Whole lotta Miata

[Jake]

Taylor, really great to see you diving in and tackling this stuff so quickly. Definitely frustrating to buy the car and immediately need a TB/WP job (I thought they just did the water pump before you bought it?) but hey, you're in there and getting it done. Should be exciting to have it ready for summer and then back at JMU!

I have a bad feeling in the back of my mind that there's no way I did this right.

Heh, yep, I had the same feeling once we got the head gasket done on the M3. Joey and I put the hood on and he goes "well, time to do the honors" and I was absolutely terrified. Turned the key, lights/chimes, and then *click*. Battery terminals weren't connected all the way so the starter couldn't run. Second try, lights/chimes and hey, she runs! And nothing is gushing out onto the ground! And the motor sounds normal!

I'm still worried that I did something wrong, never mind the fact that I've put ~300 miles on the swap.

Rock on, young padawan.