What have you done to your Miata today?

[MiaTurbo]

Yep, and if i don't mind saying, considering how much work i did, there wasn't a single leak anywhere so i'm proud of myself No coolant leak, oil, or exhaust Time for (drinks)

 

[kcbhiw]

Yep, and if i don't mind saying, considering how much work i did, there wasn't a single leak anywhere so i'm proud of myself No coolant leak, oil, or exhaust Time for (drinks)

Run her hard for a bit, then see if that holds true . Heh, water is dissappearing on the turbo Miata and I haven't a clue where it's going.

 

[drivenapollo]

Joined today and thought i would throw my 2 cents in worth of what i have done with my car over the last 3 days...... Ya i know day but its been..... lets call it fun.


Did the waterpump, t-belt, painted valve cover, rad hoses, heater hoses, and after last nights events. A new Aluminum Rad is on the way! lol the most fun you can have at 2am.

 

[aMaff]

Congrats fadi!

Run her hard for a bit, then see if that holds true . Heh, water is dissappearing on the turbo Miata and I haven't a clue where it's going.

head gasket?

Joined today and thought i would throw my 2 cents in worth of what i have done with my car over the last 3 days...... Ya i know day but its been..... lets call it fun.


Did the waterpump, t-belt, painted valve cover, rad hoses, heater hoses, and after last nights events. A new Aluminum Rad is on the way! lol the most fun you can have at 2am.

I'll bite: what happened to your radiator?

 

[drivenapollo]

well simple really. fitting the upper rad hose cause its a cut to fit. fit perfectly so i needed to take it off to put the clamps on. wouldn't you know it. new rubber, and plastic equal SNAP! ya its not so good. So now i have a nice piece missing from the top PLASTIC piece of the rad. Oh well. Got aluminum one coming. should be here this week. Hopefully Wednesday. Here is a pic of the nice work i have done.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14577390@N06/2322997109/

here is the valve cover
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14577390@N06/2323819942/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14577390@N06/2323001871/in/photostream/

 

[aMaff]

ouch! bTW, what year miata is that? Also... OMG GREEEEEEN! lol wow that's a loud valve cover

 

[drivenapollo]

It is a 2001. Ya i was going to paint it black, but decided the green would stand out with a dark green car. but in person the green looks just like a kawasaki green.

 

[JDM-P5]

Run her hard for a bit, then see if that holds true . Heh, water is dissappearing on the turbo Miata and I haven't a clue where it's going.

Check your nipple thing behind the block. That's where mine was leaking from.
EDIT (from my previous post a few pages back):
1 - Overheating. The car started over heating badly..... After adding coolant & water it went down. After checking it today it appeared that liquid simply vanished??? So we get a pump and stuff it in the radiator & start pumping. All I could hear was water & pssssssh from air escaping. After tracking down the leak, the problem was an easy fix. It was the plastic nub behind the block directly below the coil. A quick replacent solved the problem.

 

[JDM-P5]

I finally found the wheels I want:

15x8
4x100
5" lip
14.5lbs
-27 offset (wooooah)

 

[aMaff]

you must hate your wheel bearings... and my eyes.

 

[JDM-P5]

HAHA...for the street...not for track use.

 

[JDM-P5]

I'm gonna get sportmax 513's for track fun.

 

[aMaff]

I... I got nothing.

What size tires?

 

[MiaTurbo]

Run her hard for a bit, then see if that holds true . Heh, water is dissappearing on the turbo Miata and I haven't a clue where it's going.

yeah, since it's not street leagal I can't really test it under load until i get to the track, besides reving it to 4k and bothering the neighbors. I'm waitlisted for the weekend of the 29/30th with NASA at VIR, so hopefully we'll find out then if all is ok...

Also the 626 thermostat housing/coolant manifold is waiting for me at home, so yay.

 

[JDM-P5]

"They" are holding an evasive driving course today and tomorrow here @ my tarmac.
So far I did I ride along and saw some neat things...j-turns and all...really fun stuff.
Tomorrow after the class I may be able to run the miata through the course...lol...can you say dorrrrrrrrrrrrrrriftoz?

 

[MiaTurbo]

damn... turns out it is too small for what I need it for (too narrow). I might make a thin plate to seal it. Might still be usable if I can figure that part out. the thermostat neck itself would have fit perfect though.

 

[kcbhiw]

yeah, since it's not street leagal I can't really test it under load until i get to the track, besides reving it to 4k and bothering the neighbors. I'm waitlisted for the weekend of the 29/30th with NASA at VIR, so hopefully we'll find out then if all is ok...

Also the 626 thermostat housing/coolant manifold is waiting for me at home, so yay.

That never stopped me from running the Miater on around the close back roads before I legallized it.

Also, any pics on the issues you're having with the t-stat housing and/or neck?


Phil, I hate to say it, bud, but those wheels are hideous! lol

 

[JDM-P5]

Phil, I hate to say it, bud, but those wheels are hideous! lol

You guys missed my sarcasm.
Fail.
I'm sticking with the Sportmax 513's.

Not sure if I'll go 15 or 16"....
I'll definitely swap out the center caps though...

 

[JDM-P5]

"They" are holding an evasive driving course today and tomorrow here @ my tarmac.
So far I did I ride along and saw some neat things...j-turns and all...really fun stuff.
Tomorrow after the class I may be able to run the miata through the course...lol...can you say dorrrrrrrrrrrrrrriftoz?

It rained for a few hours and the course is wet. I'm going to watch a few runs with the Ford Focus cars and then make my mind up about taking the TY out. On the slalom, there some serious standing water....

 

[JDM-P5]

Maaaaaaaaaan that s*** was AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!

I will have pics/vid as soon as the guy gets pics/vid to me....******* hell yeah...******* got to drive the Miata through a soaking wet slalom on the tarmac with 3 instructors...haha...that was bad ass.
My words cannot explain...lol...he got really awesome pics too!
My cam is broke, so no incar shots