HarryB (12-21-2020)
Super sick man! I am very happy for you.
You now have the OG S2000.
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1993 Eunos Roadster B-spec by Mazdaspeed
http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....819#post222819
1993 Mazda Miata LE
https://mazdaroadster.net/showthread...233#post244233
druz (12-29-2020)
I started a new thread for S600 adventures https://mazdaroadster.net/showthread...Honda-Roadster
Back to the Miata, kind of. One of the issues I had to figure out with a new toy was storage. My 2 car garage is a typical suburban ~20'x20something' with a 18'×7' door. That's plenty for 2 project cars but my wife likes her parking space too so I'd been investigating creative solutions ever since I started looking for another car. Apparently there's quite a few people just like me and there are a number of "slim" 4 post lifts on the market now that are about 9ft wide. After taking dozens of measurements and researching as many specs as I could find, I finally decided on the Atlas Pro 8000 (after finding out I waited so long that my first choice Atlas 408SL was indefinitely OOS).
After picking it up from the freight terminal, the biggest challenge of the entire installation was getting the 1800lb package off the trailer. Fortunately it could be opened up and moved piece by piece, but it still involved multiple floor jacks, an engine hoist and some furniture dollies to move the biggest one, the runway with all the hydraulics and cables. It must be 600+ lbs based on the weight of all the other parts. And once it was off, I still had to flip it over.
That's about the only pic of the process, because the rest of it was pretty straight forward. Good thing because the instructions were trash, but at least the parts diagram was helpful. But I actually have a lift in my garage
I took this with the door open which seriously limits how high I can go, but with it closed I can get it about 70" off the ground. One of the main reasons I went with this lift was that it has a little bit of adjustability in the locking heights. They advertise +/- 2" but it's actually more like half that. Evenso, that allowed me to taylor the height just enough to get it exactly where I needed it to be to fit both cars, which was the whole point of this. Each one has about 1" of clearance which made me a little nervous at first but I'm getting used to it.
Now they're both tucked away like yin and yang.
Greasemonkey2000 (12-29-2020),HarryB (12-29-2020),kung fu jesus (12-30-2020),Martin (12-29-2020),MiataQuest (12-30-2020),oldgrayleather (12-29-2020),Roadster7 (12-29-2020),ueru (12-31-2020)
How cool is that - nice solution.
druz (12-29-2020)
And allows you to really work on the cars, so even better!
druz (12-29-2020)
Back from the dead! Even though it's been over 2 years, there hasn't been a whole lot to update. The car is mostly at a place where it doesn't require constant tinkering. Small updates have continued on IG but this thread deserves some attention too.
One little project I worked on was for the lamps on the Jetstream headlights. They work ok, but the look is a bit generic. I searched for quite a while to find something that would fit in the space as well as fit the look I'm going for. I ended up with the FET M6 dual fog/driving lamps. They have a period look and are similar to the lamps used in the RS Active II or those with the upgraded PIAA 960.
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Light output is probably about the same as the lamps they replaced since they use old tech H3 bulbs, albeit at 85w/110w.
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Other than that it's been great getting the car out a little more often lately thanks to the Rodosuta Aikoka group and their bi monthly meets that have reinvigorated the Bay Area scene.
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atank (04-24-2023),Greasemonkey2000 (04-24-2023),lowandrusty (04-27-2023),Martin (04-24-2023),oldgrayleather (04-24-2023)
Yes indeed, Yay updates!! Glad this thread is getting some love!
So great Rodosuta Aikoka has kick started the NorCal meets and thrilled to have been able to join at least once.. so far. Funny to see your car, Willis', Brian's and mine in a row.. especially considering I "met" you all here in the first place before we ever were all at MRLS together.