Building the Boosted Smurf

[Golden Stallion]

that's a bummer man. Hope it comes back better than ever. Do you have plans to make more power or just build up the rest of the drivetrain to handle the power. I have to agree that people are surprised on how fast these cars are even with my supercharger and then i tell them i have only 140-150 horsepower(really need to dyno my car) so all my friends have never even been in a really fast miata

[psulja]

Plan is to make all the power ever. Everything going in the car from here on out will be intended to hold 400whp+. What it'll actually make? I'll find out next year when it's together.

[psulja]

So not much was happening on the car since I was recovering from surgery and was out of town until beginning of this week. With some people interested in parts I finally got out to the garage to slowly start pulling parts. That turned into me pulling the diff, motor w/ turbo, and trans all tonight.

The number of times I have taken a picture like this is almost depressing


Oh look, you can see directly through my block!


There used to be a starter there


Glory hole




Going to the states either Wednesday or Thursday to pick up my '99 motor and hopefully drop it off at Fab9Tuning.

[psulja]

Today I pulled apart the motor. I am still amazed at how much damage was done by this rod. My transmission bellhousing is split too so I'll have to throw one of my spares on there before I sell the 5speed.







Then I started pulling out the wiring harness, I got up to the point where everything was ready to come through the firewall before I realized I hadn't eaten all day and it was a good time to call it quits.






My turbo kit and torsen should be sold this weekend which means I can finally start giving money to Bryan for shiny parts and can get the block to the machine shop sometime this month.

[—Martin—]

[WASABI]

Good luck getting her back together!

[psulja]

Bought a `99 motor to just use the head and crank. The rest of the motor including block, IM, etc will be for sale as I`ll be using an Escort block.

Bought a flat-top intake manifold which will be getting ported and polished when everything goes to the machine shop.

Car will be leaving my place in about 3 weeks to get work started on the TII Rx7 drivetrain swap. Hopefully by then I will have bought my new turbo and fab work will be started on a custom, equal runner length, true twin scroll manifold as well as my downpipe. Before the car comes back home after the fab work I`ll hopefully have my IC and new throttle body so work can get started on the IC piping.

[— Agent☣Orange —]

Bought a flat-top intake manifold which will be getting ported and polished when everything goes to the machine shop.

Are you going to powder coat your flat-top intake or perhaps have the exterior polished?

[psulja]

Already one of the cleanest used manifolds I`ve seen, at least from the pics so it`ll likely stay the way it is. But that may change as the engine bay comes together. And it should be in my hands this week so I can make a decision on how clean it truly is.

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[psulja]

So a slight change in plans for the build. Rather than building my motor now while I`m getting things fabbed for the drivetrain swap at Glease Manufacturing and then bringing the car back again for hotside side fab things in the winter I`ve decided to get all the fabwork done at the same time to save myself a tow.

This means in 3 weeks the car is making the trip to Glease Manufacturing so we can start work on the complete TII drivetrain swap and the building of my tubular manifold, downpipe, and possibly IC piping.

Today I pulled apart the rest of the car so its ready for its trip.



Had a heater core leak when I first did the engine swap so that padding under the carpet on the driver`s side was stuck to the floor and has started to stink. Will clean that up later when I`m bored.


Old harness removed. Will be getting a new harness built when everything is back together.


Pushed it out of the detached garage to power wash everything and have to keep it in the attached garage for now since the other one is full of car parts.


I`m hoping to be able to buy the new turbo from Fab9 in the next couple weeks if I can finally move this FM2 kit I have sitting here.

[psulja]

Been a bit since stuff has happened. Mostly been buying parts and planning things out. Anyways, the car is now at GleaseManufacturing where mounts for the drivetrain swap are being done and the manifold and downpipe will be built. I've already bought the turbo and a few other goodies but when I actually find time to go to Fab9 to pick them up I'll post pics.

As of last night my car has a transmission again. Well sort of. The mounts are built and the Tii transmission bolts into my car with the mockup motor. Some trimming needs to be done on the shifter hole on the car and the slave cylinder needs to be modified and bolted up; but the big part is done.

Crappy cell pic of the car back on the hoist at Glease's


Driver's side mount:


Passenger side mount:


Clearance cuts on the bellhousing. These are for the starter to bolt up and for clearance for my downpipe.



Trans mounted with all stainless steel hardware. That nasty crossmember is going to be sandblasted and painted or powdercoated for the final install.



Next up is mounting the Tii diff which has been impossible to buy. I've tried to buy 3 or 4 different ones and things always fall through. Paid for another one this week and that should be on its way to me soon. Once it gets here it'll be getting installed.

[riefdaddy]

Looking good. I've got a question for you on the mounts. Are they only welded on three sides? I'd be concerned that it isn't enough. Have you thought about doing plug welds on the fourth side for added strength?

[psulja]

Stiff motor mounts should take care of any twist from the engine that would cause added stress to the trans mounts. Plug welds aren't all that useful on sheet metal. Considered doing a plate on top for added strength but after looking at it this should be strong enough.

[Hyper]

My 6speed is about to explode anytime now, I never considered the TII tranny but looking at the pics if should be piece of cake with my Boss Frog transmission mount.

The pictures are unclear but what type of bellhousing or mount are using to match the block?? Also the shifter location can you put more pictures please??

Thank you man

[psulja]

It's an adaptor plate I got off MT.

Will take more pics next time I see the car but it's 40 minutes away and I only make it out there when there's stuff that needs to get done.

You also need a custom clutch disk, driveshaft, etc