pmartz16's new (to me) 1992 brilliant black miata
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I pulled off the Valve cover, intake mani, fuel rail, AFM housing, throttle body, and some little bits and pieces to get PC'd or blasted so they look better. It was nice to have an engine to mess with again now that I haven't been doing much with the ms3. The old blown motor will not come out until I have the new one there and ready to go so I can use the old one as a road map for the new one. Also figured out that it looks like its going to be a b**** to do oil changes because of where the filter is at. Once I got the intake mani off I could see some of the carnage from the motor blowing.
Looks like something happened down there....
Looks like something happened down there....
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Yeah I don't like that filter, it was a pain in the MSM. We'll see how this one is, but I might end up getting a relocation kit
The NB has so much more "stuff" in the engine. Pablo's will be a piece of cake without the A/C hard lines in the way. Patrick's will be a bit of a challenge, but as long as you can fit your hand/forearm between the A/C hard lines and the intake mani you should be fine. I never had an issue with it when I had A/C with my fat hands.
I have to get a picture of where the motor blew. Its right there and there is little metal chunks and shavings all over in that picture. But thanks. I thought about getting rid of that bracket but I don't like the idea of it not there
So I made some progress on the miata this weekend. Friday I picked up another engine with 83k miles (found out last night that it had just had the tb/wp replaced as all those parts are brand new).
On Saturday I met up with Jake and picked up Evan's engine hoist and got the head off the motor that came with the car. The piston was not what I wanted to see but it was broken in half and had smacked the valves in the head. So I got new valves (2 intake, 2 exhaust) and all new seals for the valves to replace those. Once that is replaced then I will be able to put the good head on the new motor bottom end (the motor I picked up had something happen to the exhaust cam which caused it to almost melt in the oil channel at the front of the motor.
Sunday I got the motor almost all the way out. I got everything other than one last bolt on the tranny which I now have a couple ideas on how to get out. There is a bracket in the way that is keeping me from seating the sockets I was using on it.
I picked up an intake for the car from a friend of a friend and so that is officially the first part I have bought for the car haha. I have all new coolant hoses from Mazda sitting in the living room waiting to go in. Also got a deal worked out where I will be getting my dream wheels, a set of 15x7 bronze 6UL's! I will be ordering Hankook R-S3 V2's in 195/50/15 for these.
I get a lot of parts today. I get the new thermostat, oil filter, clutch alignment tool, couple gaskets, and new tail lights!
Later this week I will get my new clutch, clutch cover, timing stuff, thermal insulated intake mani gasket, random seals, head gasket, NGK spark plugs and wires, and probably some random stuff I am forgetting.
On Saturday I met up with Jake and picked up Evan's engine hoist and got the head off the motor that came with the car. The piston was not what I wanted to see but it was broken in half and had smacked the valves in the head. So I got new valves (2 intake, 2 exhaust) and all new seals for the valves to replace those. Once that is replaced then I will be able to put the good head on the new motor bottom end (the motor I picked up had something happen to the exhaust cam which caused it to almost melt in the oil channel at the front of the motor.
Sunday I got the motor almost all the way out. I got everything other than one last bolt on the tranny which I now have a couple ideas on how to get out. There is a bracket in the way that is keeping me from seating the sockets I was using on it.
I picked up an intake for the car from a friend of a friend and so that is officially the first part I have bought for the car haha. I have all new coolant hoses from Mazda sitting in the living room waiting to go in. Also got a deal worked out where I will be getting my dream wheels, a set of 15x7 bronze 6UL's! I will be ordering Hankook R-S3 V2's in 195/50/15 for these.
I get a lot of parts today. I get the new thermostat, oil filter, clutch alignment tool, couple gaskets, and new tail lights!
Later this week I will get my new clutch, clutch cover, timing stuff, thermal insulated intake mani gasket, random seals, head gasket, NGK spark plugs and wires, and probably some random stuff I am forgetting.
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Some nice progress! Wish I could say the same on my end. The new rad is still sitting in my shed.
Should you use that aluminum foil trick for the oil changes, be careful when pulling it out. The foil ripped on me and most of the oil it caught ended up spilling down in that area anyway. :/ I've used that trick over the years on our old MPV, bro-in-laws Tribute (on both vehicles the oil would drip all over the downpipe when removing the filter) and my sis-in-laws Pilot (oil spills all over the front subframe).
Great score on those 6ULs you lucky bastard (read the details over in the OH thread).
I'd love to get bronze but the wifey is against it. Wondering how that new Tungsten color on the gen4s will look in person. On the site the pics look the same as the silver.
Should you use that aluminum foil trick for the oil changes, be careful when pulling it out. The foil ripped on me and most of the oil it caught ended up spilling down in that area anyway. :/ I've used that trick over the years on our old MPV, bro-in-laws Tribute (on both vehicles the oil would drip all over the downpipe when removing the filter) and my sis-in-laws Pilot (oil spills all over the front subframe).
Great score on those 6ULs you lucky bastard (read the details over in the OH thread).
I'd love to get bronze but the wifey is against it. Wondering how that new Tungsten color on the gen4s will look in person. On the site the pics look the same as the silver.couple updates:
Got a bunch of packages in the mail but haven't really dug into them as its nothing too exciting.
I did get the new tail lights though:
I got the timing kit, oil filter, thermostat, tail lights, coolant hoses, couple gaskets, spark plugs and wires, and head gasket.
I'm still waiting on comp mounts, clutch, clutch cover, and some random rubber plugs from Mazda and the Thermal insulated gasket for the intake manifold from 949 racing.
I ended up getting a full motor to replace the motor in the car for $40. The head is no good but the head that came with the car is fine so I am just swapping over the heads and I will be good to go. Also the wheels I ordered for the guy trading me the 6UL's for will be here next Tuesday so I will be meeting with him next Saturday (7/26) in order to swap wheels.
poopy camera is poopy
Sho if you want to add the picture you took the other day that would be nice. 13 megapixel camera is sexy can't wait to get one!
Got a bunch of packages in the mail but haven't really dug into them as its nothing too exciting.
I did get the new tail lights though:
I got the timing kit, oil filter, thermostat, tail lights, coolant hoses, couple gaskets, spark plugs and wires, and head gasket.
I'm still waiting on comp mounts, clutch, clutch cover, and some random rubber plugs from Mazda and the Thermal insulated gasket for the intake manifold from 949 racing.
I ended up getting a full motor to replace the motor in the car for $40. The head is no good but the head that came with the car is fine so I am just swapping over the heads and I will be good to go. Also the wheels I ordered for the guy trading me the 6UL's for will be here next Tuesday so I will be meeting with him next Saturday (7/26) in order to swap wheels.
poopy camera is poopy
Sho if you want to add the picture you took the other day that would be nice. 13 megapixel camera is sexy can't wait to get one!
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