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the clubman hits the door too. The MAIN clearance problem is that the back of the clubman is up against the seatbelt tower. I've been told that the forza will slide about all the way back. The clubman doesn't b/c it hits the seatbelt tower 
TinmanMS6 said:
...i have a 36" waist and like i said very comfy....actually one of the better seats i have sat in. I had a turbo mr2 come to work one day fully decked out and it had some sweet bride seats. I went to go sit in it to check out the stack cluster it had and my hips wouldnt fit past the top of the thigh bolsters
Hmmm...maybe I've got wider hips? I don't know. I can fit in there, but it's far from comfortable. Definitely squeezing me in all the wrong places. Then again, once we were on the course it didn't bother me. Maybe Muff just left his butt plug on the seat before I got in.
Alright, got her aligned today (thanks Korey!)
I'm sitting at approx 2.5* camber all around, and I've got 0 toe rear and a smidge (0.1*) of toe on the front. It's nice to be able to drive her w/o having to steer to the left to go straight lol.
Now the fun part: Driving home my clutch hit the floor (and stayed...) twice driving back. On Korey's (Shadow102) suggestion I checked the fluid (I really should have thought of that by myself lmao). 2 observations. 1: It was sitting @ the 'low' mark. 2: The fluid was BLACK and murky. Almost looked thick, it's gross. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that if that's not THE problem, it's definately a major part of it. I'll be bleeding it tomorrow afternoon after work. I'll post impressions afterwards.
I'm sitting at approx 2.5* camber all around, and I've got 0 toe rear and a smidge (0.1*) of toe on the front. It's nice to be able to drive her w/o having to steer to the left to go straight lol.
Now the fun part: Driving home my clutch hit the floor (and stayed...) twice driving back. On Korey's (Shadow102) suggestion I checked the fluid (I really should have thought of that by myself lmao). 2 observations. 1: It was sitting @ the 'low' mark. 2: The fluid was BLACK and murky. Almost looked thick, it's gross. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that if that's not THE problem, it's definately a major part of it. I'll be bleeding it tomorrow afternoon after work. I'll post impressions afterwards.
Clutch fluid on the miata turns black quickly even with new fluid.
Check the slave cylinder they have a habit of going out on the miata.
http://www.miata.net/garage/slavecyl.html
Check the slave cylinder they have a habit of going out on the miata.
http://www.miata.net/garage/slavecyl.html
Alright, thanks. I'm going to be swapping transmissions here soon (hopefully). I've got a new one sitting in the storage closet, so I guess I should go ahead and pick one up and do it while I have the new tranny off the car. For now I'm going to do a full bleed of the thing and hope it holds.
Thanks for the tip
Thanks for the tip
Whats wrong with the current transmission?
I just replaced mine recently but that was because I wanted more than 4th gear and that was the only one working on my old transmission.
To just get a few more weeks out of it there is a good chance you could just fill up the clutch fluid and drive it like that for a while.
The slave is not that bad to replace even if you still have the transmission on but it is a little easier to go ahead and do it while you are doing the transmission.
I just replaced mine recently but that was because I wanted more than 4th gear and that was the only one working on my old transmission.
To just get a few more weeks out of it there is a good chance you could just fill up the clutch fluid and drive it like that for a while.
The slave is not that bad to replace even if you still have the transmission on but it is a little easier to go ahead and do it while you are doing the transmission.
One of the 'return springs' (I'm just making up names here, I know nothing about transmissions. There could be magic in there as far as I'm concerned lol) is busted. In neutral, push it towards the passenger side and it'll pop right back to center. Push it towards the dirver's side and it barely returns. There's a HUUUGE dead spot in the shifter and makes the 2-3 shift pretty touchy since it doesn't automatically line up like it should. I know that side should be a little softer, but it should still self center itself. Also, I got it for relatively cheap, so I figured it was worth it to do that, the clutch / pressure plate / throwout / pilot bearing / rear main and all the shifter boots while I'm at it.
