6 Speed showed up at 3PM- got off of work and a couple of buddies helped me get the thing in by 9PM. Win.

I'll paint my bumpers tonight and take it for a little joy ride.

 

Awesome build! I enjoyed every page of it

Where did you find that transmission speed "calculator"?

You need a 3.9, IMO, with 310rwhp/290ftlbs you'll be going thru the gears rather quickly. Also great numbers, especially on a mustang dyno!

 

Good ol' Flyin Miata:

http://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/gearing.php

 

When my old connecting rod went through the bottom of my oil pan, it took out my Power Steering rack with it. It cracked the rack in half and I didn't catch this until i noticed the entire under side of my engine was covered in power steering fluid.

Here is the old rack - Not supposed to see the actual shaft inside it and there is fluid all over the place.


Cleaned everything up like a bawse. Grinded the control arms and sub frame and then repainted it with protective enamel paint.




I while the car was in the air I pulled the bumpers and filled the emblem holes. The bumpers could have used a fresh respray anyways. I'll have these on the car tomorrow.

 

New toys I picked up last week.. I'm not a fan of my factory belts rubbing over the shoulder of my suede seat. Eventually it will wear and start to look like ish- So I grabbed the Street Tuner belts from Sparco. It's still a 4 point belt but it has a more daily-friendly-buckle instead of the turn buckle deal.




Notice the effect of extreme G force on my face.

 

damn son, F1 territory of g-ness.

 

I need a lift and your talent. Nice clean underbody.

 

Which Corbeau's are those? FXP1, regular or wide? I have wide and it's hard to slam the door shut.

 

push it further into the trans tunnel. Doesn't fit? hammer the living ---- out of the trans tunnel.

I seriously used a 4 lb sledge. Not that you need that big of a hammer, its just nice to have a nice large area to hit with.

 

when all else fails use a bigger hammer