tbear2500

I've been looking for one for months and just missed an opportunity to buy one yesterday. If anyone has one (unlikely, I know), please let me know! I'll need it if it gets as hot as it was this weekend again (which quite likely will happen).

Thanks!

thumpetto007

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What site did you find it on?

in the meantime, just run a belt from the crank pulle directly to ac pulley, and use 1/4 washers to shim a decent amount of tension into the belt.

tbear2500

Miata.net classifieds. Had I merely looked earlier in the day I'd have had it.

That sounds like more work than I'd like to do if I can avoid it.

Ted75zcar

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What is the going rate for a unicorn these days?

tbear2500

The one on Miata.net was $65.

Ted75zcar

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Wow, that sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Too bad you missed out!

JoshEE

Ya that's pretty cheap. I also didn't want to mess with shimming the compressor so I set an alert for "miata power steering delete pulley" on ebay and one popped up about a week later for $120 and I bought it. It's pricey, between that and a new bearing/pulley if it's not in good shape, but I figure if I ever want to I can resell it for roughly the same amount. I forgot to remove the alert and within a month or so a couple more popped up at about the same price, so they're out there, just $$.

thumpetto007

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I'm really really lazy. I love to complain if something is hard.

It took me 20 minutes including jacking my car up, and removing the underpanel to shim the ac compressor. Use a small prybar to fit 3 washers in all locations. You just slip the washers in as a group of 3. Literally 1 minute or less per bolt.

Saves $

Plus you still need a different belt for either solution

sixshooter

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Wow! $65 plus shipping for something that costs $0.06 to do yourself in 10 minutes.

You don't deserve a turbo.

thumpetto007

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^ thanks for pushing the shimming method btw. Napa even let me have the washers for free.

Chilicharger665

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I am the one that got it for $65 and I definitely don't deserve a turbo.

sixshooter

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Deckard

+1 on the shim alternative info. I was also looking to find one when & if I want to convert. I already have the rack. PS ok around town, but at highway speeds, kinda twitchy.

tbear2500

Eh whatever. If you want to deal with shims go for it. It's just a little too, you might say, "ghetto" for me.

I did find one eventually. Cost me way too much but being cool on the way to work yesterday was nice. Installation was a breeze compared to anything to do with power steering and I find it hard to believe shimming could have been as easy, but I've never tried it. Perhaps I'm missing out.

I don't deserve a turbo? I mean, I don't really want one either. I'm just on this forum because occasionally there's good info not related to turbos here, or good stuff for sale in the classifieds (that's how I got my manual rack in the first place).