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I can guarantee you would only do it once. :mrgreen:

Got some good news today. Back on Saturday after getting home, I packaged up my supercharger to send off for overhaul. Went to the local UPS...

The new risers are thinner in cross-section than the factory ones. This meant my screws were a bit too long. This bothered me, so after checking on the size I had in there (M5 X 35) I headed to Ace...

Washed her garage dirty butt yesterday and took some pictures today. I went to the same place I have used in the past so if anyone so desires, they can compare similar pictures with the different...

Finally back home. One of the first things I did was to find and open my package with the risers. They were packed very nicely with bubble wrap in between so there was no chaffing. I went with having...

Thanks Harry. That is kind of what I was thinking too, although I'm going to exercise my unused compression tester next time home to see how the internals are holding up. If need be I'll yank the...

Coolant leak didn’t show up again for a bit so I thought it had maybe migrated from when I did something with the temperature sensor. Of course then it did show up again. Haven’t felt like pursuing...

Given our temps around here now, probably won't be able to really tell until next summer.

I’ve been doing some research and thinking about my AFR issues. I finally decided to just swap back to the Innovate MTX-L wideband I was using to see if that fixed things. Did that over the past two...

Have just taken a short drive (plus the temps here have dropped) so can’t say yet how the exhaust shielding is working. Nothing fell off at least!

I ordered one of the Flyin’ Miata shifter...

I see I forgot to go over what I did with the throttle cable. As mentioned I moved it around a little, but it was still having a high idle after driven a bit and things were hot. I popped the hood...

Doing some more research I found there have been instances of grounding problems with the coolant sensor with coolant reroutes. Since I was still having the occasional problem with the cooling fan...

Got home from my trip about a week ago. Did the drive in one shot, took about 18 ½ hours (lost probably an hour due to construction and accidents along the way). I did some more research before I...

My test drive went well, so I took her on my trip. Car ran ok during the drive although not without some hiccups. Top was down most of the way but I had to put it up the end of the first day due to...

New sensor showed up from Amazon. Installed it and ran a test. At first everything looked good, needle on temp gauge was rising as normal. When it hit a certain point it then dropped below the zero....

Had another episode of the temperature gauge going up without the fan coming on. Last thing to try was a coolant temperature sensor. Picked one up locally and installed that. On that shake-down I was...

Sure, if you're paying. :8):

Ya' know, you have a donor parked right next to the Tick...

Thanks Harry. I actually could have left the ancillaries in place as I have before but decided since it would be some time before I decided on my way forward, I'd remove everything.

If I decide...

Had another issue with the coolant temperature rising. Tested both fans again, it seemed that the A/C fan had more flow than the cooling fan (both are the same fan). I figured there was a chance that...

I was just testing the existing relay to make sure it was working (it was). It's hard to tell if the cooling fan is running because the supercharger snout is right there with lots of spinning belts...

Did another school pick-up run yesterday and the temp gauge was slowly rising as I was sitting in line. Didn’t see anything amiss when I got home. Today I decided to make sure my fan works so I...

FedEx showed up earlier than normal today. I had already filled everything with coolant and bled what I could. Here’s a comparison of the old and new radiator caps, old one on the right:
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Put the hose back onto the thermostat housing and filled her up using my Lisle spill-free funnel (if you don’t have one, it’s a great tool). Started her up to bleed the system, once that was done I...

Didn’t get an early start in the thermostat replacement today due to rain. Finally dove into it this afternoon. Here is the thermostat I bought from Supermiata:
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Here is how the PVC pipe looks in place:

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You can see the two Velcro strips I used to hold in in place. They aren’t tight enough...

They're definitely nice. Honestly I'd probably still be using my old corded one, but the chuck stopped working and I couldn't find a new one to fit (they upsized the shafts). So, I went cordless.