Hoping to get around to working on the miata this coming week or next.

• Fix heater hose issues
• Fix overheating issues
• Fix exhaust clearance issues
• Install new parts for alternator
• Finish interior details
• Install parts I bought from FM a year ago
• Wash and wax
• Fill with fresh gas
• DRIVE!!!

 

need heater hoses? I bought a set, then thought I had the wrong set, then ordered a different set that just ended up being the same set, then decided to go with silicone hoses lol. I can sell you a set for cheap.

FM Vmaxx xxxxxxtreme(!!!) came in last week, hope to have that and the brakes in soon. Also decided to pull the greddy EBC and keep things simpler with an MBC, so I'll need to find some replacement gauges as well. I figure boost, A/F, and oil temp are the important ones... I'll probably pick up a ddmworks radio mount as well for those 3 gauges.

 

My current list;

Fix broken valve cover bolt
Buy wheels/tires
Pass aircare (emissions)
Install larger IC
Buy/install 3'' exhaust
Re-tune for greater success.


Later this summer;
Buy manifold/dp from Abe
Install turbo kit
Route turbo into Rotrex
Re-tune for great success.

400whp here I come.

 

was just looking at this when i saw this thread. copied right out of my word document.

list to do in town
o paint windshield frame
o rear pads
o accessory belts
o straighten headlights
o bang out dents
o bring back blocks/sandpaper to fair out dents
o CAS seal
o Epoxy finish panel together
o Fix hole in front bumper
o Seafoam
o Clean drains
o Paint wheels
o Randall cowl
o Lower seats
o Replace bumpers
o plastidip

• to do at home
o bleed clutch/brakes
o front upper ball joints

 

Today I bought oil dye, seals, and misc. things. My leak should be fixed sometime this year...

 

Make new door cards, to accommodate LE speaker surrounds and without holes for a window crank.

Smooth out the runners in the Hondafold.

Tap Hondafold for WI nozzles, install nozzles, etc.

Install the Skunk2 TB and the Honda MAP, wire the MAP, reconfigure the MS, etc.

Figure out what to do with my Bowser heatshield since it's popped a spot weld and rattles.

Figure out if I need to change my spark tune when I install the mani.

Probably a bunch of other things too.

 

• put battery cable with kill switch
• put brake light wires
• put hazards
• put brake master idiot light
• wire in ms3/ms3x with deutsch bulkhead hd30
• wire in wb o2
• put ignition switch
• put start switch
• put fuse box
• finish sr20 <-> ppf adapter
• install rear suspension arms
• install front and rear brakes
• install proportioning valve
• put brake ducting
• weld up new downpipe for 3071
• weld up waste gate piping to R1 muffler
• weld up new intake pipe with type r bov
• buy fuel rail stock and have drilled for injectors
• redo fuel system with AN fittings and 2nd fuel pump
• fabricate some sort of dash
• get car tuned

 

Selling them?

My list, the more I sit here the longer it gets

-EBC
-Injectors
-Tune
-make some DIY hardtop brackets
-Paint
-Make tach/fuel gauge work
-1.8 brake swap (just need rotors)
-mount fuse box
-wire head lights
-ducting for IC/rad ~ brakes also
-more muffler..?
-get my BOV to work
-wideband
-vacuum block
-catch can

 

rebuild
more chrome
more flowers

 

MSM:
install stainless clutch line
wash/clay/wax
suspension install

NA:
transmission swap
change oil
figure out why my caliper was stuck this morning
replace soft top

 

I need to bang this stuff out. trying to go to the track sunday for a shake down run.

To do
install turbo
install turbo and FM heat shield
jb weld throttle plate screws
modify seat bracket to move it back and lower
wire up tec II check engine light and oil temp pressure gauges
install heat sleeve on wires
install heat sleve on turbo oil and water lines
roll the ---- out of the rear fenders
flash bin file and disable knock, adjust tps for better throttle response
fix fuel line- replace oem hard line or fab a new one.
adjust steering wheel center
do a leakdown and a compresson test, check spark plug wear,brand and gap
install water injection once bench test in complete

TO DO: extra stuff
mod and install larger throttle pedal (from 944)
remove and replace the backwards support member in the rear
measure thickness rear sway bars- install oem bar to start with
set up egt probe on boost controller- 1200F (660C)- good 1600 f (871 C) hot Top --900F (1037C) top of scale
check alignment adjust to spec miata in needed corner balance
install panel for check engine and WI control in blank nest to cig lighter
remove stock seat belts
install harness bar
install used oemfront and rear bumper support
replace valve cover gasket
install extra parts from john - rear bumper support, stock shifter, stock rear swaybar...
cut rear rotors and install new rear pads
touch up tune safe tune for road track
locate inexpensive rotors for BBK

to order
balance bar adjuster
heat sleeve for oil coolant lines
passenger seat and harness
miata brake bleed adapter
300psi water gauge for WI
new oil pressure sender, 100psi duel sender vdo
another set of track pads

 

I finished the brakes today, started on the differential swap. Holy hell one of the axles is seized right the hell up.

Debating whether to spend the money on a larger hammer or a used upright.

 

heat!

 

bfh

a 20% coupon will take it down to 160



http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-...ess-32879.html

 

i haz 1 complete set of 1.8 front and rear rotors and pads (street pads - ebc yellow) and 1 front set of 1.8 pads/rotors (xr3's). thought i'd mention in case you are looking

 

man I would love a press. the down side is that I work late into the night sometimes but other then a o2 acetylene torch, grinder, rip saw i don't have tools that will hurt me too bad. with a press I could really hurt myself.

 

dang. some of the lists don't even seem possible.
cars seem to have such minimal equipment. lol

 

mmm what does not seem possible? the miata is a pretty simple car. if you wanna see crazy look at the guys who have been working for a long long time decoding Motronic 7 found in the audi ecu B5 s4. most complex tuning I'm aware of, not that I'm an expert by any means. the level of safeguards and sophistication may have something to do with the whole unintended acceleration thing?

very interesting forum if you want to geek out.. start reading you'll start to get it in a few months.

nefariousmotorsports.com

 

ha I did not really look at it very carefully, its just a bottle jack attached to a frame, think I would not do much damage

 

Turbo car:

• Send turbo to Europe
• Make real AN lines/fittings for the turbo lines
• reassemble
• floss

Daily:

• Fix the passenger side window regulator
• Install LC-1
• Install MS2
• Tune
• Install VVT engine
• Install 6-speed
• Build and install 3.63 rear end
• Buy VVTuner
• Tune again
• Flauce