2000 SE Slow Street Fun Build
02-26-2012, 06:53 AM
#72
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I drilled a new hole for the sway bar, and used a bolt and nut. I mean the mounts shouldn't be under a TON of stress I'm assuming. Either way the bolt should be close to equal strength.
Got the upper control arm bolted down to. Was a total pain because the ball joint kept wanting to spin, I had to use a fairly large sized clamp.
Anyways I drove it about 100ft today. Yay. I started freaking out because I looked under it and saw a huge puddle of something. Looked in the engine bay and I couldn't see where it was leaking from. Then I saw I didn't plug back in the washer fluid hose to the hood and was pouring out of there. DOH. But at least it wasn't anything bad.
The alignment is soooo bad it was scary. Even at 5mph. Driving to the alignment shop which is like 1 mile away is going to be so scary lol.
Been working on the ride height. I was thinking 12" front 12.5" rear. I'll probably use FM's alignment numbers as well.
Got the upper control arm bolted down to. Was a total pain because the ball joint kept wanting to spin, I had to use a fairly large sized clamp.
Anyways I drove it about 100ft today. Yay. I started freaking out because I looked under it and saw a huge puddle of something. Looked in the engine bay and I couldn't see where it was leaking from. Then I saw I didn't plug back in the washer fluid hose to the hood and was pouring out of there. DOH. But at least it wasn't anything bad.
The alignment is soooo bad it was scary. Even at 5mph. Driving to the alignment shop which is like 1 mile away is going to be so scary lol.
Been working on the ride height. I was thinking 12" front 12.5" rear. I'll probably use FM's alignment numbers as well.
12" front 12.5" rear, do you mean centimeters, or are you building an off road miata
02-26-2012, 07:48 AM
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