In reply to spacecadet :
I'll get out my crochet hook and make it a hat.
In reply to spacecadet :
I'll get out my crochet hook and make it a hat.
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
I used part of an old sock.
I also had one where i startched the crap out of a cloth glove with the middle finger up.
That's why I don't use metal shift knobs anymore. The one in my 911 is made out of delrin.
I just want to comment that Flyin' Miata is cool. I finally got on the phone with them and talked rollbars. I was annoying and asked a LOT of questions. In the end they said the simplest thing was to just call Hard Dog and order it from them so that's what I'm going to do. M2 double with harness tabs and padding.
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
One way to get you off the phone and to shut up. LOL
Thats what they told me as well so I drove up there and picked it up
Does anyone know what the part number is for the rubber seal that goes around the rear window on a hardtop? Some work going on in that department. Lots of stuff happening really, but that's one detail that I need to get sorted.
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
From what I can tell the rubber seal is NA0163895A.
In reply to EvanB :
Thanks man, that's what I thought it was but it's a little hard to tell. It looks like I just pick out as much of the old sealant as possible, put in a new bead, and install?
EDIT: I think it's actually NAY1-63-930
I've been playing with the hard top the last few days as I wait for the roll bar to come in. I was picking at the remnants of the plastidip when I remembered how easy it came off the Honda wheels with the pressure washer. 10 minutes. Done.
The paint that was on there was bumpy enough that it was going to show through vinyl. I played with a bunch of methods of getting the crappy paint off. In the end the best thing was 500 grit on the sander with water flowing. The stock paint was already dead so hitting it a bit isn't an issue.
I mostly need to finish up around the window and wait for the vinyl to come it. This is going to be my first experiment actually wrapping something. Should be fun.
mazdeuce - Seth said:[my first experience wrapping vinyl] Should be fun.
I suspect it will be of the Type II variety... but I look forward to being proven wrong
Your welcome for the shift knob. It came on Atomic Betty so it just seems right to have it on another Miata. I forgot I tossed that in the box honestly.
Grib tape works good if you are looking for something to cover it. The same stuff you would use on a bat.
If you need anything from the rollbar let me know. Thats 95% the same bar on the miata I just bought from Doc. Only difference is single vs double diagonal.
mazdeuce - Seth said:I just want to comment that Flyin' Miata is cool. I finally got on the phone with them and talked rollbars. I was annoying and asked a LOT of questions. In the end they said the simplest thing was to just call Hard Dog and order it from them so that's what I'm going to do. M2 double with harness tabs and padding.
I have this bar sitting in my garage..... with pad. I'm also selling my Miata. I'm in DFW.
In reply to AnthonyGS :
Let me talk to my people. I'm sure somebody wants it.
Roll bar is in. It looks like the previous one had straight rear legs instead of the current bent ones. I only had to drill one new hole though and didn't have to fight with it too much. Need to do a final torquing and interior reassembly. Sitting flat on the pan I broomstick with just enough room to fit a finger between the broomstick and my helmet. I suspect that this is designed so that if you don't hit the hard top as it sits then you broomstick.
mazdeuce - Seth said:In reply to spacecadet :
I'll get out my crochet hook and make it a hat.
Go to the dollar store and buy a pair of baby socks. I have the too hot/too cold issue with the shift knob in my MINI and the socks work.
Car has been trapped in the Grosh by lack of motivation and weather (without the top on) and just other stuff. I finally buttoned it up today and even though it's raining I took it out.
It's cold enough that the cold idle surge is there, I should think about that. Otherwise it's great.
Watching the weather to see if it's worth going to rallycross on Saturday. Driving in mud sucks. Might stay home and see about wrapping the top.
mazdeuce - Seth said:Driving in mud sucks.
That's just like, your opinion, man.
cghstang_chris said:mazdeuce - Seth said:Driving in mud sucks.
That's just like, your opinion, man.
