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Got everything finished up today.

List of parts bought.

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Parts

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Old pump out.

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New new in.

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Tried to polish up my valve cover a little.

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All finished.

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After doing more reading i think my cam seals may be leaking as well... i dunno.

I'll swap this one when it blows up.

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So after tearing it down *again*. Well only some of it. I reset the timing belt tension. No more supercharger sound.

I have a leak on my upper rad hose. Right at the cap for the thermostat.

I'll deal with that later.

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Fixed my coolant leak. Just had to tighten up the clamp a bit more. Had to put all 120lbs of my weight behind it.

I tell ya what, this car is just amazing. Nothing like i have ever driven before. Don't get me wrong, with all the mods i put into the grand am, it is good. But not like the miata.

The only comparision i can make is that when you were a little kid and drove the fast go-karts. That is what this feels like to me. It don't have all the balls in the world, torque wise you might as well forget it. The grand am wins in that category. But all around fun is just amazing.

Still kinda granny shifting, and gettin the feel for driving a 5 speed. It's a bit different than dirt bikes and quads.

I was making a tight turn-a-round in a parking lot was doing about 20 in 2nd and just tapped the gas and the ass end swung around into a nice drift. No power steering + LSD with and 50/50 ratio is fun times.

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I cut the wheel to the right thinking the good side is the driver side like on the grand am. But it's not, the passenger side is more better.

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This was one of the things that NEEDED to be done. I had no sound in the right speaker, and the radio was complete trash.

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I know it needs to be vacuumed out. And i know some people might have opinions on the products used, but i wasn't spending a fortune on a stereo system for Miata.

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