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Re: psulja's '91 Mariner
Ooh this is really exciting! When will I get to ride in this? Haha just kidding man. Nice to see it get some attention.
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Whenever it's finally ready you can just send me a text if you want to check it out.
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Haven't updated this much since I was busy parting out my NB but work is starting back up on this car.
Today I ordered my Clutch from FM as well as my 1.8 swap kit. Will hopefully be here for the weekend. If all parts arrive on time and I didn't forget to order anything I'm hoping to finish the swap over the weekend.
Pulled the car out to clean the garage as well as the engine bay a bit
Pic may or may not work lol
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...06191769_n.jpg
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Well FM is really slow at processing and shipping orders so my parts only actually went out on Friday. Should be here tomorrow and I will start putting everything back together on Thursday.
Also just spent more money than I was expecting to spend this week. A big box of goodies should be on its way to me at the beginning of next week.
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Little update.. Got my clutch and swap kit finally so started doing work but ran into a few snags. First my flywheel wasn't ready for yesterday so that was on hold til today, but then when we went to install the oil pan again we noticed you can't install the pan without undoing the oil pickup tube meaning I need to go get a gasket for that. So tomorrow I'll go get a gasket for that (or make my own out of gasket paper), put the pan on, flywheel, clutch, trans, and drop it all in (hopefully!).
Also installed my rollbar with the help of some friends on Tuesday.
Engine waiting for pan:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...psea78a15b.jpg
Car waiting for engine with rollbar installed:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps44c053a3.jpg
FM clutch and resurfaced flywheel stuff
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps521cb573.jpg
OEM 1.8 manifold with welded o2 bung on there and EGR welded shut:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps6828591d.jpg
Also bought a shifter rebuild kit for this car too from Planet-Miata which will go on once everything is mounted in the car.
Soon:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps3cc5fa95.jpg
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So much to do, so little time.
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Got the engine in today.. Bit more to go before it's running. Oh yea, got my valve cover back from my friend that painted it for me.
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps3242bdc1.jpg
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...psa3ab6f11.jpg
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A couple nights ago I had some friends over and we wanted to get the car running. Drilled out the IM for the FM TB spacer, extended the rest of the wires i needed, installed everything that was left, went to start it, nothing! Seemed like either the timing was out or it was getting fuel. Sprayed brake kleen in the intake manifold and it fired up for a bit but died shortly after. Sprayed even more BrakeKleen in, went full throttle and tried to start it again, the brake kleen exploded, shooting the intake pipe across the garage and starting a fire in the engine bay and under the car. Luckily got the fire out before it did any real damage. Then after that checked the firing order and due to a miscommunication we had it backwards. Fixed that and it fired right up. Lots of ticking from the head but that was just because the engine sat dry for so long. Let it idle for a while and that went away.
Next issue came when we looked under the car and saw a steady stream of coolant coming down from the back of the engine from my reroute. Unsure what it was and tired from a long day of work we called it a night.
Today I finally got around to working on the car again. Filled the transmission fluid and was going to go for a drive around the block and just get the car out of the garage since I'm leaving for Iqaluit, Nunavut on Thursday. Well driving it around the block made me want to completely finish the car before I leave so that's what I did tonight.
Driving around the neighbourhood without a front end:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...psc9f14a32.jpg
Pulled the car into the garage again, fixed my coolant leak which was the fan thermoswitch, put the exterior all back together, put the interior back together after the rollbar install, and a bunch of other little things that needed to be taken care of.
Pic of the car all done waiting to be hooned in tomorrow when insurance goes back on it:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps1d1dfb0f.jpg
Finished engine bay with the 1.8 swap completed:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps26c04079.jpg
I'll see how things go tomorrow, I'm planning to get all of my clutch break-in miles done tomorrow. So far I absolutely love how the FM1 clutch grabs, so much better than a completely blown stock one. When I pulled my trans off there was a pile of clutch material in the bellhousing.
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YAY!
Congrats on getting it done! Crazy story about the fire and such, glad you're ok.
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It's alive! Good to hear you got everything sorted out. Now time to drive the wheels off it before you leave. I want to see it :D
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The more me sees, the more me wants...
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Thanks guys. Got the timing set and have been driving around all day breaking in the clutch. Have about 120 miles on the swap so far without any issues other than my stupid buzzer being stuck on.
Austin; I'm driving around all over Windsor but my phone has been shut off bc I didn't pay my bill lol. If you want to meet up for a quick drive post up. I am free until about 6:00 after which I have to go race an RX7 and then go out for dinner. Post here or message me on Facebook.
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I sent you a message on Facebook, but my phone is being a little weird so I'm not sure if it went through or not. I'm busy all night at work. So the only chance I'll have to see it before you leave would be tomorrow before I start work at 2:30.
Haha good job, it's pretty obvious where your priorities are. :lol:
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Well now that the swap is done I can start getting ready for the next part of the build. A problem I'm having is deciding if I want to keep building this car or start saving for the next car (Lotus Exige). I'd like to build this car at least to the point I have always wanted to with a turbo and over 220whp. Ideally I would push over 250whp but that's when a lot of things start to go boom. If I decide to keep the car a lot of parts will start to come in over the summer while I'm working up north to be installed over the fall and winter when I get back.
As of right now I have an FMII kit sitting at home with a Garrett GT2860RS that needs to be installed. All I'm missing is my MSII, oil return line, and boost gauge. That'll be installed for sure this fall. Then it's time to start thinking about what I want to do with the car. Either way it'll be sticking around but I'll either dump more money into it or put a nice downpayment down for an Exige and keep the Miata as it is with the turbo kit installed.
The car also badly needs brakes so I'll be looking around to see what kind of options I have. Considering installing the calipers I have left over from my NB with some decent pads and rotors.
Would also like to get a more functional wheel and tire setup but that's always a really tough decision so I'll see where I go with that. I love how the car looks now but it isn't all that much fun driving around when you're always in fear of killing your fenders while cornering.
Most recent pic:
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...psc637e0d6.jpg