Last night I prepped the original transmission for going back in the car. It's still dirty as hell, but at least it works properly (ugly but effective?). Checked for any leaks and fortunately there didn't seem to be any, which is good lol. I also did a quick once over of the entire car, as I've done a pretty significant amount of work here recently. Only thing I've found so far was the plug wires were crossed on the 1/4 coil pack. Does that even really matter on a wasted spark setup? Anyway, later on I'm going to go around and ensure that all the suspension bolts are still tight now that the car has a few miles on her.
And next paycheck hopefully, I'll be able to dyno the car again. We'll see how t3h bills look. The new exhaust Kevin fabbed up for me is pretty much amazing. It's a race car, so loudness isn't really a HUGE issue (and it is loud). Kevin and my car have very similar exhausts (ie, header, cat, and same cat-back), only his is a 1.8. He passed our sound restrictions, so I hope I will too haha. Damn thing only weights 5.5 lbs and from what I can tell, flows like a mo-fo. I guess what I had on before was really restrictive. I don't know if it was the flange, the crush bent tubing, or the supertrapp or what, because something was choking it up. The throttle response the car has now is ridiculous, and it pulls harder than the protege, which wasn't the case before. I don't think it makes a hellofa lot more power, but I think the proverbial area under the curve saw a decent bump. Yes, I know it weighs about 4-500 lbs less than the protege (2130 lbs, for the record), which is a big factor, but I've never chirped the tires in 2nd before in the miata, soooo something's different.
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The radiator is a Griffin 24x16x3 universal 'Ford' style, and uses saddle mounts. I put rubber pad down to cushion it (just held in place with tape for now until I take it all apart and paint it).
