The plan for the winter...

So, with everything that went wrong with the car in the last month or so I have been working on deciding what to do about it.

At I am in the process of purchasing a custom built head from Flyin' Miata.  It is going to take a few months before it will be here and ready to install but I will have plenty of time to get it ready for next season.

on top of the new head I have a few other more minor plans in the works.  I am going to build a custom intake setup and get rid of the current "cold" air intake that I have on the car now.  What I have planned should give the car cold air at all times and even possibly a slight positive pressure at high enough speeds.

I am also removing the power steering system to cut a but more weight. I am going to quick/dirty route because I don't want to deal with the 'good' method.  The good method is a bit tedious and a pain in the ass.

With getting rid of the current intake I will be able to add a proper shock tower brace which should stiffen the car up when going over rough sections of road.


The last is a fairly minor change but it will add more comfort when driving the car on longer distance.  I am going to pull up the carpet and lay down some insulation to keep the heat out of the interior as much as I can.  The heat is one of the biggest issues I have with driving the car in the summer with no A/C in it.



There are a few other things that I would love to do for next year as well such as getting a set of Hoosiers but I don't see that happening now with what I have spent so far on the head.  We'll see what happens in the next 6 months though.

Selling my Megasquirt ECU

For those that check out my blog, I am selling the Megasquirt ECU I installed earlier this year.  I don't have any issues with it, just going to move to something else for next year.

Here is what you get:
Megasquirt PNP 2 for 96-97 Miata
Innovate Wideband O2 and Controler/gauge
programming cables
Little hose that attaches to the Intake for the MAP sensor.

I am looking to get $800 for everything.

Reply here if you are interested or know of someone who might be.

Thanks!

Well shit...

So, good news and bad news...

good news first:
I managed to get the engine installed and wired up.  It went in fairly smoothly though dropping in an engine and transmission by yourself in a driveway isn't all that much fun...

I had everything to the point of attempting the first start when the bad news happens...

The intake cam seized to the journal. this gouged it bad enough that the head itself is basically a total loss.  Back to square one I guess. (I will add another post with some pictures of the damage)

I am working on getting something together before next spring... but obviously that means I am out of commission as far as my car goes for the rest of the season...  I have a friend that might let me co-drive with him some times.  Maybe I can convince some others to let me co-drive with them as well.