It's not gay if we don't make eye contact.Acid666 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:58 amAnd I got parts that are sitting if you need.
Speaking of I installed the thermostat, just haven't run the car yet.
Alan, get a Miata and we can be twinsies and jerk each other off between runs. Lol.
I'm debating on building one next year with Kendra. It may have cat ears fiberglass to the body tho, but I will make it bad ass.
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Fuck a Corvette tax. I think last time I looked up this damn console piece it was $180 online.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thattttt shitttttttttttsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Desperate times call for desperate airboatin'.
All of these damn plastic screw things were broken off, so I'm just gonna build em back up with JB Weld, cut em to shape, and tack em back on.
Cut some acrylic and match drilled the holes so I could hold em in place while the JB Weld sets.
Let's hope it holds up to the constant opening and closing when I'm done.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thattttt shitttttttttttsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Desperate times call for desperate airboatin'.
All of these damn plastic screw things were broken off, so I'm just gonna build em back up with JB Weld, cut em to shape, and tack em back on.
Cut some acrylic and match drilled the holes so I could hold em in place while the JB Weld sets.
Let's hope it holds up to the constant opening and closing when I'm done.
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Damn dude I didnt know that could happen. I'm going to be as gentle as I can with the console. Since I replaced the latch with a new one I don't even close it all the way because I dont want the new one to break.Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:37 pm Fuck a Corvette tax. I think last time I looked up this damn console piece it was $180 online.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thattttt shitttttttttttsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Desperate times call for desperate airboatin'.
All of these damn plastic screw things were broken off, so I'm just gonna build em back up with JB Weld, cut em to shape, and tack em back on.
Cut some acrylic and match drilled the holes so I could hold em in place while the JB Weld sets.
Let's hope it holds up to the constant opening and closing when I'm done.
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When I got my car, the hinge was seized. If I had forced it open, I could totally see how the cover would break. I was able to open it just enough to spray lube on the hinge points, and I just let it sit. That fixed it, and it's been working fine since. That hinge is surprisingly complex. Lots of hinge points to seize.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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It's really the screw mounting points that take all the pressure when you open the latch and overextend it. Mine was already cracking when I got the car, and was finally fully cracked when my woman decided to repeatedly open and close it between autocross runs to grab her phone to facebook. When you pull the ebrake up, it prohibits the door from fully opening. So you stop, put the brake on, open the door and shove it further than its designed to go and then It moves that hinge in a wierd way, putting stress on the plastic mounts.
I've got it on the car. Seems to work solid. I'm letting the jb weld fully cure before I try to use it. I tried to get some of these from people online parting out cars but a lot wanted to sell the whole lid/bottom compartment as a whole for a few hundred bucks.
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I think tomorrow I'll grease up the hinge pointsDetroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:44 pm When I got my car, the hinge was seized. If I had forced it open, I could totally see how the cover would break. I was able to open it just enough to spray lube on the hinge points, and I just let it sit. That fixed it, and it's been working fine since. That hinge is surprisingly complex. Lots of hinge points to seize.
just as a precaution. Can't hurt.
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is this also the LS swap miata thread? I hear its an easy project.
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Factory swappedBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:50 pm is this also the LS swap miata thread? I hear its an easy project.
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I think that's what I plan on doing if I get a Miata. And then I plan on replacing the motor mounts with JB WeldBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:50 pm is this also the LS swap miata thread? I hear its an easy project.
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https://www.flyinmiata.com/V8/turnkey.phpBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:50 pm is this also the LS swap miata thread? I hear its an easy project.
How much easier do you want? Write a check and it's done.
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I've already depleted the trust fund.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:23 pmhttps://www.flyinmiata.com/V8/turnkey.phpBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:50 pm is this also the LS swap miata thread? I hear its an easy project.
How much easier do you want? Write a check and it's done.
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How is a $60k better than a $10k C5...which will decimate the Miata in every way with $5k invested?
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JB Weld, the Airboat Captain's secret sauce.Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:37 pm Fuck a Corvette tax. I think last time I looked up this damn console piece it was $180 online.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thattttt shitttttttttttsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Desperate times call for desperate airboatin'.
All of these damn plastic screw things were broken off, so I'm just gonna build em back up with JB Weld, cut em to shape, and tack em back on.
Cut some acrylic and match drilled the holes so I could hold em in place while the JB Weld sets.
Let's hope it holds up to the constant opening and closing when I'm done.
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You have a $60k Miata?troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:37 pmWho said anything about better?
Bring your car out to autox and decimate me - I'll spot you a full second...
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So less makes it worth 4x the price?
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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I have a car that's slower in every way, so you should doubly decimate me.Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:39 pmYou have a $60k Miata?troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:37 pm
Who said anything about better?
Bring your car out to autox and decimate me - I'll spot you a full second...
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troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:41 pmI have a car that's slower in every way, so you should doubly decimate me.
I'm a shitty driver compared to you. You'd decimate yourself in my car, doe.
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