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IOwnCalculus posted:I ran mine to 100k / 11 years, and I'm pretty sure more than a few others have done the same. yeah this. I just changed mine at 70k miles, my friend has a 01 with 210k miles on the original belt so.. It's not hard at all if you're a competent mechanic, just pull the radiator in front to get room, and the bolts in the back for the coil packs are kinda annoying. I also checked valve lash while I was in there. Yeah watch the stupid crank trigger 
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Hog Obituary posted:So it looks like I'm going to sell my Miata. It just failed the CA smog sniff test and I just bought an Evo. Welp, sold my car with the hardtop but without the MegaSquirt for $8000 flat. Buyer seemed pretty happy with it.
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 (yes there are jackstands underneath this vehicle.)
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Jun 27, 2010 06:12
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It looks like the robot from Flubber.
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Jun 27, 2010 07:37
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Hog Obituary posted:Welp, sold my car with the hardtop but without the MegaSquirt for $8000 flat. Buyer seemed pretty happy with it.  First-class ghetto engineering. I actually recommend this one quite a bit, fun noise and no drawbacks.
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Jun 27, 2010 20:06
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destructo posted:Nice! Glad to hear you didn't have to part it out to get the money.
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Jun 27, 2010 22:36
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velocityJE posted:What'd you do here?
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destructo posted:Took off the bottom of the airbox and the snorkel, ziptied the filter to the AFM so it wouldn't fall off.
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Jun 27, 2010 23:23
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velocityJE posted:Cool. How loud is it?
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Jun 28, 2010 06:08
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Found a picture of some dinosaurs having sex with a miata. Enjoy? Thumbnail is pretty SFW, actual picture not so much.  Click here for the full 1602x1209 image.
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Jun 29, 2010 04:46
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Piano posted:some dinosaurs having sex with a miata. Umm.... Thanks?
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brb, shortcut?
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Goober Peas posted:brb, shortcut? I'm suing you for eleventy billion dollars for improper use and inflammatory use of "brb, shortcut"
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Checked my valve lash (99 NB 73k) in (.008-.009) ex (.012-.013) Intake #1 .008 #2 .009 #3 .009 #4 .009 #5 .009 #6 .009 #7 .009 #8 .009 Exhaust #1 .012 #2 .0125 #3 .0135 #4 .014 #5 .014 #6 .014 #7 .013 #8 .013 Should I bother to adjust the exhaust? Since they're shims and just a bit out loose as opposed to tight, I'm really not inclined to mess with them.
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Jul 1, 2010 05:21
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I thought BP motors had hydraulic lifters?
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revmoo posted:I thought BP motors had hydraulic lifters? the ones in NAs do, which is why they tend to get bad valve ticking
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Frank Dillinger posted:the ones in NAs do, which is why they tend to get bad valve ticking Yeah, at AutoX my buddy's NA sounds like a sewing machine, but on the way back home it just hums. I love my E30's eccentric adjusters 
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aventari posted:Checked my valve lash (99 NB 73k) This is just coming from doing a similar valve job on my bike: if they're a little high, the only real worry is a bit of noise. Yours are all REALLY close, so I would just call it a day, honestly.
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So all NB Miatas have engines with solid lifters? I had no idea... What's the adjustment intervals?
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There actually isn't one called out in any manual that I've seen.
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Wait for the valves to tick, then drive the poo poo out of it and watch the tick go away. At least my miata always sounds better, tick wise, after I flog it all over town.
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revmoo posted:So all NB Miatas have engines with solid lifters? It's every 60k miles, or when you hear them tick depending on how you feel about it. I don't know why but I've never seen it mentioned on here or Miata.net This is the maintenance schedule from the workshop manual for the 1999 Miata and I believe its the same schedule for the miata for all that used the BP-4W.  Click for big full size image!!
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Oh, huh. Looks like it's tagged as an 'inspect' at every 60k. Inspection: Is it tapping louder than normal? Nope? Drive on.
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OK, I'm a bad maintenance guy, but I finally thought to blow out/change my air filter. I open the box, get it off, and pull the filter. The entire bottom of the box is filled with little green pellets. It looks exactly like D-Con. Is the previous owner loving nuts or is there some logic behind this?
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Hagetaka posted:OK, I'm a bad maintenance guy, but I finally thought to blow out/change my air filter. I open the box, get it off, and pull the filter. The entire bottom of the box is filled with little green pellets. It looks exactly like D-Con. Maybe the dude was having problems with mice.
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Well I finally got around to finishing up the suspension install. H&R springs on Bilstein HD's.   BONUS FLOATY SHOT! 
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Lyesh posted:Maybe the dude was having problems with mice. but in the airbox?
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Finally mine is back and running after being down nearly 2 months. Junkyard engine has all kinds of nasty rear end rust in the cooling passages though.  I'm hoping that gets cleaned out with the Prestone Super Clean stuff I dumped in there. Also could probably use some Seafoam in the crankcase and gas, some synthetic oil and new plugs. It never ends.
