Miata build thread
09-30-2007, 05:01 AM
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Re: Miata build thread
Originally Posted by SloS13
I had to cut some of the underside of the hood. Can't tell when it's closed. 
did you leave clearance for the engine pitching under accel and decel?
09-30-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: Miata build thread
Originally Posted by fe3tcourier
nooooooooo, you cut a nice ally bonnet :-( gutted.
did you leave clearance for the engine pitching under accel and decel?
did you leave clearance for the engine pitching under accel and decel?
09-30-2007, 11:14 AM
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Re: Miata build thread
once they start flexing they are on borrowed time. you can hold of the start of flexing with new mounts by filling them with stiff rubber from a tube. i have used windscreen urethane from a calking gun for that on the ute. i did the trans mount too, it made a decent difference. i used to break stockers with the 79hp stock engine though, so i braced the engine up high too. now it just twists which only causes compression of the rubber in the main mounts. in the normal mode, it tries to twist and presses down on one side and lifts the other up in the air. its the lifter that breaks. lhs one that tends to break from accel.
09-30-2007, 02:43 PM
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Re: Miata build thread
Originally Posted by SloS13
I've made motor mounts out of that too. My EF wagon is rocking Window Weld mounts and has been for years. Good stuff but a bitch to clean off your hands.
10-05-2007, 08:38 AM
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Re: Miata build thread
Finished my exhaust up last night in 3hrs, re-used stock hangers - very HMT if I do say so myself
Quiet as hell, just a tad louder than stock and most of that is due to some leaks I gotta weld. Just the way I likes it.
Quiet as hell, just a tad louder than stock and most of that is due to some leaks I gotta weld. Just the way I likes it.
