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My old trusty NA decided to get rid of all the coolant my way to work. Lots of smoke and coolant on the road. <div>The OEM rad from 95 has...

Unknown car drifting up Eschdorf Hillclimb

Nice video. I have seen clips shot from this angle before but never in this sort of quality. The sound is nice too. No wind noise or other unwanted sounds...

How to fit 225 on 9 rims in a stock MX5...

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Awsome drift video from FD Long Beach

Nice video. I like the editing, sound, everything.Formula Drift 2010 Round 1 from Justin Shreeve Films on Vimeo.

Boundary Engineering high flow oil pump

I took some comparison shots of the blue printed Boundary Engineering oil pump while putting it on the engine.<div>This is fitted with their billet oil pump gears which . I...

It's alive!

On Wednesday evening I was ready to fire up the engine for the first time after rebuild.<div>I was pretty confident that the shortblock was ok was but the real test...

Which head gasket ?

A friend sent me a link to this very interesting thread on m.net discussing the differences in the 1.8 BP head gaskets over the years. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=350182There are at least 4...

Modification of the windage tray

When ARP or whoever designed/choose the studs and nuts for the Miata they obviously did that before the NB windage tray was invented. The ARP nut and washer has a...

Tanner Foust drifting Mulholland drive

I found this great video of Tanner Foust drifting Mulholland drive on Speedhunters. I can't belive we didn't drive this road when we were road trippin trough LA back in...

Bottom end almost ready

Pistons with rings, crank, rods etc. are all in the block and has been for over a week.I’m still waiting for the Boundary Engineering blue printed oil pump before I...

Great video of tire deflection on a V8 Supercar at Bathurst

Looks like the rim is almost touching the ground at some places. I bet those tires have super stiff side walls but with the extreme forces involved they look like...

VICS manifold pics

‘95MSM @ www.mazda-speed.com forum was kind enough to take some photos of his 99-00 Miata VICS manifold that are going onto his 95 NA with a complete MSM engine/drivetrain swap...

2001 MX5 1.8 Sport and MSM manifold comparison

I took some measurements and pics of my MSM manifold today. It should be the same as 2001-05 VTCS manifolds on USDM cars.<div>I also measured ID and OD inlet and...

Intense drifting video

This must be the wildest drifting I have ever seen. Too many cars on small track with overtaking happening in mid drift. Nice cars too.<div>I’m no drifting fan at all...

2001 MX5 1.8 Sport inlet manifold pics and specs

I got my new intake manifold from http://www.autolinkmx5.com/ yesterday.<div>It’s from a 2001 MX5 1.8 Sport and has the same manifold as the JDM 1.8 NB RS.</div><div></div><div>I took some pictures and...

I fail at gapping rings

Or, actually I’m getting quite good at gapping rings. I just need to understand which ring goes where.<div>I misread the spec sheet from Wiseco and thought the thickest dark colored...

Nice drift video

I saw this one on motormavens.com . . Nice setting. I wish I had a play ground like that. http://vimeo.com/9510390

Wrist pin to small-end clearance on Belfab rods

That was a long title…<div></div><div>There has been some discussion on the interwebz if the Belfab rods could be installed without honing for correct small end clearance.</div><div>All 4 rods of mine...

Clutch problems

As I mentioned in a previous post my throw out bearing and pressure plate looks kind of hammered after only 2-track days and maybe 500 Km of street driving.<div>It turns...

New intake manifold.

I have been hoping that someone would come up with a proper intake manifold for an overboosted BP engine.Begi got one but its $600 and it got very short runners...