2000 Miata V8 conversion with 2000 Z28 & 6 speed & Getrag
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Looked over this thread as a result of another post in a different are and noticed that there are several things I did to finish up the car that are worth noting.
First I paid good money to get the AC up and running last Winter.
It is just now getting warm enough to make use of the cold air.
Second, I replaced the battery with one about twice the size but it still fits in the same hole where the factory battery sits.
The car would crank slow after the car was warm. It always started but for my peace of mind I decided to upgrade.
Still went with the same style of non-vented battery but got one about twice as wide with more storage capacity.
I drive it to work a couple of times a month when the weather is really nice.
My wife and I took a full day road trip across the state last October to see the Fall colors as part of a group convertible trip.
I let one of the other guys drive the car some and he was duly impressed with the easy power delivery.
Other than that the car mostly sits in the garage collecting dust.
First I paid good money to get the AC up and running last Winter.
It is just now getting warm enough to make use of the cold air.
Second, I replaced the battery with one about twice the size but it still fits in the same hole where the factory battery sits.
The car would crank slow after the car was warm. It always started but for my peace of mind I decided to upgrade.
Still went with the same style of non-vented battery but got one about twice as wide with more storage capacity.
I drive it to work a couple of times a month when the weather is really nice.
My wife and I took a full day road trip across the state last October to see the Fall colors as part of a group convertible trip.
I let one of the other guys drive the car some and he was duly impressed with the easy power delivery.
Other than that the car mostly sits in the garage collecting dust.
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Yep, its tough. We are buying land to build a house on, as much as I don't want to it would be nice to have the funds on hand, but I still drive my car a few times a week and I just love it too much.
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The next small project I decided to tackle is re-routing the heater core plumbing to move the firewall hole locations from the drivers side to the passenger side in order to keep the engine bay looking as clean as possible and to keep engine bay water hoses far enough away from the hot engine.
Some of the other build threads show the heater core and plumbing as being copper but for my 2000 the core and plumbing is Aluminum.
Some of the other build threads show the heater core and plumbing as being copper but for my 2000 the core and plumbing is Aluminum.
I still have my V8 Miata and looking at re-routing the heater core lines. Looks like you sold your car, but did the compression fittings hold up OK while you had the car? Looks like you didn't end up doing any soldering of copper to aluminum...I've tried that and have had ZERO luck, so looking at other options.
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