Very interesting read sir, keep up the fine work.
I appreciate that. Always nice to hear. I work at a slow peace so at least I can take a bit of pictures.
I made the same mistake again as per usual. My crank pulley came loose and I sheared the dowel on the crank timing gear. I kind of welcome this though since I need to reseal my water pump and maybe my camshaft. So this will give me the opportunity. This time I'll be using the proper 44 ft pounds plus 1/6th rotation. And loctite...
I washed her today for the first time in months.
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Otherwise the car has been running pretty well. So well in fact that I've been considering transmission options. Currently running a hydraulic m47 so thinking m90 may be the least expensive option, for a stronger manual transmission. T5 I know has shifter placement problems and I haven't seen any off the shelf options for extending it back 4 inches. I've also considered getting Aw71 bits. The m47 is still doing ok but definitely making noise in 2nd gear and I'm not brave enough to push it in third very often. I'd love to hear opinions on any of this if anyone is reading.
Besides that, I've started gathering parts for a wasted spark setup. Of course my first purchase was the buchka wasted spark board from cflomoto.com. A member on here, Duder, sells them and has been very helpful thus far with my questions. I'm thinking I'm going to go with the well documented Bosch coil pack and maybe the Miata power stage. Regardless, I'm excited to ditch the distributor.
So getting the next crank gear installed when it arrives and collecting and installing the wasted spark parts are next on the agenda. I'll be working towards a transmission as funds allow once I get a direction. Hopefully the m47 can hold on in the mean time.