My Garage Will Soon Be Cool

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09-23-2005, 10:02 AM
srivendel

My Garage Will Soon Be Cool

Yes, kids, Autumn is here, and that means the temperature will soon be falling. Which, in turn, means that we will all soon be able to work comfortably in our garages again.

Yup, it's Miata Project Season! :cheers:

I'm thinking some light fettling is in order this year. Maybe a cat-back exhaust and FM mid-pipe, or a cowl intake duct, or adding Sirius satellite radio. I also keep wishing the stock tires would die (I know, more track days), but that's not really a "project."

What's on your to-do list?

S.
09-23-2005, 10:10 AM
sammm

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Originally Posted by srivendel

What's on your to-do list?

Install factory cruise (for those long trips to Mineral Wells :flower: )
09-23-2005, 10:17 AM
POS Racing

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Originally Posted by srivendel

What's on your to-do list?

S.

Still pending, hopefully Shocks, Swaybar and all the other fun stuff you bolt on your new AX car!

Note to self : need to get another Miata! :wink:
09-23-2005, 10:40 AM
MadMerv

..get Speedie Jr on the track :drive:
09-23-2005, 12:14 PM
altiain

Pull the roll bar, air-conditioning, and modify the receiver hitch to make it semi-quick release.

My car is going on a diet this winter. :twisted:
09-23-2005, 12:38 PM
srivendel

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Originally Posted by altiain

Pull the roll bar, air-conditioning, and modify the receiver hitch to make it semi-quick release.

My car is going on a diet this winter. :twisted:

OK, I give up. Why are you yanking the roll bar? :confused:

S.
09-23-2005, 12:40 PM
POS Racing

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Originally Posted by srivendel

OK, I give up. Why are you yanking the roll bar? :confused:

S.

He wants to give it to me for free! Such a nice boy! :afro:
09-23-2005, 12:45 PM
Billy Blaze

Hey Sammm, I never use my cruise control...maybe we can Horse Trade.

I plan to flush the brake system and fill with new fluid (even though at this point I have no idea how to go about it)

Would also like to start saving for the new Clutch and have that installed this year.
09-23-2005, 01:19 PM
black roadster

Lots on my to do list.

Swap the carpet (pulling the dash)
Replace door panels with my JayDeeEm black door panals with LE speaker grills
Redye my seats
Repaint my calipers
Swap Intake systems
Cut and install my rear-quarter interior panals
Find and install a more powerful trunk gas-strut
Find out why my trunk is leaking
Figure out some way to replace my side markers

The list keeps growing. I haven't done anything except oil changes for 6-9 mos?
09-23-2005, 01:57 PM
altiain

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Originally Posted by srivendel

OK, I give up. Why are you yanking the roll bar? :confused:

S.

Because it's 55 pounds of high-Cg dead weight. :wink:

Actually, I figure between the bar, the a/c, the hitch, and some lighter wheels, I ought to be able to legally shave over 100 pounds off the car. My plan is to keep the bar, have the nuts welded to the backing plates so that I can reinstall the bar a little quicker than I can currently, and just put it back in the car for track days only.

Add that to the ~20 pounds the driver intends to lose this off season, and we're talking a significantly faster car next season. :twisted:
09-23-2005, 02:29 PM
blackzx3_13

I plan on continuing my quest for a miata of my own. And yes it is a quest. :dwarf:
09-23-2005, 02:34 PM
Titus

I am planing on getting an ECU after the first of the year.
09-23-2005, 05:11 PM
Carmen1990

Putting new bigger injectors in
New high performance clutch
Torsen differential
e-manage piggyback computer with all the goodies,
a nice leather seat kit (black leather with red inserts),
find/paint my own black wheels with a polished lip,
remove side skirts and rear part of body kit
09-23-2005, 08:15 PM
Treibenschnell

I plan on swapping Titus' complete engine and supercharger with my stocker.

Though I don't think he knows this yet...
09-23-2005, 10:17 PM
channelmaniac

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

Hey Sammm, I never use my cruise control...maybe we can Horse Trade.

I plan to flush the brake system and fill with new fluid (even though at this point I have no idea how to go about it)

Would also like to start saving for the new Clutch and have that installed this year.

Billy, go look up & buy a set of Speed Bleeders...

RJ
09-24-2005, 07:20 AM
Titus

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

I plan on swapping Titus' complete engine and supercharger with my stocker.

Though I don't think he knows this yet...

I'm afraid an increase in power like that could be a fatal shock to the BUR's system. Kinda like grandma on cocaine... not a pretty site!
09-24-2005, 10:46 PM
Mouglie

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Originally Posted by black roadster

Lots on my to do list.

Swap the carpet (pulling the dash)
Replace door panels with my JayDeeEm black door panals with LE speaker grills
Redye my seats
Repaint my calipers
Swap Intake systems
Cut and install my rear-quarter interior panals
Find and install a more powerful trunk gas-strut
Find out why my trunk is leaking
Figure out some way to replace my side markers

The list keeps growing. I haven't done anything except oil changes for 6-9 mos?

and that dangling muffler, lol....j/k
09-25-2005, 02:02 AM
juxt3r

What to do soon?
easy...
Timing belt & water pump replacement
oil change
maybe price out roll bars (again)
...and that about sums it up for now.
09-25-2005, 08:21 AM
black roadster

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Originally Posted by Mouglie

and that dangling muffler, lol....j/k

Ouch... :eye:

My first project appears to be new front binders on the wife's OTM.
09-26-2005, 09:26 AM
Billy Blaze

Thanks for the Speed Bleeders tip.

Iv'e got about 11K before the old timing belt maint. :(