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Originally Posted by Godless Commie
(Post 1100388)
Such clean
So detail Very suspension This is how I feel when assembling this stuff. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391938322 and then when it finally fits all together https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391938322 If I don't organize it like that my brain explodes. |
I bet you drive your car before I drive mine.
Course I'll be sitting inside sipping hot cocoa while I wait for mine. You'll be building the best BP-powered Miata... Ever. |
I get the feeling that the skin is getting thin on my fingers through thisprops giving stuff all the time...
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Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
(Post 1100066)
I just don't want to replace the 2 dashboard vents. I'm a skinny bastard with no body fat. When it gets cold...I like my heat. Revlimiter gave me a link to the Zoom Tombstone which has three 3 gauge holes above the vents but A) It is pricy B) I don't like the lines of it much.
Saying that a thought dawned on me that when it gets cold enough I'll probably be driving the Jetta instead of the Miata....hmmm I am up in Cedar City with my miata w/ hardtop also with no body fat, and tbh to get heat the fastest I find to just use the defrost and floor setting, even with the snow and stuff we got last week the eyeball vents just get my eyes dried out too fast. Ive just been using recirculate when water temps are below 160 to get heat asap, and then it gets to be just a furnace. I have had to set it halfway and then switch to outside air and its still baking in there. |
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Originally Posted by turbofan
(Post 1100391)
I bet you drive your car before I drive mine.
Course I'll be sitting inside sipping hot cocoa while I wait for mine. You'll be building the best BP-powered Miata... Ever. Hope it warms up for yah man.
Originally Posted by Zaphod
(Post 1100392)
I get the feeling that the skin is getting thin on my fingers through thisprops giving stuff all the time...
Originally Posted by Dlaitini
(Post 1100394)
I am up in Cedar City with my miata w/ hardtop also with no body fat, and tbh to get heat the fastest I find to just use the defrost and floor setting, even with the snow and stuff we got last week the eyeball vents just get my eyes dried out too fast.
Ive just been using recirculate when water temps are below 160 to get heat asap, and then it gets to be just a furnace. I have had to set it halfway and then switch to outside air and its still baking in there. I've come to the conclusion there is no way to do your bushings without covering everything in grease. I put all new zerk fittings in and redrilled the holes for the grease path. It was much easier this second time around mostly due to me actually organizing the bushings really well before I started. [IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391946389[/IMG] Glad the hard/messy part is out of the way. |
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Slowly but surely, in the words of Gune, "making progress!"
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391955259 Taking my sweet time so that I torque everything down properly and use all the right bolts/nuts/washers. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391955259 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391955259 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391955259 Just need the lowers put on and the brake assembly and I can bolt this sucker onto the car. |
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Bilstein's need some TLC before I put them on but it is a tidy little box if I must say so myself.
The gold bolts with red poly bushings is a perfect mix. Had to use a little metal polish to pull all the corrosion off the stainless lines. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391962686 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391962686 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391962686 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1391962686 Now it is time to grab some donuts and coffee and recharge the ol' battery a bit. |
Holy cow, Jeff! I have never seen anyone go to your level of restoring a car - it's absolutely beautiful, 100x better than new! This thread is the definite benchmark! :bowrofl:
And if you're ever thinking about selling this car, I'm already in line! |
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Hmm why haven't I seen your Miata around. Is yours the white or blue Miata I've seen on occasion? Ive seen a blue w/ stripes and a yellow one in town, not yet seen a white one personally. Tried to acknowledge them, its not like I was doing this: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...g_tube_man-gif But they kinda just give dirty looks, it was like a nod in their direction. I don't think they care, they were using it as a point A to B car |
Originally Posted by Legendary
(Post 1100447)
Holy cow, Jeff! I have never seen anyone go to your level of restoring a car - it's absolutely beautiful, 100x better than new! This thread is the definite benchmark! :bowrofl:
And if you're ever thinking about selling this car, I'm already in line! I think the line has started a while a go. I've had a few PM's about that exact thing. |
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My body crashed hard core, so not much done today. Just restored a little life into the Bilsteins and going to work on the brake assemblies. I'll repaint the strut bodies at some other point.
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Also while I'm waiting on a little paint to dry.
It says the version of this Track Dog Racing ANGLED gauge panel is only for 99+ but it doesn't have one available for the NA's. Does anyone know if it will fit? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392003873 |
You might need this?
ClubRoadster.net |
They do NOT fit the NA. It's been years since I attempted to install it, but it was not plug and play. On my NB, it pops right in. I ended up just making my own flat panel out of a piece of aluminum.
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Joy of joys that is all done. That thing is a beast to align properly so all the holes slot in right. I had a jack stand under the diff and a jack under each control arm and would slowly left each side until I could get the strut hat bolts connected. Then again with the back and forth until I could get both subframe-chassis nuts/bolts on.
So many things to connect to the subframe! Everything is torqued to its proper spec and can be ignored for a while now. Going to start on the front subframe in a little bit and get that hooked up as well. Found the proper grommet and bracket for the emergency brake cable. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 Lines hooked up the the brakes and adjusted for 5-7 clicks; which is what the manual calls for. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 The sway bar oddly gave me a lot of trouble. I could find no information on the proper way to install it so I winged it and it didn't turn out great. the left side is only 1 mm off the body of the subframe and I know for sure it will rub. Ignore the grease, I had just gotten done. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 lookin' pretty https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1392037939 |
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Swaybar endlink should be as close to vertical as possible?
It looks like you should flip the endlink so that it is installed outboard of the swaybar tabs?? |
that sway bar/endlinks definitely don't look right
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