The Rocketeer

[— Phatmiata —]

man this cars lines are just timeless........... forever a classic..

please post photos from the Rotary Meeting at Deals Gap !!

[mini_fd]

Of course, I'll take enough pictures to make you all convert to the darker side.

[mini_fd]

So the car did 332.5 miles on a single tank of non-ethanol 93 premium gas. That is all I try to put in the tank whenever I can locate a station. So it equals about 20.33 miles a gallon driving 83 mph with slight variations in speed.

I got the numbers after filling her up 16.35 gallons.

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[Paul B]

That cluster is so perfect. Much like the miata it's just so simple, purposeful and easy to read. I love this build thread.

[mini_fd]

Thanks Paul. I love how the cluster is artistically arranged and not anything you really see in other cars.

Pictures of the car in a 12 hour drive from DGRR all in non stop rain. It was miserable.

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[mini_fd]

I ordered some of kill boy's and 129 photos of my car so that I may edit them.

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And I laughed at my Blue Steel Face.

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[mini_fd]

So I plan on purchasing ohlin's. So far I've owned tein basic's on a 02 Mazda protege, tein flex on my sold turbo 99 miata, and bc's on my 10ae miata. These will be the best set I've come to own. I can not wait to try them out autocrossing.

[mini_fd]

I am participating in a group buy for Ohlins Coilers DFV. I'll be ready for them in five to six weeks. I am super excited to finish the major components of the suspension on this car. My last comb over with it will be front and rear sway bars, links, motor mounts, and power steering bushings.

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[mini_fd]

As I await for the ohlins, I am going to replace the fuel pump with an oem, replace all the vacuum hoses, turbo solenoids, and vacuum chambers courteous of mazda. Picture for attention.


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[mini_fd]

Ohlins have been shipped from sweeden.

Mazda ordered 8 turbo solenoids and all the vacuum hoses for the next job. The solenoids are 70 each and with the peace of mind that they are new comforts me a bit from reading nightmares that people were buying used ones online to fix turbo issues they had and they were malfunctioning. Better to buy new oem from the dealer.*

I also picked up an entire fuel pump assembly kit that Mazda puts together for you with new seals, hardware, and pump.

Last but not least I ordered the PRE/WG duty solenoid at 180.*

Now, I could simplify things with the rats nest but I'd like to keep some things original. I'm not looking for serious hp or even going single turbo. If I upgrade the turbos, I might consider the 99 turbos. I'm still happy with the cars power for now.

[mini_fd]

This is going to be an exciting day. These should feel amazing with the mazda competition bushings.

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[mini_fd]

Super excited for the super clean racingbeat exhaust.


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[— Vegard —]

:-D :-D :-D

[mini_fd]

Just installed the racing beat exhaust. Car feels great especially with the fuel pump replacement. I can actually feel a better throttle response

[mini_fd]

Rears... I'll snap the fronts tomorrow. The ohlins are installed thanks to the supervision and help of digicar/marc. It was smooth and eventful. Learned a lot from him.

Btw... the car feels night and day. I just want to drive all night right now.

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