D Prepared Miata Build
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Got the hood finally finalized, and got my new hood-prop made:
Since the hood's now skinned, it needs a couple bumpers to keep it sitting at the right height. $1.27 worth of 1/2" tubing later...
It's not perfect, but it's good enough
And $2 or so worth of PVC pipe and a couple of glue-on fittings later, and I've got a multi-positional hood prop:
The "normal" position with the prop down in the hole between the bumper and the core support, resting on the bottom of the bumper. Very stable:
The "I really need to get to something on the back of the engine position" sitting on top of the core support:
Since the hood's now skinned, it needs a couple bumpers to keep it sitting at the right height. $1.27 worth of 1/2" tubing later...
It's not perfect, but it's good enough
And $2 or so worth of PVC pipe and a couple of glue-on fittings later, and I've got a multi-positional hood prop:
The "normal" position with the prop down in the hole between the bumper and the core support, resting on the bottom of the bumper. Very stable:
The "I really need to get to something on the back of the engine position" sitting on top of the core support:
bullshark524
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that is an awesome video. i didnt even watch it in hd or fullscreen YET and it was insane. what camera are you using? and it is mounted to your roll bar?
bullshark524
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wow i just looked it up and for what it is and what you get it is not a bad price plus the fact that i barely hear the wind yet i hear the engine just fine. i think i can stop searching for a camera lol
Yeah, the sound pick up on it is actually really impressive, even compared to a lot of more expensive cameras. So it may not have a lot of features, but it does do what it does really well. At some point once he's no longer co-driving, I'm going to have to pick one up myself.
lol holy no-update-since-May batman! Been kinda busy with family and what not but I've had a couple things done. Fixed the alignment (mostly) to something that the cantilever slicks would like better (and not chew through our tires nearly as quickly), and started working on tidying up the last few "holes" in the nose of the car. Like a dumb@$$ I bought a single TSI for the driver's side. That IS the most common side, to run a TSI if you were only going to run 1, except that this is my intake:
Hurr durrr.
So I posted the Driver's side one up for sale on a local Miata forum on Saturday and had it sold about an hour later, and dropped it off at Sunday's autox with the new happy owner. So, now I've got the correct one for the passenger side that's come in, so I can bolt (yep, bolt) that up tonight.
Anyone have any ideas on how to adequately secure wire mesh to plastic? Epoxy? Super glue? Duct tape? I'm technically supposed to have mesh cover over any holes left in the body that weren't there originally.
Hurr durrr.
So I posted the Driver's side one up for sale on a local Miata forum on Saturday and had it sold about an hour later, and dropped it off at Sunday's autox with the new happy owner. So, now I've got the correct one for the passenger side that's come in, so I can bolt (yep, bolt) that up tonight.
Anyone have any ideas on how to adequately secure wire mesh to plastic? Epoxy? Super glue? Duct tape? I'm technically supposed to have mesh cover over any holes left in the body that weren't there originally.
I can't believe I didn't think about that. Elegantly simple. Yeah, just a washer behind each bolt and I can just have enough mesh to cover the back of the 'turn signal'. I like that solution a lot. Next question: Where to buy? Not being a ricer and having previously only dabbled in "racing" street-cars, mesh isn't something I usually deal with. Would LowesDepot have what I need?
That's where I got mine.
I like to get all that sort of stuff from McMaster.com
I'd got a 3M 190 epoxy or similar, more flexible than typical epoxy so it should flex with the plastic. I really like the 3M duo-pack setup too, it'll cost $45ish for the gun to start, but it makes life really easy.
I'd got a 3M 190 epoxy or similar, more flexible than typical epoxy so it should flex with the plastic. I really like the 3M duo-pack setup too, it'll cost $45ish for the gun to start, but it makes life really easy.
