Just another build thread

[dliverance]

I made some progress this weekend. Suspension is back together, trans fluid is in, header is mounted, radiator hoses installed and just about everything else is ready to run. The gauges came in today. I need to add 2 wires from the oil pressure sensor and the coolant temp sensor and those aill be finished. There was a nice hole in the firewall that lets me run the sensors into the cab hassle free. Tomorrow I should have the gauges and everything 100%. After that I'm just waiting for 4x 1/8 npt to 6mm barbed fittings and my vacuum lines will be done. If all of that arrives this week, I should have the car started this weekend. I also hacked up my grill this weekend. It's not perfect but I like it a lot better than before.

[dliverance]

Very true

Here's a teaser of another project I'm working on. I made one of these for my old miata and but it sold with the car.

[Advancedynamix]

Well, digital was cool in 1988, so your technically still nostalgic.

[dliverance]

Nice!

Thanks Charlie. I wanted to keep the car feeling nostalgic and use analog gauges but for the price, those digital gauges are hard to beat.

[Advancedynamix]

Nice!

[dliverance]

So I've got the Maruha timing cover on its way but since it's payday I decided to make a few more small purchases. Here's all of the stuff that will accompany my wideband gauge.



Initially I was going to wait to install these guys until I rewired my power distribution in my glove bod but I forgot I could use my old radio wiring to power them.

Here's what my gauge setup looked like in my green nb. I might swap out the mtxl for an lc1 later on to match the digital blue also.

[dliverance]

Lol yeah. Just the timing cover. I don't need the cut and painted brand new valve cover.

[shorestiva]

I'm hoping he means just the timing cover. (still $181 lol)

[festyfreak39]

I'm going to be placing an order soon for one of these. I already have the miata backing plate attached to my motor so it will bolt right up. I don't feel super comfortable leaving the timing exposed.

http://www.maruhamotors.co.jp/miata/...mingcover.html

700 bucks us!?!?!??!?!?!

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[dliverance]

I'm going to be placing an order soon for one of these. I already have the miata backing plate attached to my motor so it will bolt right up. I don't feel super comfortable leaving the timing exposed.

http://www.maruhamotors.co.jp/miata/parts/carbontimingcover.html

[dliverance]

it's nothing special. just 4 -30hg to 0 psi 1/8 npt gauges hooked up to 4x 1/8 barbed nipples lol. I might make a rack to hold them all together and hang from the hood latch or I might not.

Here's the gauges I went with.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/112327977111?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

All of the sync tools I found were $50 or higher and were basically the same deal.

[Dragonhealer]

Sweet!
Standing buy to get a gander at your flow balance tool.

[dliverance]

Here's part of something else I'm working on for the car. I got the wideband because I needed to plug a hole in the header and I figured it would make carb tuning a little bit easier. I'm hoping that I can mount it on the steering column for now until I get my auxiliary power distribution panel finished in the glove box. Then I'll be mounting 3 gauges in the radio slot.



Also on the way I have 4 vacuum gauges to make a carb flow tuning tool. It should be pretty neat when completed.

[dliverance]

MMMMM Parts!

[dliverance]

Will do. It's scheduled to be here tomorrow