2871R Miata

[shlammed]

I need to motivate myself to work on this little beast.

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In JAPAN before it was shipped to me...

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Had my exporter install a limited edition Recaro SPG.

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4 or 5 months later and dealing with brokers the car came in..

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Put some wheels on...

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Rolled fenders!

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Working on it in my new shop!

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Lowered it and went to the track.... rad overflow neck broke so i replaced that

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Started boosting it and added these...

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Got some swag and built a 3" exhaust...

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Straight piped for a bit...


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Bought a 28RS/lovefab turbo setup for cheap...

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Got it running well with ID725's and AEM ems with a GM 3 bar in place of the factory flapper maf


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Made some custom power steering setup to relocate away from the turbo

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Installed a cool drift accessory

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Made some power (10 psi low line, 12psi high on a 28RS)

Somewhere in here the turbo bearings died...

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Modded my steering knuckles for drift angle...

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bought a SWEET turbo (2871R 0.86 with TiAL stainless turbine housing)

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Drove for a bit at 10psi on the 28RS tune... decided to raise it to the 12psi tune and blew the engine.

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Tore it down

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Bought a 2002 VVT engine from montreal

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Painted my bay a color i could see better for leaks, etc

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Built a turbo manifold for it

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stared building an intake manifold but thats on hold for now

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custom intercooler pipes that i built

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custom sanitary downpipe that i built.... not fully welded here though

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Tubular intercooler bracketry

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Where she currently sits...

Needs wiring, im going to build the whole exhaust again out of sanitary

Oh, also somewhere along the way i picked up an OS giken diff with 3.636 gears.... shit works amaaaazing....
Epic builds fail though as they take for ever.


here we are today...
did a little exhaust work and other shit as the bandsaw was cutting....

little vband flange weld action...
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I do little fabrication projects for anyone who is interested as well.... i.e., turbo manifolds, exhausts, etc...

[TYPERRER]

i like rhd!!!!

[613B6]

sick project!!

[SV19]

awesome build man. i love my miata but its still stock hopefully not for long.

[The Grey Area]

woweeeeeeeeee mad skills

[adgair]

wicked stuff, keep it coming

[Jdc]

Yea looks great. Where are you located?

[shlammed]

I am located in the Kingston area and my shop is just north of Napanee.

Thanks for the compliments guys...

I will be building a new sanitary exhaust for the car this week! Hopefully tidy everything up enough that i can get the battery in it and verify my sensor conections (possibly hit the starter button)

once it runs i will be looking for some Chevy LS2 ignition coils and some custom plug wires....then off to the dyno for this years numbers!

[mattw]

i always wanted a miata track car, not bad if you can find one for about 5 grand (1990's).

[shlammed]

Imported this one. purchase price in japan for this creature was $1150 cdn. Landed and registered brought it to ~4k.

[justaneon]

Great project.

[EvilDeadFan]

Wow, great job, and great price for a nice toy.
Great projects, if you can physically fit into one.

[shlammed]

obviously the car has seriously more invested into it now than 1,150$ ;)

[PDP]

keep this going!

good job!

[EvilDeadFan]

obviously the car has seriously more invested into it now than 1,150$ ;)

I meant initial investment. Of course going through Turbo setups and blowing motors dramatically will increase the price, but at least you're not doing that to a $30,000+ car.

[mattw]

thats an awesome deal!

[shlammed]

With more and more investments im getting closer to 30k.

Probably 2/3 that...

[isuzunut]

what welder do you have?

Ive got a Miller Aerowave

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you can see my machines in the corner....
Mig- Miller DVi2
Tig- Lincon Precision 185

[isuzunut]

Nice, I've never used a dual voltage machine. But I have used a Lincoln 275 TIG and thought it was ok. Nice DC arc but far as AC, Ive been using inverters for a while now and will never go back. The difference is night and day between an inverter and transformer on AC.

I wish I had your floor space at my shop....

Also I have the other half of that intake manifold sitting at my house. LOL I started building one about a year ago and its sitting on a shelf, but I started at the plenum. If we put them together it would make a nice manifold.

[shlammed]

haha!

That is another one of my projects to start soon... but im going to save that for once the car is running and that i can do in my time off.

I am going to shorten the runners by another distance because when i cut it from my calculations i forgot the distance from the valve to the intake manifold flange.... ~1.5" to 2"

I would love an inverter machine at some point... but a great deal came up on this for me. My next machine will be a Miller Dystany 200 since i dont really weld anything any heavier than 1/4"

[isuzunut]

I dont mind the dynastys in fact the only machine I would trade my aerowave for is a 350 dynasty runner. Truth is I never though I would be able to buy a machine like I have now but it was the deal of a lifetime. 10k machine for 450 bucks, it was "broken" and I got it off the federal gov. But I plugged it in and its been working ever since. I think they just wanted a dynasty.

We had a 200 DX at my old work and while its a great little machine I would be surprised if it welded 1/4 aluminum well. I think they are like 150amps at 60% duty cycle or something. Check out chinese Inverters like everlast. made in china but hell all the parts in milllers are made in asia and assembled here. So either way everything is made in China.

[shlammed]

It is not chris...

there might be another rhd miata that goes to some events in montreal though...

Matt

[allmotorslut]

nice project and good work!

[Edison]

very sexy!

[shlammed]

it doesnt look like it, but i got a ton done today.

i refinished my valve cover since i only primered it before. In memory of my VW GTI, i painted it Candy White. I love that color.
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Hacked the flange off of the OEM header to fit a 3" pipe. Surprisingly good construction for an OEM header.
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General cabin shot when im wiring to the EMS
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Vinyl negatives and steel wook work great for logos!
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Going forward, im still not happy with the wiring. I think that i would like to get some ECU plugs, an amphenol for the firewall and a summit racing chassis harness kit.
If anyone has any of those items, that would be great!

[shlammed]

CAA is all setup. I am going to do seat mounts and exhaust this weekend when the fiance is at work and then have it tow'd into town so i can finish this thing FAST!

[The Grey Area]

Amen dude. Im digging this project. Keep the updates comming!

[shlammed]

MORE!

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[fbraz088]

lookin good!

[shlammed]

Thanks. Should be going real soon!

[SV19]

seats look great, those are the ones i want in my miata!!

[shlammed]

Thanks! If you want to put some in yours i can fab you up some sturdy seat mounts.

[shlammed]

Parting this car out.

I will be selling my SiR as well once the big items go.

I will be buying a 350z.

[scottxkillyou]

needs moar torque?

[shlammed]

Needs more everything.

I have been considering this for a long time now and i have decided that this is best. I am engaged and starting a new lifestyle and I dont need two cars that will take all of my time and money. This is coming from my brain, not hers.

Both of my cars will be replaced with a nice daily 350z.

[RoughKnight]

making a move for the better, it would have been an amazing project once it's finished...if i were u, i'd shelf it for a little bit, you'll kick yourself in the ass come 2-3 years down the road for not finishing it

[shlammed]

O hai...

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life goes on....

[shlammed]

I am redoing this project with a different goal: NO budget racecar. Once the car is built i will invest in items to keep it going and safe. Safety is the ONLY real concern here and as such the only real thing I will spend much money on is safety items. Speed is not a concern, reliability is a little... but not a huge concern...



I am looking for functional used parts. If you have anything you want to donate let me know.



Things like:

old brake rotors

brake calipers

steering wheels

sheet of decent plywood because racecar.

seats

engines

transmissions

turbos

springs

etc



Cheers,

Matt