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11-10-2007
Got a little work done tonight, not as much as I had hoped for, but what are you going to do. Here's the old motor sitting on the floor of my garage, just waiting to donate anything it can to the new motor.
And what we've all been waiting for. The new motor!
Now isn't that pretty....
The port work is unreal
Just a few quick shots I snapped tonight. Here are the specs on it:
short block:
bored 40 over with weisco oversized turbo pistons (8.6:1)
pouter rods
ARP main and head studs
All new bearings and gaskets
pistons matched to 0.001 to the cylinder walls
balanced and blueprinted
lightened and balanced crank
mazdaspeed high flow oil pump
ford racing water pump
copper 3 layer head gasket
head
fully ported and polished
checked for flatness
0.5mm oversize intake and exhaust rev valves
stiffer volvo valve springs
ew retainers
new HLAs
stock cams/cam gears
port-matched intake manifold
I still have to install the HLAs and the cams, but I won't be doing that until the motor is ready to go in the car, as it's not good to let it sit without being run with the stiffer valve springs. The block, head, and valve cover were painted with a few coats of high temp engine paint, primed, and then painted red. I cannot wait to start getting this car together. These next few months it's really going to start coming together.
11/24/2007
Here's another shot of the seatbelt attachment to the cage:
Yes I know it's filthy.
I had to enlarge the holes and get some different bolts. The old seatbelt bolt is bolted through the cage to the existing hole, and I got a new grade 8 bolt and mounted the seatbelt to the plate.
Moving on, took some pics of the finished rear bumper extensions. Again, I cut them down in size so I wouldn't have to deal with the smaller turn signal problem. I couldn't cut them down all the way, as the flare started about 1/2 way through the light, so I had to follow the contour of the signals and cut them to match:
Work has been slowing down because it's getting cold and dark fast. Once all the leaves fall down and the lawnmower is tucked away for the winter, I'll bring the car into the garage.
I thought this was a funny picture. Here's where most of the miata lies:
Great build!
Posted by Diggymart on 1/29/20 @ 11:22:34 PM