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[Daniel.]

Good thing you fixed it, but indeed in the future it's probably wise to replace the whole thing. Just makes everything a little bit easier to work on and stuff.

The strategy I have for the miata is: anything that breaks or needs replacing, will be replaced by an improved aftermarket part. It's a slow but nice way to upgrade it.

What wheels are you looking at getting?

[Sir KV]

Shouldve just gotten rid of the brake fluid altogether. Cant run out of it if you dont have any.
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[Mkid]

The strategy I have for the miata is: anything that breaks or needs replacing, will be replaced by an improved aftermarket part. It's a slow but nice way to upgrade it.

What wheels are you looking at getting?

That's pretty much what I've been doing. It keeps you from spending money on things you don't need if your car is falling apart. lol

Right now I'm talking to a guy selling a set of WedsSport RS-5 trying to make a deal.

Shouldve just gotten rid of the brake fluid altogether. Cant run out of it if you dont have any.

Yeah, I'll just use the e-brake to stop all the time. lol

[Mkid]

Look what came in today

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Nothing special. Just some Motegis. I would have preferred the wedssports that I mentioned before but it would end up costing way too much to ship them from CA to FL and even more to refinish them which they needed badly. I'll keep my eyes open for a more legit set locally. But until then, these will do.

[Mkid]

got the images to upload.

Still need to actually test fit them and then get some tires.

[Kevin]

finding good rims on the east coast is a pain, especially for 4x114.3 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Mkid]

finding good rims on the east coast is a pain, especially for 4x114.3 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Ah so I'm not the only one going through this struggle. lol

[Mkid]

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Test fit the wheels. That's not a lot of inner clearance but tires should fit if my calculations are right. Unfortunately I have to wait a bit longer to get them installed because one of my cylinders stopped firing ��. Ordered new spark plug wires since the one on the dead cylinder looked damaged so I hope that fixes it

[Mkid]

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unfortunately it didn't fix the issue though. lol. Either way, it needed to be done. One of the wires was messed up. I couldn't get it to fully seat over the plug. but still a functioning messed up I guess since it was probably still able to arc to the plug. Plus it helped me narrow down the current issues. Injectors are the next thing to test.

Side note: NGK spark plug wires smell pretty heavily of menthol... weird.

[Mkid]

Bad news.

While testing swapping injectors, the O-ring on one fell off and flooded the motor when I started it up again and let it run for a bit. It hydrolocked (fuellocked?). I even had fuel coming out of my exhaust.

I didn't recognize it right away even though it was running like garbage because it was already running a cylinder down so I figured it was just running differently due to a different piston not firing until it seized up.

I took out all the spark plugs, turned off the fuel pump and let the starter turn the motor and it seemed to be turning smoothly so I think we are good unless I ended up screwing up a seal or valve.

I won't know if there is any damage until I get new injectors and try starting it again. I'm trying to find someone locally with a couple working used ones I can buy to test it. I really don't want to buy a whole new set only to find out my motor is jacked. Lets hope it fires right back up again considering it wasn't under any load and only running on two cylinders when it locked. I'm hoping under those conditions, there wasn't enough torque to cause any real damage.

Worst case scenario and its blown in one way or another, I'll probably either build the motor for boost or swap in an SR20. Whatever makes the most sense with whatever is salvageable. Lets hope its not though, I want to do one of those things at a time of my choosing!

[Thor]

yeh i wouldnt count on it, the piston arms could be hella bent and not to talk about the piston rings. But cant waite to hear about what happens next!

hopefully its still working!

[Mkid]

I was able to start it again but its running super rich and running like crap. Tons of smoke, spark plugs all wet, and puddles of fuel leftover in the cylinder.

A friend of mine thinks my fuel pressure regulator may have gone bad and is dumping way too much fuel as we tested for leaks out of the fuel rail and there were none. Another friend thinks my spark might be too weak to ignite the fuel consistently. I'm going to start with replacing the fuel pressure regulator since the fuel rail is already out.

Waiting for Irma to go away...

[Mkid]

So its been a few months and I've gotten it running on and off. Here is the rundown:

Initial issue was a dead injector. When I swapped injectors, the o-rings didn't seat right and flooded my motor. After replacing and reseating my injectors, I couldn't get it running right because the oil was full of gas. This was only an issue because the crankcase ventilation system was sucking in a ton of fumes from my oil and piping them into my intake. I could actually run my car on nothing but PCV fumes so it was pretty bad.

After an oil change, I got it started and got my wheels and tires installed.

I then decided to get my injectors flow matched and tested. Since one died, I figured the others would be on their way soon. I got that done, reinstalled them and it flooded again! I'm not entirely sure if this was because the company used the wrong size o-rings, I tried to start it with a weak battery, or my ecu didn't adjust to the higher flow of the clean injectors fast enough. Maybe a combination of all 3. Either way, I installed OEM o-rings, changed the oil again and jump-started it and it fired right up.

Here is how she sits on the new wheels and tires (Michelin Pilot Super Sports)

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[Faяaп.]

#needsmorelow #stillnotanevo


Looks good!

[Mkid]

I might go a tad bit lower but keep in mind I'm going more for a build based purely on driving enjoyment. My exhaust lightly scrapes on certain local speed bumps so I think I'm almost at the point where it would start to get annoying if I went much lower.

Everything with the S Chassis has already been done so I don't particularly care if its not as low as others. I just want to enjoy driving it without it falling apart. lol

I've already gotten quite a few props from people for keeping it clean and driveable because typically you only see hotboi/stance cars or drift missiles.

[Yebu]

Clean s-chassis and things are always really cool to see. Good work!

when are you going to pixel again

[Mkid]

idk man. I'm not a bored teenager anymore. lol. Life gets in the way.

[Mkid]

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Ran a 10.8 in the 1/8th

[Faяaп.]

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[Thor]

Ye ye ye, but when are you drifting this thing.