what did you do to your non-Protege today?

[Pox]

Took the tiburon off the road a couple weeks ago (anyone want to buy it?) after acquiring an 08 impreza hatch. Impreza just rolled 38k. So far only mod is a kenwood touch screen double din. Bought a rear camera from amazon, just been too cold to install that. Wife wants some pink on it so maybe some plastidip in the future. Oil change/ all fluids flushed/ new all season tires/ no lights on dash. Last reg expired in 2011 so it was sitting for a while. Family wagon/wife mobile. Im daily driving the grampa buick century now. Some pics cuz why not.





Tibby rolled 80k back in Nov-ish.


Blacked out most of my HD FXRS. Gotta change my rear master cuz I think its leaking, no pressure. And I want to get a wilwood front caliper or something stronger for the front because HD brakes suck.



Dog. Last Easter.


Dog. Jan 29.


I think that about wraps up things since last winter..

[jay]

^nice^

I got to replace a hub, cuz bad threads. Mercedes uses bolts instead of lugs. :/

[Kitty]

^nice^

I got to replace a hub, cuz bad threads. Mercedes uses bolts instead of lugs. :/

That's why I've never been a fan of bolt on wheel. Unless you clean the bolts every-time on removal you're going to mangle a hole eventually.

[jay]

A stupid design, there can be no doubt I may do a lug conversion.

[atomicEGT]

the collection of parts for a car I don't even own yet continues to grow.

[CODY004WD]

What throttles and wheel are for Matt?

[atomicEGT]

holding out for a clean white 94 with A/C and cruise.

I've got a GV front and R-pack rear on the way too because I think they might work on the ZX2 but even if not, I'll have another Miata eventually

[CODY004WD]

Mmmm, Nice!

[Kitty]

"Premium" audio confirmed.




**** all that nonsense.



I also fixed my gas door release, the interior drivers side door handle can now open the door, and my illumination fuse now longer blows ever 10mins of driving.

If I could get the truck release and passenger mirror working I think all the quality of life features would work.

[CODY004WD]

Decided to throw on a ford valve cover so I can run at some Ford only events. "What? It's got a Ford engine!" Need to do a wire-tuck eventually.

[Boosted Escort]

Ha ha will that allow you to actually ford only events?

[CODY004WD]

Yep, most of them clarify Ford or Ford Powered. Like a 302 swapped Datsun, or a 2.3t swapped bugeye sprite, or an SHO swapped dune-buggy, all would qualify. Or in this case an "escort 1.8" swapped Miata. I ran it at last years Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup, with the Mazda VC... And won, they bitched a bit, so this year I'll make them happy with a "Ford" engine.

[Kitty]

Installed the passenger speaker and fixed the passenger power mirror too. I need to adjust the window stops on the driver side before I pop that panel back on as the door doesn't close right if the window is all the way up. I've also lost the shifter bushings the last time I pulled the shifter out to top out the gear oil. I'm grumpy about that.

Got my tomei moon oil in so now I'm just making excuses on why I'm not installing the 2way yet.

Here is a fun exhaust clip.
I'm just glad the thing idles in the cold now.

[atomicEGT]

that thing sounds like mine did when I had the firing order wrong.

is that normal for a single cam?

[Kitty]

They all sound like diesels scoobs once you remove most the emission rubbish.

https://youtu.be/Ihogcw1Y6fg?t=56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0827nwW_8U8