What did you do to your NA today?
09-21-2011, 03:45 PM
#141
MFz Regular
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Gainesville, FL
Posts: 94
that's pretty! 
09-24-2011, 06:40 PM
#142
Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tampa, FL; Lake Jackson (Atlanta), GA
Posts: 1,902
09-25-2011, 03:21 PM
#144
MFz Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Posts: 19
I installed these Spec Miata hardtop brackets. Did the sides last night and the fronts this morning. Also installed a pair of TSI's a few days ago and have a GV lip spoiler sitting in the closet, waiting to go on.
09-25-2011, 10:33 PM
#145
BAMFr
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NC
Posts: 1,787
Just curious, noticed you didn't wrap around the roll bar. where did you mount the shoulder harnesses? Are you using a backing plate or is there a structural area back there that I didn't notice.
09-25-2011, 11:40 PM
#146
zoomzoom
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Arizona
Posts: 924
Mounted my tach, got my oil and water temp gauges mounted as well.
Installed my peter pan coolant reroute.
Installed my injectors and fuel rail.
Installed clutch + flywheel
Wired up the reverse sensor, installed headers + o2 sensor
Tomorrow I want to finish prepping the engine for install. Need to mount the oil temperature sensor and plug my turbo oil drain hole. Also need to drill the mount for the cops.
After that I should be good to goooooo.
Installed my peter pan coolant reroute.
Installed my injectors and fuel rail.
Installed clutch + flywheel
Wired up the reverse sensor, installed headers + o2 sensor
Tomorrow I want to finish prepping the engine for install. Need to mount the oil temperature sensor and plug my turbo oil drain hole. Also need to drill the mount for the cops.
After that I should be good to goooooo.
09-25-2011, 11:42 PM
#147
Red To Go
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Canton, MI
Posts: 2,600
Mounted my tach, got my oil and water temp gauges mounted as well.
Installed my peter pan coolant reroute.
Installed my injectors and fuel rail.
Installed clutch + flywheel
Wired up the reverse sensor, installed headers + o2 sensor
Tomorrow I want to finish prepping the engine for install. Need to mount the oil temperature sensor and plug my turbo oil drain hole. Also need to drill the mount for the cops.
After that I should be good to goooooo.
Installed my peter pan coolant reroute.
Installed my injectors and fuel rail.
Installed clutch + flywheel
Wired up the reverse sensor, installed headers + o2 sensor
Tomorrow I want to finish prepping the engine for install. Need to mount the oil temperature sensor and plug my turbo oil drain hole. Also need to drill the mount for the cops.
After that I should be good to goooooo.
09-26-2011, 10:38 AM
#149
Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tampa, FL; Lake Jackson (Atlanta), GA
Posts: 1,902
There isn't much to work with on the driver's side because of the access panels unless you go way to the back. I went through the part that is turned upward at the rear because there are a couple of layers of metal there. I cut 3 x 3 inch backing plates out of 1/8 inch plate. I also used 1/2 inch grade 8 bolts, nuts, and grade 8 flat and lock washers. I think you could pick the car up by one of them but it would tweak the body pretty good. I'm pretty sure the belts will split me in half before they pull out, lol.
The passenger side has a decent expanse of sheet metal that is on the flat portion of the package tray behind the seat. It was much more straight forward over there. Same backing plates and bolts. If for some odd reason they don't pass tech the stock seatbelts are still in the car and are legal for HPDE.
If I were an instructor I would inspect a noobie's handywork with the safety gear before riding in it. I hope they like it.
09-27-2011, 02:58 PM
#150
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 30
Put it on a trailer and heading to Track Dog Racing tomorrow for suspension tune, DIYPNP tuning and a few other loose ends. Hope to have it back and running by Halloween and then paint/body complete by Christmas.
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