what did you do to your non-Protege today?

[atomicEGT]

I saw one for sale and couldn't justify spending the money.

so disappointed in myself

[atomicEGT]

actually worked on the ****ty Nissan today.

pulled the front section of the driveshaft, disconnected the rest of the lower harness, and pulled the turbo/manifold.

any of y'all know how to test an internal wastegate actuator? gotta figure out why it was overboosting so badly.

[Kitty]

Just hook up an air compressor with a regulator on it to the waste-gate.

If your regulator doesn't do sub 20 psi well throw a manual boost controller in front of it and T a boost gauge in as well.

[atomicEGT]

I have worse luck with MBCs than I do with internal gates.

[concealer404]

Bought a Painless 10203 harness.

[atomicEGT]

bought a new oil pan with a pre-welded 10 AN return and some ARP 2000 head studs.

**** this car.

[Pashka0788]

Cleared out the garage and finally gave the woman's passport some much needed love. Been way overdue for an oil change, Replaced the shocks. Next is to replace upper ball joints and cv boot, get some cross drilled slotted rotors on dat biotch, unclog the damn EGR to.

[atomicEGT]

Pulled the rebuilt head off of the old motor and discovered mini pasta shells in the front cover.

So that was nice.

[FE3-323]

mini pasta shells??????????

[atomicEGT]

[FE3-323]

at least its getting its fiber

[concealer404]

MOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRR

[atomicEGT]

plans for this one?

[concealer404]

No turbo. N/A hoon/track/autox mobile to beat within an inch of its life every time i drive it. Car has 97k miles on it, i paid $2300. :D

Only power mods destined for this thing is i/h/e, shave head .060, homebrew port job, shim under buckets, valve springs, megasquirt. (Gonna spin it to 7800-8000.) Probably a 1.6 clutch/flywheel setup.

Beyond that, i have a ton of parts already for it.

Ordered:
15x9 Jongbloeds
949 extended clutch line
949 brake lines
949 lug nuts
949 valve stems
clutch master
clutch slave
front hubs
AWR 70A motor mounts
MiataRoadster tall angled shifter
MiataRoadster delrin diff mounts

Already had on hand:
Hardtop
NB2 Sport brake setup
Corbeau A4s
Boss Frog harness bar
Boss Frog Clearview
Boss Frog Frog Arms (Thanks!)
Boundary Engineering Frame Rails (Thanks!)
Autopower 5pt harnesses
Momo competition wheel and hub
Custom Swank Force Racing Bilstein setup
Homebrew re-route
Carbing front shock tower brace


Oh, and i pulled an entire black interior out of a junkyard car on Monday. :D It's a 2000 SE so it had that horrible tan leather and wood interior. (And a 6spd and 3.9 Torsen, so that's cool.)

[FE3-323]

60 thou!!! thats alot to shave off the head.
any reason in particular to go that route?