I don't have right now and probably wont for a good long while because of gay insurance in the UK. So maybe I was a little over enthusiastic about Hustler getting his on ASAP.

So Hustler is your return line OK for clearance on AC?

Thats cool. We all just like to beat our chest and poke at each other with sticks and sharp objects. Some like to poke with other things.LOL. No one is seriously mad. Just argue back and your good. Standing your ground +1.

I've had cars here that don't have A/c. And I have friends that took their A/C off too. Taking the A/C and powersteering off can help a na miatas power. It just falls to personal preferance and what you want out of your car.

I would watch here and ebay for a used kit. I've seen greddy kits go for $450-$600.
I got a motor, transmission and a FM turbo for $850. With shipping a total of $1050.00.

You will get there like the rest of us. I'm still not turbo'ed and I've been on it since Oct 07. I hope I will be finished in a few weeks. Most everyone here starts with bandaids. We are all thrifty, cheap or broke, with a few exceptions.
Good luck with your build plans.

Group Hug!!!!!!:pitlab:

well, it looks like if the tap doesn't hit the AC bracket, it might interfere with the steering rack. Is that a possibility?

fuck.

How about you take a better picture, i can tell you if it's like mine. Mine is kind of like that but I can't tell exactly from your photos.