What have you done to your Miata today?

[CTt3P5]

Nice runs Andrew!

Welcome home Chief! Nice to hear you are getting that tuning issue squared away. What kind of stockpile of goodies do you have to install?

Sux to hear Mark. Replacement on the way?

Gold will look nice on the red Bruce. Leaving the calipers yellow?

For mine, I drove to work in the rain and then drove home with overcast skies and mist. We need the rain but Im ready for soke sunshine.

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[chiefmg]

Nice runs Andrew!

Welcome home Chief! Nice to hear you are getting that tuning issue squared away. What kind of stockpile of goodies do you have to install?

Sux to hear Mark. Replacement on the way?

Gold will look nice on the red Bruce. Leaving the calipers yellow?

For mine, I drove to work in the rain and then drove home with overcast skies and mist. We need the rain but Im ready for soke sunshine.

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Nothing really, I do plan on trying to get that dash I bought installed while home (need to find a source for black pop-rivets so I can swap over the VIN tag).

Washed her dirty butt to clean off yesterday's rain (and the spots my wife got on it while I was gone).

 

[aMaff]

(need to find a source for black pop-rivets so I can swap over the VIN tag).

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-abs4246lurr2

I have a s**tload of them, if you want me to mail you a handful so you don't need to buy a whole box, let me know. I do like the slightly wider-head rivets though, they're nice to have around.

Nice runs Andrew!

 

[chiefmg]

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-abs4246lurr2

I have a s**tload of them, if you want me to mail you a handful so you don't need to buy a whole box, let me know. I do like the slightly wider-head rivets though, they're nice to have around.

That's very generous, thanks.

 

[thejeans]

i drove it! first time in two weeks thanks to all this damn rain.... and the new battery, coil setup, injectors and the 2.7 hydra all made me smile when it fired right up after sitting for two weeks and idle very nicely up to temperature... before this car was a nightmare to start if it set for more than a handful of days... it works like a real car now!!!

 

[aMaff]

That's very generous, thanks.

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[chiefmg]

Thanks for that, and thanks for braving your post office (although you got a good story out of it).

Ran some errands around town, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood so of course the top was down. It feels a lot easier to spin up the rears than I remember, fun times until a representative of officialdom takes exception to it.

 

[bazooka joe]

Ouch, did the starter quit all of a sudden or ongoing?

Finally got the new Dunlops installed, which was good since the Bridgestones tread was basically an imprint. Going to change the colour scheme a bit, gold for the wheels, may remove some of the black.

Got the car started today, long story short, I was told that the NB 5speed tranny would only except 2 of the 3 starter bolts, wrong! So I installed all 3 and worked fine[emoji106]. So went for a drive, the 5 speed shifts so nice and in 2nd I can rev the hell out of it!!! [emoji3]

 

[chiefmg]

Rev it, and presumably lose some rubber?

Picked up another set of Flatouts today from a local guy. They are silver and are going to replace the bronze Lightspeeds that are currently what the car wears when I'm gone. The wife will be very happy about this (these are a surprise for her), she hated the bronze.

 

[Reitrof]

Got the car started today, long story short, I was told that the NB 5speed tranny would only except 2 of the 3 starter bolts, wrong! So I installed all 3 and worked fine[emoji106]. So went for a drive, the 5 speed shifts so nice and in 2nd I can rev the hell out of it!!! [emoji3]

Nice but since 1 bolt was missing it wouldn't start??(huh)

 

[aMaff]

Nice but since 1 bolt was missing it wouldn't start??(huh)

I believe it was allowing enough misalignment that the teeth wouldn't engage. That, or Mahk didn't tighten down the bolts that were actually there

 

[bazooka joe]

Or a combination of both !!![emoji123]


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[chiefmg]

With all the rain we've been getting here I haven't been able to drive and tune, so decided I would accomplish something else today. I swapped out the dash (the lower, parchment colored part) for the one I bought a few months ago. As a reminder, this was to get rid of a hole a previous owner drilled to mount a cupholder that I no longer use. It wasn't horrible, I took the time while it was all out to tie up some of the wires under the dash. It appeared that the antenna wire orientation had been changed around (this always caused me problems when pulling the radio as the wire was too tight) so I moved that so it was routed better. Also vacuumed under the seats, if you haven't done that for yours I would recommend it. You would be surprised how much crap ends up underneath, even if you try vacuuming from the front and rear of the seats you can't get it all.

Couple of hints when removing a NB dash. Go ahead and pull the steering wheel, the shifter and the e-brake handle. This makes life a lot easier. You can leave the passenger airbag bolted in place, it will come out with the dash. Remove the screws holding the fuse panel in place and move it out of the way. There are two big square electrical connectors (one black, one white) that need to be disconnected on the driver's side, and three on the passenger side (including the one for that airbag). You also need to disconnect the antenna cable, there is a short piece that goes from the radio to the cable from the antenna where it comes up by the shifter.

 

[chiefmg]

Finally got to break her free of the garage today. I've been occasionally getting a CEL while driving (with the MS the way Reverant has it set up, that usually indicates something), when the car is shut off and restarted it goes away. Rev asked me to get a datalog when it appears if I can. Of course when I was running an errand without my laptop in the car it came on. When I went out later to do some tuning it never showed up. I took a datalog anyway and sent it off, hopefully something will come of it.

 

[bazooka joe]

Much work!! Good for you!

 

[chiefmg]

I have to get caught up to the rest of you.

 

[chiefmg]

No joy from the datalog as nothing looked wrong.

Finally got around to getting my rear top trim correct. I noticed after I replaced the top that I would get a few water droplets in the trunk after washing her. After researching and seeing how mine was I figured out that I hadn't pulled the rubber on the rear trim over the rain rail. So today I pulled the rear carpet out, removed the retainers and then from the outside pulled the rubber flap over the rain rail. Then it was just a matter of putting it all back together. There wasn't really enough room for me to get a picture, if you are changing a top then take a look at the black trim around where the top attaches and you will see what I am talking about.

 

[bazooka joe]

So after getting my lovely 5 speed installed in the msm, I had a rattle, the exhaust was hitting the under bracing....I remember when I installed the new mid mope several years ago I had to add a couple of washers to lower it a tad...must have lost them during the swap. Added them back today, no more rattling!

 

[aMaff]

I went drag racing. Here's a video of me doing a little tuning on the Miata.

My best pass down the track!

(some of these things may not be represented in a completely factual manner... you be the judge!)

 

[bazooka joe]

Wow!