thejeans 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata
#125
Yeah its been quite a rocky start with the car. I certainly hope i can get it all figured out and get several years of enjoyment from it after all the work I've put into it. Couple months and it should be ready to roll. Motor and trans get yanked out this weekend and then its time to open the wallet haha
#126
Yeah its been quite a rocky start with the car. I certainly hope i can get it all figured out and get several years of enjoyment from it after all the work I've put into it. Couple months and it should be ready to roll. Motor and trans get yanked out this weekend and then its time to open the wallet haha
#127
Installed my Track Dog Racing Hood lifts last weekend, no more stupid hood prop!!
also started to rip out the interior to prep for the new seat. I have some work to do still getting the dash and carpets out but atleast the projects are moving along...
left the office to work from home this afternoon and these goodies showed up...
The new Seat rail
the new seat!
Parts for my LS Coil setup.
Wires
Plugs
the bracket to hold it all together, I need to tweak this a bit but here is a pic so far
Deatcshwerks 700cc Injectors
Track Dog Oil Pressure sender to make the cluster gauge actually work more accurately
Garage Star Delrin Door Bushings... Ive heard alot of mixed things but figured what the heck!
also started to rip out the interior to prep for the new seat. I have some work to do still getting the dash and carpets out but atleast the projects are moving along...
left the office to work from home this afternoon and these goodies showed up...
The new Seat rail
the new seat!
Parts for my LS Coil setup.
Wires
Plugs
the bracket to hold it all together, I need to tweak this a bit but here is a pic so far
Deatcshwerks 700cc Injectors
Track Dog Oil Pressure sender to make the cluster gauge actually work more accurately
Garage Star Delrin Door Bushings... Ive heard alot of mixed things but figured what the heck!
Last edited by thejeans; 02-11-2016 at 02:47 PM.
#129
I have it scheduled to start etuning with Ken Hill in April, so as long as we still dont have snow on the ground up here around that time, it should be on the road late March...
#133
got the carpets out, test fit the seat, i have to start tweaking the rail to get me lower and further back cause i dont like the current location. I practiced my vinyl wrapping skills on the center console around the radio and shifter for future projects, plus i covered up that hideous silver
#136
no, that hit a few snags last month when i started to prep everything to come out... the garage im storing the car in, i found out last month the day i planned to pull the motor that his wife took a new job and they were moving the end of April to NC. I couldnt get the block/bottom end done and back from either of the builders before then and i dont have the means to tow the car in pieces from his house to mine. so i will likely buy a junker to start rebuilding over the next year or so. It just means that instead of cranking the boost this summer and trying for 270+, ill just tune it for less boost and likely end up around the 230-240 whp for this summer.
#137
yeah its been tough trying to basically bring a car back from the dead... all kinds of bugs and issues ive dealt with on the car. i hope the changes this winter help with all of that... im ready to just go have some fun in this damn car haha
no, that hit a few snags last month when i started to prep everything to come out... the garage im storing the car in, i found out last month the day i planned to pull the motor that his wife took a new job and they were moving the end of April to NC. I couldnt get the block/bottom end done and back from either of the builders before then and i dont have the means to tow the car in pieces from his house to mine. so i will likely buy a junker to start rebuilding over the next year or so. It just means that instead of cranking the boost this summer and trying for 270+, ill just tune it for less boost and likely end up around the 230-240 whp for this summer.
no, that hit a few snags last month when i started to prep everything to come out... the garage im storing the car in, i found out last month the day i planned to pull the motor that his wife took a new job and they were moving the end of April to NC. I couldnt get the block/bottom end done and back from either of the builders before then and i dont have the means to tow the car in pieces from his house to mine. so i will likely buy a junker to start rebuilding over the next year or so. It just means that instead of cranking the boost this summer and trying for 270+, ill just tune it for less boost and likely end up around the 230-240 whp for this summer.
#139
so i am not very please with how low the "LOW" seat rail is. if you look in the pic up a few posts you can see it bends up, its honestly no lower than my current foamectomied stock seat. So i taking the seat rail to a buddy who's going to help me modify the rail to get me lower (heat up the metal and beat the bend out of it to just bolt on and go straight back).
i also am buying a new to me 6 speed and it comes with MiataRoadster short shifter to replace the "i have no clue how its never broken" 5 speed that was put into the car from the previous owner. seriously that 5 speed is a magical unicorn transmission, its from an early 90s, has around 250-270k miles on it, spent most of the last 100k on two different boosted miatae, and neither of those drivers are easy on cars hahaha.
i also am buying a new to me 6 speed and it comes with MiataRoadster short shifter to replace the "i have no clue how its never broken" 5 speed that was put into the car from the previous owner. seriously that 5 speed is a magical unicorn transmission, its from an early 90s, has around 250-270k miles on it, spent most of the last 100k on two different boosted miatae, and neither of those drivers are easy on cars hahaha.