What have you done to your Miata today?

[mx-p5]

Found out I'm getting my Acura TL projectors back un modded

SO. . . . to sell off retro parts and buy a MOSS low profile kit. . . . or figure how to put the TL's in the miata

 

[JDM-P5]

<3 it.










$ shot....

 

[mx-p5]

You do? I thought you had HID's in the 7"

 

[JDM-P5]

You do? I thought you had HID's in the 7"

The ingenuity of Turkish mechanics...had to rig this up.
But its genius indeed.

 

[JDM-P5]

 

[mx-p5]

Gah! I wants that. . . as well as the tinted clear parking lights!!!

 

[JDM-P5]

The parking lights I got on ebay (shortly after I banged up the front) for around $40.
I haven't looked in a while..but ppl keep inquiring, because they are pretty hard to find!

 

[mx-p5]

i've seen em all over ebay, and they look just like the ones from miatamania but $40 on ebay vs $150 on miatamania

 

[mx-p5]

Phil, you got any output shots? What's the cutoff look like?

I miss the protege's

 

[JDM-P5]

Best I have:

lol @ this

 

[aMaff]

there won't be any cutoff, they're not projectors.

 

[mx-p5]

The moss motors kit uses hella 90mm projectors for the low beam

 

[aMaff]

ah, gotcha. Shows how much homework I've done on miata stuff that doesn't make it go faster...

 

[mx-p5]

lol. No worries, You can come to me about headlight crap, and i'll def take an ear to what you have suggestions for anything else

 

[mx-p5]

just killed my car again

I went to change the air filter and attempted to unplug the sensor from the top of the airbox but in the process discovered previous owner idiot did the same but FORCED it all back together causing the pins to bend and touch and break and everything

SO i am thinking that is what was causing my 1200-2000 RPM idle. Cause now i idle at 3-500 except it is SUPER SUPER SUPER rough

Any ideas? I have tried to bend the pins back to normal but i don't think they are all contacting.

Am i up sh!t creek? Can i get just the plug? Or do I need a whole new assembly? I've done all i can with adjusting the pins and i can't get the car to run right
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[aMaff]

I'd just run by the local scrap yard. One out of a 1st gen protege, RX7, miata or IIRC ford escort will work. They're plentiful and cheap enough. Did you try to unplug it by using the screws??

 

[mx-p5]

yup, that's exactly what I did. . .

BUT, upon inspection, those plugs and pins are beat the hades and back. I think the previous owner did the same thing

Thing that sucks is closest scrap yard is an hour and a half away. . .. and i got no car to go get it on

also, how DO i unplug it if not by the screws?

 

[mx-p5]

Alright, the box might be ok cause it starts and idles. . .. but the CEL is on

I pulled all the plug wires and the 4th or 1st (whichever is closest to the passenger cmpartment) and the plug wire cover is coated in oil so i don't think cylinder 4 is firing at all now cause it's spewing gas out the tailpipe and smells the whole garage like gas

So, new plugs/wires could be the fix?

 

[aMaff]

it starts and idles... have you tried cracking the throttle any? I bet it dies right away.

There's a metal clip that goes around the whole plug. Push that clip off with a screw driver and the plug slides out. BTDT (sad2)

Sounds like you probably could stand to change the plugs, wires and the VC gasket.

 

[mx-p5]

It will idle and not die, just feels like it's missing a cylinder

I can rev and it doesn't die, just stumbles REALLy bad and spews gas out the back

SO i think the filter/airbox is fine. I pulled the plug wire and its coated in oil. I dip the deep socket in to unscrew the spark plug and it's flooded with oil

The socket is halfway covered with oil. I pull out the plug and it's totally emmersed in oil


and THANK you for that pic, helps alot!! lol.

There is a 91 miata at a local scrap yard about 10 miles away i am gonna try to check out. Guy has no idea what's still left on the car though.

So new box and just plug the connector in will fit that anyways just in case.



But i gotta figure out why the spark plug is swimming in oil