Not this guy. I need to figure out why my car sounded like someone poured a bag of wrenches in my engine. I think my timing's way the fuck off but I really don't know.

i'm pretty sure that's not timing related...........

...... LOL

O man no good

I am not sure wtf it is but it sounded bad. Car ran like a champ when I parked it so I don't think it's a problem with the internals. When I did the coolant reroute I had to pull off the timing belt...when I did that I locked the cams with wrenches and marked the timing belt. I also pulled the cas (didn't mark it though). I am hoping between the two timing is fucked up and the noise is just my exhaust being thrashed against the steering rod/tunnel/rear shelf. What do you guys think?

Right now my car is parked in the back waiting for me to tear into it. I'm on the fence between replacing the turbo, fixing the exhaust issues, etc to get it back on the road, or just pulling parts to make enough cash to buy something else in the meantime.

I'll probably just replace the parts on the miata to get it running again, but other thoughts have crossed my mind. :facepalm:

Don't part it out mang!

lol

I don't want to, believe me. Thats the fucking LAST thing I would want to do. However, times are tough and not having a DD of my own is killing me. Getting rides, longboarding around, borrowing a car, etc, is getting old really quick.

I found an awesome deal on CL today and WISH I had the extra cash laying around to pick it up. I was thinking of what I could sell off on the miata to come up with the cash, but thats basically everything drivetrain wise. Which then had me thinking if I did do that, I could always start over with a LS motor, but thats just more money. Fucking money!!! :vash:

I got my beater for 900 bucks, she takes care of me good. I also figured out why car no startie startie. Apparently when I put the cam gears back on I didn't torque one all the way/didn't torque it at all. Sooooo my exhaust cam was freewheelin it. Thank goodness it's not an interference engine...and I didn't sheer the cam gear nobbie.

been there done that... cept mine was on a $2500 Sr20det and It was partially on so it would wabble and act like a cam itself... loostening and tightening the chain as it turned, lol.

Vash just buy a $300 escort beater. thats what my car started out as... LOL

I had an escort beater my buddy gave me... i turned it into this:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...15315_9130.jpg

Before the "carsmash" i got to blow up the motor and gut the thing. THAT was fun. I also did a plymoth laser and a nissan pathfinder in the 3 years that I ran the car smash as a frat philanthropy event for childrens miracle network

Not at all what I was expecting for a pic. I love it, it also is a good visual for how I feel rite now.

I was going to check the timing (so I had the cover off) when I decided to try her again and noticed the t-belt wobbling around and thought "self, what's going on up there?" Also when I first turned the key to the "on" position there was a bang like an m80 went off. Still can't figure out what that was...perhaps I ignited one of the cylinders that blasted into the intake manifold.

Yeaaa my car is sitting at my parents driveway on jack stands :(

More miata sadness? What happened to yours?

norwalk car show Sunday who wants to meet up

wish i could. I need to finish my engineering senior design project tomorrow. I am squeezing in some free time today to go help out ctdrfter and thats about it.

dam lol i wanna see your cars i just finished my miata right on my B-day a few days ago. maybe ill have to make a trip up there lol.

Blew my rear end

Damn that sucks! Did it explode or just break?

Break

I drove down and saw CTdrfters car yesterday. I WANT.

The fab and overall crazyness of his setup makes me want to turn my car into a non-street beast.

i just blew mine today

God dam clutch droppers lol, do you guys have torsens? I did clutch drops all last year ans mines still holdin up :)

mine went on my way back to my friends house from the car show in new Britain. luckily i was on his street when it went so i was about to get it to his house.

big cruise Saturday night this weekend starting from the I84 exit 8 micky ds at 9:30.

Son of bitch! Thats like a 5 minute walk from my house. Too bad my car is out of commission right now or else I would come down. :cry:

Take some sweet pics of the cruise. I will be doing yard work and timing this weekend. Hoping to get the car working for my bday. That will be the best present I can give myself!

Ever since that bolt broke off when taking my rearend out I haven't touched the car

When we fixin that bitch!

lol thats what i did i got my car on the road for my b day.

so anyone around here good with the DIYPNP i built mine but i want some one to look over it to make sure i did everything right on it.

I think the new rearend is broken too... FML

So lets go yank one out of a car in the junk yard... at least it will get you back on the road.

You do realize we're past due on the dyno day!

if you just need the actual diff part (not the ring and pinion) i have the stock spider gear unit sitting around for the 1.8L

take a look around on www.car-part.com i got my diff off there for 100 bucks shipped

I know man this sucks! Tommorrow I think I'm gonna head over my parents house and open the diff and take a look at it.

Hook a brother up!!!!

is that really what you need? It is the part that bolts to the ring gear.

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$25 bucks and its yours

Im pretty sure thats what it is...I doubt it would be anything else, I couldn't take it appart today since it was raining but wednesday I will and I'll most likely come pick yours up....How can I tell what is broken on mine?

If you had more go you would have had fluid all over the place when the gears fell apart and punched a hole in your diff. You would definitely know if you had worse breakage.

yeah let me know. It is sitting in my garage at my parents house in old saybrook. I wont be down there at all for a few weeks but shoot me a text and Ill have my brother pull it out for me.

PM me for my #

I've built a couple MS's but never seen the DIYPNP up close. Can't you just test it with the stim?

I have no clue i built it as shown and i have tried over and over again with no luck. Im so sick of this thing im just about to light it on fire and buy the Adaptronic ecu. i have also tried to get people who have built them just too take a look at it and if they see anything wrong fix it for MONEY but no one wants to look at it. WASTE OF $600.00 DOLLARS.

i can help you out at some point. take some pics

i have a ton of pics in my other post of it. but i am willing to drive almost anywhere to have some one get this thing working.

OHH you actually have the diy PNP from diyautotune. I thought you ment you had an ms1 with an adapter harness (brain fart).

Yup I have NEVER touched the PNPs, sorry.

So do we still want to try to do a may meetup?

my car won't be running again this month, but i could HOPEFULLY have it up and running again by late june for a circle jerk.. i mean... meet up... :-)

yes.

I should be at the CARTCT autox on sunday. you should all join!

Martin, I MIGHT be busy saturday. I am going to look at an NB with a good friend, and gotta be a woman and get some clothes for my new job. Maybe we can still do some tuning later on in the afternoon? im not sure. If not the following weekend works.

Im down as long as this bracket and bolt get to my house before the weekend

Damn! Well I am felxable so if you want to do it friday again or sometime saturday I'll make time. I am going to finish the wiring for the vtps today/tonight.

me and a few friends are going to go on a long back road cruise May 23rd

more info http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...22155787803274

Car is back on the road! God I missed this ---- licking whore

anyone wanna meet up tonight???????

Got work, me and cspence are meeting tommorow morning

mind if i tag along

Not at all...I'd love to see your car! We were planning to do a little cruise/photoshoot around the Meriden/Middletown/Portland/Durham area. Kinda a haul for ya but the more the merrier.

If you guys want, drive up to hartford and stop by the CARTCT autox event. I will be there.

If I dont go I might join you guys.

not really ill be staying with my parents tonight seeing as how they wanted me and my girl friend over for dinner shoot me an addy and time you guys wanna meet. I also have family that lives off exit 10 off RT9. Hey 240 to miata i got my diypnp running so if we meet up i might ask you a few things on how to get my maps set for 4 bar and not 2.5 bar.