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What do you guys think of this headunit from a purely "goes well with the car" (NA with black trim) perspective? It's pretty much either that one or take this out of my other car:  Which is actually a functionally great unit, and was relatively expensive when I got it new a few years back, and while it's pretty classy looking in comparison to the rest of the car stereo world, it's still pretty god drat silly looking. Don't really give a poo poo about anything except ipod connectivity and not looking like a spaceship exploded on my console.
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Hagetaka posted:but in the airbox? When I replaced my filter, some squirrels had stored some acorns in there and chewed up a corner of it. I guess they like climbing in there.
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crutt posted:Well I finally got around to finishing up the suspension install. H&R springs on Bilstein HD's. looks awesome, I like that color with the black hardtop. Just lose the front plate Some nicer wheels would look good too, but it's actually not terrible with those stockers I also have the H&R race springs but with Bilstein sports. With the RB sways the suspension is sublime on the track.
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aventari posted:looks awesome, I like that color with the black hardtop. Just lose the front plate Woops I just checked my shipping manifest and I have the sports as well! Also, texas troopers are pretty uptight about the whole front plate thing. I've been researching wheels and am thinking about the 6UL's in 15x7, 15x8 seems like overkill for a stock drivetrain.
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Piano posted:What do you guys think of this headunit from a purely "goes well with the car" (NA with black trim) perspective? I like the top one for simplicity and the green all matching, but wouldn't that take up the whole area. I use my little pocket for my sunglasses and poo poo. If you don't use it, then sure, but if you do then I'd just stick with the one you've got now. If it's the first aftermarket headunit you've seen in a Miata, then know that the pocket you get with a mounting kit will be a lot smaller. Following the guide mine came with, me and my friend couldn't get it to fit right, nor was there anything online. So, with it being late, we just used a dremel until everything was nice and snug, and I got to keep my big pocket.
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Piano posted:What's the model of this one? I like it and need something like that in the future. I removed my antenna because it looked stupid and only have the stock tape player.
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DreamOn13 posted:What's the model of this one? I like it and need something like that in the future. I removed my antenna because it looked stupid and only have the stock tape player. Found them on this website, may be cheaper elsewhere: $110 here or $120 with the ipod cable which is $20 by itself on the same store. Pretty cheap overall but never heard of this brand, it may be really crappy.
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I got me car fixed! Vitamin J posted:Not bad for $1700 bux eh? I prepped it by removing everything except the door handles from the exterior. Got a respray of the whole car for that price! He was even kind enough to pop out a dent on my front fender from a shopping cart too. There's some orange peel on the passenger door and a few other spots, but its minor. I'm pleased because my original paint was starting to age pretty badly.   The shop who did it was called Straightline Auto down in Albuquerque, NM. Though you probably won't be able to find him anymore cuz he almost got arrested while painting my car! Apparently painting without a license and the correct equipment is highly illegal! I took her out to Sandia for a victory track day, though I came a little too close to the pit wall:  I ran a 1:37 there for anyone who's been. The SMs that day were running 1:34s so my time's not too shabby for a full weight '96 Miata on old worn Azenis. By the way if anyone is looking for good but cheap suspension: I bought the OEM shocks, springs, and rear sway off a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata with 15k for $400 and my car handles so well! The shocks are Bilstiens. No understeer whatsoever along with excellent grip. The stiffer rear sway with stock front sway makes the car just hilarious fun. It's pretty comfy on the street too. Remember, OEM is always the best quality vs. price. Though you'll have to cut 1 coil off the front and 1.5 coils off the rear springs to get a decent ride height. Also, Attention Megasquirt guys! I've been daily driving a MS for about 6 months now. I've got my tune pretty drat good, but my spark map leaves a little to be desired and I'm having trouble finding one for a motor like mine. I'm running a '96 1.8 block with '02 pistons along with full head porting and 1mm oversize valves, header, intake, yada yada. Anyone have a good spark map for a 10:1 Miata motor? I was hearin some knock earlier today with about 115*F intake temps. Also I have it pulling 1 deg for every 10*F over 90*F, is that a good setting? I've been averaging 30mpg totally city driving and I hit 38mpg the other day doing about 60% highway driving, I love it! Vitamin J fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Jul 2, 2010 |
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Vitamin J posted:Also, Attention Megasquirt guys! I've been daily driving a MS for about 6 months now. I've got my tune pretty drat good, but my spark map leaves a little to be desired and I'm having trouble finding one for a motor like mine. This thread has a lot of spark maps in it: http://www.miataturbo.net/showthread.php?t=18648 (though mostly for turbo cars, you should be able to get some info out of it)
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I'm running into some overheating issues with my 94 with 183k on the clock. At Carolina Motorsports Park it was getting pretty bad and on the way home from an autox with the AC on the temps started to creep up on me. I haven't flushed out the system yet, but I was still curious as to what aluminum radiators people are using.
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How hard of a knock were you hearing? Hard load slight pinging isn't too horrible on those, but back a bit more off the map, the timing temp-retard is for turbo cars and isn't really strong enough to act as a ghetto knock predictor.
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