How long did that take to yank the motor? Like all of 3 minutes? So...much...room.

 

That moment when you realize the o-ring fell out when installing the oil pump...and you just put the oil pan on

 

I did the exact same thing. Tiny dab of rtv on the o ring helps it stay in place.

Also check the Allen headed oil plug mine leaked. And maybe use an OEM front seal based on some recent experiences.

 

I remembered the bit of rtv the second time around. I saw all the talk about the front seal, i think i have an oem one sitting in a box somewhere.

 

Not sure if it's necessary. But if you have one it makes sense to install it now.

 

well this escalated quickly. grabbed an 01 6spd while i was on vacation in FL, ditched the FM1 clutch for a 949 kevlar twin disc. had a shop swap over parts into the ported head, and upgraded the valve springs. also going to swap out the dw200 for a 300 just in case for running E85. grabbed a set of d585 truck coils and harness.

no sense in doing things twice, might as well just go for allofit.

 

Waiting on a shifter kit for the six speed, i'm about ready to get started with E85.

Seems the general consensus is to leave everything set for gas, except change req_fuel, and tune normally.

What about the stoich setting in TS? Leave it at 14.7 since that is what the mtx-l will output at lambda 1? This echoes whatever I can find in searching here.

 

This forum is great, so much information available just need to dig a bit to find it. Was having trouble getting it to start, read through a few of the E85 threads and Car is up and running on E85. Warmed it up and took a lap around my apartments...forgot to hit "start autotune" out of excitement. Will change the oil and get to breaking it in and tuning this week.

Lessons learned for changing over to E85:

Timing - needs moar at idle and cranking. I'm sure I'll play with it a bit, but was having issues getting the car to run. Upped cranking and idle to 15*, with an area of 17* just below idle to "catch" it
Fuel - Adjusted req_fuel for E85, Had to lower my VE table by about 20pts.

Also - carbon/kevlar twin disc seems to be about perfection

 

So the rear main seal carrier is chewing up seals when I press them in, took a gamble and ran it. Well it leaked terribly as expected. I have it back out, any ideas for smoothing out the gouges? Really really trying to avoid pulling the pan AGAIN.

Circled the area that is causing problems.

 

Very fine emery cloth (400 or greater). Use light oil on it, to help contain the chips. Stuff a cloth inside first if you're really paranoid.

 

Did exactly this and the seal went in fine. I don't know why expected any other solution...

If i could negcat myself I would.

 

Well I'm back legal and driving again. Car runs great on E85 and I'm digging the twin disc, I've got a hair over 200 miles on the new engine. Installed a larger intercooler tonight, looks a lot better than the cute lil one I had on there too.

EBC is holding 5psi. Hoping to head to the dyno before the end of the month. Didn't realize the onboard MAP sensor is only good to 22psi so I'll be limited until I can swap out for the mapdaddy. I fully expect it to be un-driveable above about 15, but will be fun to see the numbers.



short term to do list:
d585's, mapdady, AEM selector switch boost ****, aluminum charge pipes, 3.63 gears, iq3 street dash(maybe aim strada)...then maybe I can call it finished.

 

lol

 

Just realized I hadn't posted any pics of the new wheels/tires. 15x10 with 245 RS4s...

 

What process did you use to become legal with a Texas title? Still using Miata VIN?

 

Texas assigned vin#
Assembled Vehicle, Replica 1967 Lotus, Custom Vehicle plates(I think they messed this up, will follow up with them soon)

Have a look at chapter 4 of the Texas Assembled Vehicle Manual

 

I'd suggest even taller rear end than a 3.63.

That way you can 30psi and not be a baby back binch.

 

cant do that without a getrag though right?

 

I thought there was a 3.33 or something for our diffs. I might be wrong. It's not a mazda oem part.

 

There are about 4 or 5 3.3's in the US right now. All of them are potentially out of round. MFactory is maybe working on more. I know this because one is in my room right now next to me lol.