What have you done to your Miata today?

[jmsj578]

Nice, i should prolly get one too. I noticed the other day that its got a s*** ton of rocks and dents in it since i have no grill. But thats for later, for now i get to replace my slave cylinder. hey amaff, remember we gave it a couple days? i didnt even drive it home today lol i popped the hood to see how low the level was, and sure enough, almost completely empty. so i was curious if i could get it in first and float it home, and it wouldnt even go into gear. So i took the co. truck and my boss is gonna let me fix it at work tomorrow. I already got the part, turns out theres two of em, depending on the vin. one was 50 and one was 35, so i caught a break there and needed the thirty five one. so well see how tomorrow goes

Maybe the gods are feeling sorry for you, after all. Good luck on the fix.

 

[kcbhiw]

Huh? Kev, I thought you knew more about miatae than me? The OEM radiator is about the only thing Mazda underengineered on the miata. It's half plastic, and looks like garbage... and usually fails at about 100k miles... the Koyo "direct replacement" I have looks nothing like the oem POS. I too am pleased with my Koyo "direct replacement" rad, but it is lightyears ahead of the actual oem piece. Its all aluminum, and shiny as heck. (tho in my specmiata I threw in a mishimoto unit at nearly half the price, and I like it better...)

I didn't purchase an aluminum racing unit as I don't need it for the car. The one I purchased does have plastic end tanks. I've never had any cooling issues even in Atlanta summer, so I'm keeping the weight down with a stocker.

It's not the radiator that's underengineered, it's the coolant routing through the engine. The bulk of the water flows through the front of the engine where as only a small amount passes through the bypass tube through the heater core from the back of the engine. That's why many folks do the coolant re-route mod -- it allows more water to flow through the length of the engine.

 

[JDM-P5]

Kevin...I need to swap out the crappy radiator I have in there now...because I have it repaired like 2 times over in Turkey. What should I go with?
Kyoto oem or something aftermarket????

 

[jmsj578]

I got a call from the upholsterer, this afternoon. I made the 50 mile trip to pick the seats up. They look pretty darned nice. I like the red inserts. That should look good with the Classic Red paint. Hopefully, the painter will be done, soon.

 

[Nutari]

it poured rain today. typical hawaiian day. The adjustments I made on the passenger side worked! no leak!

Now I have to try the drivers side.

 

[kcbhiw]

Kevin...I need to swap out the crappy radiator I have in there now...because I have it repaired like 2 times over in Turkey. What should I go with?
Kyoto oem or something aftermarket????

Koyo is aftermarket. If you're going to track it regularly and being turbo'd, I'd suggest going with a thicker unit.

 

[kcbhiw]

I completed the quickie airbox tonight. Previously, the filter was placed pretty close to the exhaust manifold inducing a bunch of heat soak, especially in the summer. This will suffice for now. I need to have the tubing tig welded and I'll be wrapping it in header wrap to further reduce heat soak. The box is double layered aluminum with an air gap in between. Air is drawin in from the headlight area. I was going to add matting, but couldn't find anything thin enough.

 

[aMaff]

I completed the quickie airbox tonight. The filter was placed pretty close to the exhaust manifold inducing a bunch of heat soak, especially in the summer. This will suffice for now. I need to have the tubing tig welded and I'll be wrapping it in header wrap to further reduce heat soak. The box is double layered aluminum with an air gap in between. I was going to add matting, but couldn't find anything thin enough.

dude, that thing looks bad ass!

 

[Aricjm15]

found out my turbo manifold has cracked everywhere that I did not repair it from when it cracked the last time. Truth be told I don't know how that gt28 is still on the car

 

[TieNN89]

got some braided lines in

but it didn't stiffen up my brakes maybe very little but yeah

is it normal (can everyone try this on there mx-5)

that when you step on the brake pedal hard that you can get to the stop

 

[TieNN89]

Some pics of my braided lines here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3264047/4

 

[jmsj578]

got some braided lines in

but it didn't stiffen up my brakes maybe very little but yeah

is it normal (can everyone try this on there mx-5)

that when you step on the brake pedal hard that you can get to the stop

My Miata has steel braided lines and stops just fine. I haven't noticed any mushy feel to them; but, I've not been running that kind of test on them, either. I've also not locked up the brakes to test them; but, I do have the V8 up front that adds a little more weight to the car. It doesn't seem to matter. It stops with what I consider normal foot pressure on the brake pedal. Mine are from Good-win Racing, if that helps.

 

[jmsj578]

I completed the quickie airbox tonight.

Nice metal fabrication. Because I build airplanes as a hobby, when I get around to it, I know how much work you put into that. It looks good.

 

[jmsj578]

Koyo is aftermarket. If you're going to track it regularly and being turbo'd, I'd suggest going with a thicker unit.

I agree; but, my B4000 pickup got an aftermarket unit a couple of years ago. It's working well. The radiator in that lasted about 12 years before I replaced it. It had the plastic ends, as well. Granted, I'd like to see them last forever; but, that many years isn't that bad.

 

[TieNN89]

oh whoops i meant

while stationary with the engine running

my brakes work fine and all

i just think the pedal is soft

 

[aMaff]

my brakes work fine and all

i just think the pedal is soft

try bleeding the brakes

 

[jmsj578]

try bleeding the brakes

Correct. There may still be a small bubble of air in the lines. It may take a couple of tries to clear the lines of all of the air. When we bleed aircraft brakes, we purge them by forcing brake fluid though the bleeder instead of pumping the brakes and forcing air out through the bleeder. I'm not sure if one way is any better than the other, though.

 

[TieNN89]

tried that multiple times

i tried it once on old fluid

then replaced it with some castrol fluid

then replace it with some TRW fluid which i used almost 1 L of

 

[jmsj578]

tried that multiple times
i tried it once on old fluid
then replaced it with some castrol fluid
then replace it with some TRW fluid which i used almost 1 L of

OK, have you tried the brakes on another Miata for comparison? What may be good for us may be bad to you. If that's the case, you may never fix the problem. You already have newer calipers than mine. I do have newer calipers on my '90, which help mine, I'm sure. I also don't mind a little bit of sponginess in the feel. Mine are not rock hard. I don't care much for a rock hard feel to the brakes.

 

[TieNN89]

mine just feels softer than the vehicles that come thru my work

but they are commercial vehicles