Some more things got done on the car, but I need to upload some pictures from my real camera. Also, I was out of town for work Thurs-Fri, so I just have some screenshots and saved pictures that the guys sent me. Hopefully I'll have some decent pictures of everything from the real camera uploaded tonight.
They got the car torn down to do the timing belt and such and found the timing belt seemed brand new-ish, so I guess we're just leaving it alone. They also got things sorted out and made for the coolant reroute. Obviously, the Miata guys would be familiar with the reroute. For those that aren't, it just puts the water inlet/outlet on opposite ends of the engine. When they stole this engine from the 323, they put the inlet and outlet right beside one another on the front of the engine which is no bueno. Fortunately we have an engineer/machinist in our group, so we got a nice billet blockoff/sensor port made for the front. I think the rad hose you need to use is from a GMC Yukon, I think. Item 6 in the diagram below. I think we need to get some random fittings/plugs/adapters yet to finish the coolant stuff and also to make the turbo feed work. Otherwise, things are moving along great.
We should have most of the parts coming this week to finish the big stuff. The 100 dollar ebay manifold is mounted with the stock manifold gasket reused. The 100 dollar ebay turbo should be here this week along with the 137 dollar aluminum rad/dual fan setup. New plugs and wires are on the way, as well. I forget if we've ordered anything else in the last few days.
Anyway, a few pictures.
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