Texas clay mud like what's out at the Brianne corn is a PITA in the wet and in recent years, when it rains right before the events, they are more often cancelled because the place turns into a lake every time it rains. and they try desperately to get rid of the water quickly and it's just so hard.
Couple of things to get ready for rallycross tomorrow. Firstly a headlight was out. I haven't replaced a sealed beam in a while.
Before I put the hard top on I pulled the plastic panels off. This is mostly because they're nice and I don't want to ruin them. Spacecadet is still bumping his helmet on them just a bit.
I also put in a new Frankenstein on the drivers side and re-tightened the one on the passenger side. Both of the captive nuts for these have broken off.
The top is a bit rattly on the bolts. There must be a way to properly deal with this that I don't know about but I'm hoping that you guys will tell me. For tomorrow I cut a couple spacers to move the plate up and snug the top down. Everything is tight.
Snows are on, car is packed. Crossing my fingers for lots of dry tomorrow.
In reply to spacecadet :
I’ll never forget seeing frankenscooby pulling a truck and trailer accross the track, quite a sight to see!
Good luck out there tomorrow. I had it all planned out to go tomorrow but this week had other plans. Sunday night I went searching for my helmet to no avail. Turns out it got donated to the dump by swimbo
. Then yesterday car threw code for failure to reach operating temp and now I have no functional temp gauge. Oh well I’ll be actually living local for the next race!
The hardtop latches used to have thicker layers of rubber or coating where they engage with the frankenstein bolt when they were new. I used to cram a carefully cut piece of rubber hose in mine, pry forward and tighten.
Papabishop said:Sunday night I went searching for my helmet to no avail. Turns out it got donated to the dump by swimbo
Hey that’s no good! Tell her that even Marie Kondo says not to get rid of other people’s stuff because it breeds resentment. I can’t imagine throwing out someone's helmet! Ugh!
In reply to dculberson :
Well in all fairness I need new one anyways, it was way out of date. Last race I attended tech looked at me and told me not to bring it back, and that was couple years ago
In reply to Papabishop :
Looking forward to seeing you at the next event!
Yesterday was fun. Oddly the track was in perfect condition, no rain, but water was still an issue because of a water line break at a neighbors house that had a stream flowing across the track. This shut down half of the track requiring an out and back course design that limited us to one car at a time. As expected this slowed things down and we only had six runs each. Still fun and honestly the surface was probably the best it's ever been. M2 was the largest class with 12 drivers (out of 29) I finished 6th, my, co-drive 9th, we're still getting a handle on the car and what it wants to be driven fast. The tidier we drive the faster things are even though it feels slower. I was the fastest Miata, so at least I've got that going for me. Dustin Kirk was there in his AE86 that he's finished at high as second at nationals in. He had rally tires, bla bla bla, but his fastest time was still five seconds faster than mine. I still suck at that. And after all that we were all beat by a Buck Century on snow tires. Hopefully I can snag some pictures of the event later.
The big news of the day was about going slow. With slightly oversize snow tires on the car, cruising at 75mph is a bit squirmy. Everything is a lot more comfortable at about 67, and since there was very little traffic on the road at 5:30 on a Saturday morning I set the cruise and was rolling. Interestingly, Google maps decided that since I was driving like an old lady, a bunch of other routes with lower speed limits were suddenly just as fast as taking the freeway. I poked around on the map for a big and figured out how to drive the last 100 miles on 40-65mph two lane instead of the freeway while taking less than 10 minutes longer. It's about 3 hours and 15 minutes and 200 miles to get there, so adding 10 minutes to the day to not have to drive all freeway is a joy. About 20 miles is roads like this.
Even with cruise and the radio, the car is more tiring on the freeway than the Accord, but on back roads it really is a joy. The car is small enough that passing giant pickups in the other direction is a non event. The rallycross suspension soaks up all of the big ripples and pot holes. It's just really really fun. I need to get off the freeway more.
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