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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Satisaii's Avatar
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    Got sidetracked on building a new race car, AKA earning money. But we are back on track now. E thinks we need a new name for this car. Stupid really applies to the chemically dipped, seam welded, foam filled NA tub that I have sitting outside the shop (anyone need a project tub?)

    On to business. I found the time to put the engine in and do the engine wiring. The wiring on the engine was nearly a 40 hour job... so if you want me to duplicate it, plan on spending $2000 to start. I did not take any pics of that process, but here are the near finished results.







    Tight fit for the wires. I smoothed sharp edges and paid attention to bending and chafing areas.



    I will tighten things up once I do the final install. I have finished the engine wiring and moved on to the headlights but need to take more pictures. NB and NA headlights are wired differently. NB uses ground switching for HI/LO beam, and NA uses power switching. I have an NB wiring harness in this car with NA headlights. Took me a few minutes of thinking to figure out the work around without pulling the harness... relays to the rescue.

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    wow that looks insanely good!! Lots of attention to detail! keep us updated!

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    Very nice!

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    The car named Stupid

    Excellent work, John! How many laptops were killed in the wiring of this miata? ;)

    Insane attention to detail here!

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    No laptops, but I had 2 engine harnesses to hack up. PITA figuring out the changes between 2001 and 2005. Mostly emissions related. And the Lucas hand of death thing. I have 3 ECU/key/immobilizer combos and none work with my 2005 harness. Got tired of it and went MS3 since we have a couple left over from Crusher.

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    Wow! I didn't know the immobilizer was so finicky. Won't this be a bit bit tricky getting past inspection/smog as a DD, or are you going to risk BAR?

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    Ultimately it is a 91. I can get it to pass the visual and sniffer tests with the MS. If I ever get a 2003-2005 ECU/Key/Immobilizer I may play with it for emissions fun. I would just have to make another engine harness.

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    I believe if anyone can pass smog with an MS, you would be the one. I suppose making a circuit to illuminate the CEL for a few moments at start up would be relatively easy.

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    Adding mass to a door:





    Making panels to cover access holes in the doors:



    Also worked on the window regulator to get it working better. 10 hours into that door and still not done with it. Have not touched the other side yet.

    Getting stuff to fit:



    Headlights in:



    Door and trunklid installed:



    The door looks darker in this picture, but I can't see it looking the other way. Probably my lack of skill with a cell phone camera.

    Brake booster vacuum line:



    Gauges:


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    Oil cooler with a shield to keep stuff out of it.



    Another shot



    Some Black Chrome plated accents:









    The nearly done door. Need to take another picture now that I have finished it. Also done with the driver's side.



    First fit of the body parts. Not great, a combination of cheap fenders and a bent body.





    I have it a bit better now, but it won't be great without taking it to a place that can apply some force to the mounting points.

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    Looks great, John!

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    Installed Aerocatches. The tool I was using to cut the holes skipped out, dented the hood and put a huge gouge in the paint. It gets a professional detail on Monday, will see what they can do with it beyond touch up. May have to get it resprayed. Only slightly bummed since I know the dents and scratches will come with driving around LA.



    Another shot where you can see the dent more clearly. Just to the right (in the picture) of the passenger side (RH) catch. You can also see how bad the body panels line up. I forgot that this car is bent.



    Also finished my stainless steel dash pad cover... the small bit to the left of the dash pod.



    I got a new phone that is taking pictures in a different aspect ratio. Will this bother the engineer in me enough to go back and take new pictures in the old ratio? Time will tell...

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    Bummer about the dent, should be workable if they can get at it around the skeleton. What does the Tablet control/monitor?

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    Was running DI.FM when I took the picture. It will be connected to the Megasquirt, run Waze for navigation, have some of my music collection on it, maybe Skype to talk to my friends in other countries. This car is set up to run an OEM ECU (if I can ever score a good deal on a 2004/2005 ECU with all the icky immobilizer bits) and in that case I will have it connected via OBDII.

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    Amazing Work John!!!!!!!!!!

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