My DD MX-5 Miata Build

[iamdallas]

Going in the direction of this photochop.



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[iamdallas]

So, I'm pretty bad about procrastinating and making one huge post about what I've been doing.

Well, I sold the hardtop for a few different reasons. Ultimately, it was for suspension but some things happened and I didn't get to do that.

Moving on, I've been wanting to rebuild my shifter from the beginning. I put it off for ages because of the price of replacement OEM parts. Recently I sat in zoomx5's car and felt his extended Miata Roadsters short shifter... And I haaaad to have one. My bushings were destroyed and all of my boots were ripped in half at least.





Nastiness.



My bushing was stuck inside in about 4000 peices.



After I got the MR shifter in, I came across an awesome deal on some Revlimiter Gauges. They came with a cluster and everything, which I did not use. They're the Revolver style, and I love them.



They don't look purple, IDK why the pics always turn out that way. They're so awesomely classic looking. I think if Clint Eastwood were to choose a set of manly badass gauge faces, these would be them.

Then, I got backed into. TWICE... In a week.




I don't really have any good pics of the damage on the back bumper. Mostly it just spider cracked all over. A few large chips came off... This person must have hit me while I was at work, and didn't leave any information. So, I got to pay my deductable on that one.



Did my yearly service on the Transmission and Diff with this stuff. Best GL4 I can find.

Then, my supercharger started knocking. I have a video I can post when I'm on a computer, but it made me saaaaaaaaad... I had just bought an over pulley, a nost pulley, and a Jackson Racing header for the setup. My goal was to get the most hp recorded form an m45 setup, haha. That didn't happen.

I sold the setup for cheap. I decided that I would rather go turbo, as it would suit my long term goals for the car better.



Sad engine bay. This was right before my coilpacks died. Easy fix.



I thought you guys might be interested in this. This is how I do anything that I need to do with my lip. Any bank and step down will do, I've done it in multiple different locations. Just park, lay down, and apply/remove.

Anywho, I won an OEM r-lip on ebay. Here she is all repaired and such. Much more betterer.




She needs a name.

TURBO PARTZZZ>>>>




It's a BEGI s4 kit, and I'm going to be using a bov. I'm about to get the flange welded on for the Synchronic Synapse. This BOV feels amazing in your hand. You can just sense the quality. It's AWESOME.

I need injectors and a clutch. Then the turbo will go in.

I feel like I'm forgetting something... Hmmmm.

[iamdallas]

Taking my day off to work on some parts. I couldn't find anything else to do so here it is.

I had a friend who welded on my bov fitting for free. Its a little sloppy but it works.



Then a little paint.








Got both of those done. I am not at all satisfied with the threadage of the tap. It seems too loose on the fitting. Does anyone have suggestions on a welder that can do the cast and anodized aluminum?

My best shot is the local tech school I guess.

[iamdallas]

Sorry for the blurry pics. Low-light is awful for my phone.



So, this week I took Thurs-Today off. The turbo stuff is in, but I've got a massive oil leak coming from the oil supply fitting on the turbo. It ran great for the 30 seconds that it ran, started up first time and everything.

I pulled the motor and installed:
BEGi coolant reroute with the Escalade radiatior hose that wraps around to the back of the motor.
Cam Seals
Front Seal
New Oil Pan tapped for oil return. New front and rear seals. The bearing support plate bracket for the oil pickup tube was broken. Luckily I had another to swap in.
Rear Main Seal
Flyin' Miata Stage One Clutch, pilot bushing, and throw-out bearing. I bought an output seal to put in but my seal puller wouldn't fit in to get it out. It wasn't leaking so I brushed it off.
I cleaned up all the wiring. Every single connection in the engine bay I soldered, heat shrinked, and wrapped into hidden harnesses. I also made a separate VICS controller harness that hasn't been put in yet, but it'll go in soon enough.
Stage 8 locking hardware on the turbo
Gates serpentine belt
Pulled the AC condenser and a delete tube has been ordered from Rosenthal.

I also cleaned, and cleaned, and cleaned. You can't tell but I painted the block back black. I toyed with painting it Ford Blue but I was already pushing it for time. Black would be easiest to make look clean.

[iamdallas]

At the car wash, yeah!



Getting mean mugged by some Law Enforcement gentlefolk



And, I spy something dark.



...I forgot to update my build thread here. I'll try not to do that again in the future.

[iamdallas]

I never did a post about finding my center caps... so here it is.

These things are beautiful. The day that I bought the Wats I knew I wanted these centers. That only problem was the Watanabe no longer manufacture silver center caps. Either way, there are no U.S. retailers to buy them from. So after months of checking every single weekend online and only finding the black ones - which in no way go with my wheels or car -



or



I came across a single set of 62mm (the size I needed for 4x100 wheels) on REV9 Autosport -- Roadster Love!. In no way am I affiliated at all, but I just wanted to thank them because they MAKE my car for me. It's the little things that count.



I also never did a post about the new OEM mudflaps I found either. But there are plenty of those fish in the sea - and you've already seen pictures of them.

And... Oh yeah.