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Throttle cable modification

The throttle cable needs some mods to work. First is the throttle body side.

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I am behind on my write-ups, but got a few things written up last night.

Sway bar reinstall

Even after a good cleaning, my 13 year old Flyin Miata front sway bar is looking pretty sad.
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I have been looking at the universals a little, but so far I have not seen any good documentation of universal installs in a Miata. If you have any links to anything like that, I would love to see...

I got the passenger side engine bay wiring wrapped this weekend, along with reinstalling the headlights, fans, and radiator overflow. The oem overflow is nasty looking. It will do for now, but I am...

The harness work under the dash didn’t end up being so bad. It was time consuming work that left my fingers sticky and sore, but I managed to get all of the unneeded Mazda wires that go to the...

Pardon the intermission… I seem to have fallen down the rabbit hole.

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Mazda Harness Cleanup- Drivers Side

There are several things in the Mazda harness that you still need, but others that are no longer needed. The drivers side and passenger side are separate, so I...

I tackled installing the exhaust tonight. First up was new studs in the exhaust manifolds. Some were missing and the others didn’t look so hot, so I got all new ones. I ran a thread repair tool...

Thanks Sharpie!

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The MAP, TPS, and IAC all get moved about 18 inches with the relocation of the throttle body. Each of these wires needed to be extended. I hate tracing issues with wires that change colors, so I...

The Fuel Pressure regulator is normally mounted to the back of the passenger side head, right above where the the heater hoses will need to run. I decided I wanted to relocate it so I had more room...

WARNING- This post has way too much painful details and gave me a headache just writing it. Casual followers may want to skip it.

I previously covered several connections between the Honda...

The Honda harness needs to make its way into the cabin. I originally thought that I would use the existing hole that the Mazda harness goes through, but I have since realized that even after I...

As you may recall, I wired in an 8 pin connector to the Honda Harness. It contained wires for the following:

-Permanent 12v for the ECU
-12v on/start power for the coils
-12v on/start power for...

Starter and Alternator

The Mazda starter and Alternator cables do not reach the Honda start and alternator. I really didn't like the idea of cutting and extending these wires, but I saw a clever...

The Intake Manifold has been a crazy journey.

First, I intended to flip the manifold and have the throttle body mount modified to clear the hood, as was done in one of the prototypes. I sent the...

Clutch work

I went to install the Clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing, and pilot bearing next. This lead to an imediate issue, as it turns out that the pilot bearing installs from the back of...

OK, It is time to get this thread caught up.

Crimping

Not long after I posted about my soldering of connector pins, It was pointed out that I really should be crimping them with a proper...

Black sharpie lol. Another guy with the kit had the whole egr portion of the water passage cut off and the egr passages welded up. It looked nice and created more room for plumbing. I marked off...

The Water Passage. This is going to be a long post.... On the back of the J series motor, there is a coolant manifold that Honda refers to as the water passage. Water coming out from the water pump...

ECU and Wiring.

I believe I explained early on that I was going to run a stock ECU with the immobilizer removed and I was going to pay a company to modify the harness and add circuitry to trick...

OK... Sorry guys. As you may have guessed, I took much of the summer off from the project. Between business trips, vacation, doing stuff with the kid and wife, and the fact that a metal shop in...

Next I wanted to test fit the engine in the car. With the help of a friend, we got the engine bolted in. It will come out again later for some other work, but it felt good to see it in the car.
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