I will be racing Saturday at MidOhio. The miata came together last night and is runnign strong. I will be in/near garage #20 and instructing for group 1. Stop by and see the #6 hopefully do a little better this year! And if you are looking to make more power in your miata, be sure to find Shane Benson or any of the AIM tuning guys. They do RX7s and other performance cars too!
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Anyone with a first generation miata knows the issue with batteries: you need a tiny one! I was faced with a last minute need for a battery. Trips to the auto parts stores left me with BIG car batteries. WAY bigger than I needed. I decided to see what Wal-Mart had and ended up with a lawn tractor battery. It has 350 cranking amps, which is way more than needed. It was the exact dimentions of the old battery, but had different terminals. I ended up running a new wire for the + terminal and was able to bolt up the -. It fired on the first crank! Woohoo!
Having read a number of posts on DIY paint and having a race car interior still showing signs of its street past it was time to go for it.
I bought Rustoleum paint in a can at Home Depot and a bunch of brushes. I know, it sounds like an awful idea. Before you think that its a total botch… this paint is oil based and levels out very well with even application. A roller would be perfect for this application I later found out. Those that paint bodies use a roller and a thinned down paint in several coats.
I removed all of my interior that was remaining and went to work. The car immediately took on a new look and some of my uglier welds even look better! As it turns out, this stuff is nearly the same as Miata white too, so i did some touch up in areas that were flaking. I later sanded those areas to feather in the new paint. It looks great! The cage is finally fully coated now, and I trust that this stuff will prevent rust as well.
Well, Its been a while since a real post (the others have been automatic and feed based…)
A lot has happened…
The old black 944 lives again and has nearly 150 miles on the new engine.
There is now a 944 S2 Cabriolet in the stable. It is currently getting Konis, springs, and a nice alignment (previous owner had a BAD setup)
The miata took a trip to Homestead, FL. After coming home, I decided that it needed some work… posts to come!