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Madison Motorsports
oh no!!1 Someone stole my m0t0r !!!!111 - Printable Version

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oh no!!1 Someone stole my m0t0r !!!!111 - Evan - 07-04-2005

GONE!
[Image: engine_bay_650.jpg]
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just kidding of course.
RJ, Lorena and I spent the last 2 days pulling out the old sorta-busted lump and transferring the stuff to a new one

new* engine in foreground, old one in background
[Image: old_and_new_650.jpg]

another shot
[Image: old_and_new2_650.jpg]


and the obilgatory "standing in the engine bay" shot
[Image: standing_in_engine_650.jpg]

mucho thanks to RJ and Lorena for helping out, and thanks to G for the engine hoist (and for the entertainment while watching him try to put it together)


*by "new", I mean 100k mile junkyard motor out of a wrecked car. hopefully less busted than the one in there now. If its not, that would be awesome.

- G.Irish - 07-04-2005

I'd like to see you take those caster wheels off then try to put them back on asshole. I am never assembling anything from Harbor Freight again.

- .RJ - 07-04-2005

G.Irish Wrote:I'd like to see you take those caster wheels off then try to put them back on asshole. I am never assembling anything from Harbor Freight again.

lmao...

- ScottyB - 07-04-2005

nice job guys. whats a junker miata motor cost, if you don't mind me asking?

- Mike - 07-04-2005

compression numbers? new engine in?

- BLINGMW - 07-04-2005

wow! :o You finally did it! 8)

- Evan - 07-04-2005

This particular junker cost me $400, mainly because its got 100k on it. Lower mile motors run closer to $700. I bought the motor from Bret at RP, and it came out of a wrecked car. Of course I easily spent the same amount as the motor on all the seals, hoses, belts, gaskets, water pump, motor mounts...etc

no, new engine is not in. The compression numbers that Bret told me were very solid.
Next up is to finish the little stuff like all the hoses (quite a PITA actually...), paint the valve cover ( :bling: ) valve cover gasket, clean the engine bay, and some other stuff Im forgetting.
Order a clutch, and install it when it gets here.

Im having impure thoughts about sending the old head to Sunbelt for some voodoo magic, and rebuilding the bottom end..............
maybe if I have $2500 or so just laying around.....

- .RJ - 07-04-2005

Hopefully I'm not speaking too soon (since the 'new' one isnt back in and running), but I almost felt like I knew what I was doing pulling this thing out Wink

- G.Irish - 07-04-2005

Bah let us have a crack at it, we'll do it for free!

- .RJ - 07-04-2005

G, I think he wants it to actually run for more than 3 laps Wink

- Mike - 07-05-2005

.RJ Wrote:Hopefully I'm not speaking too soon (since the 'new' one isnt back in and running), but I almost felt like I knew what I was doing pulling this thing out Wink

pulling shit out is the easy part. putting it all back together is when "two hour" jobs become eight.

- ScottyB - 07-05-2005

Mike Wrote:
.RJ Wrote:Hopefully I'm not speaking too soon (since the 'new' one isnt back in and running), but I almost felt like I knew what I was doing pulling this thing out Wink

pulling shit out is the easy part. putting it all back together is when "two hour" jobs become eight.

....and then having a bunch of important looking bolts left over and not knowing where they go :lol:

400 bucks for a motor is awesome Evan. that leaves plenty of money for ITB's, or maybe a call to Flyin' Miata....

- Dragon - 07-05-2005

Left over bolts and part just means you put it back together more effectively than the designers planned. :-D

- Evan - 07-06-2005

ScottyB Wrote:400 bucks for a motor is awesome Evan. that leaves plenty of money for ITB's, or maybe a call to Flyin' Miata....
heheh....if only a Flyin' Miata kit were Spec Miata legal. Sad

I know, Ill start a new race series....Spec Boosted Miata! SBM :lol:

- Evan - 07-06-2005

slightly unrelated, but I dont feel like starting a new thread.

I took the day off today, and spent it doing very important tasks

[Image: goldstuff1.jpg]
[Image: goldstuff2.jpg]
[Image: goldwheel.jpg] (this pic before the clearcoat went on.


:bling:

- bassmangrammy - 07-06-2005

that's very tight...it deserves a :bling:

- Myuki - 07-06-2005

bling up, yo :thumbup:

- navin - 07-06-2005

Dragon Wrote:Left over bolts and part just means you put it back together more effectively than the designers planned. :-D

phew - makes me feel better about my car Big Grin

ziplock bags are man's best friend when it comes to motor pulls!

- .RJ - 07-06-2005

navin Wrote:ziplock bags are man's best friend when it comes to motor pulls!

I think evan had about 37 ziplock bags and a bunch of little plastic bins.... probably a smart idea when we put it back in next week.

- bimmerboodle - 07-06-2005

.RJ Wrote:
navin Wrote:ziplock bags are man's best friend when it comes to motor pulls!

I think evan had about 37 ziplock bags and a bunch of little plastic bins.... probably a smart idea when we put it back in next week.
Don't forget a RED sharpie (different color than grease) and write more info than you think you need at the time....like the longer one goes in the back, etc.