July 29th, 2012 — DIY, Wrench Turning
Got a smelly trunk? How about a lot of excess pressure in your gas tank? This post might be just the thing to fix you up. Maybe. I hope.
July 21st, 2012 — Exterior, Wrench Turning
Do you see that tire? The letters are really that yellow. The bottle is white. The letters are not. Something had to be done.
January 30th, 2012 — Bucky (01 MX-5), Wrench Turning
Strangeness hit the revlimiter garage (also known as Wolf Motorsports Development) recently. Every Roadster I own decided they needed new batteries. Now, that is only two Roadsters, but still…
June 16th, 2011 — Engine, Turbo, Wrench Turning
The last in my series of technical posts dealing with changing out the head gasket. Everything you ever wanted to know about ARP head studs. It’s pretty awesome.
June 8th, 2011 — Engine, Wrench Turning
So, there I was. Standing in my garage, tired and hot. But I had my keys in hand for the first time in a while and was ready to start Sharka’s engine with the new head gasket, new coolant re-route, and ported head. I pressurized the fuel rail and checked for leaks…
March 21st, 2011 — Tools & Garage, Wrench Turning
Got bubbles in your coolant system? You need this. This awesomely-huge funnel is designed to help you burp your radiator without fluid overflowing everywhere.
July 6th, 2010 — Engine, Turbo, Wrench Turning
A detailed, step-by-step of putting a big hole in your Miata’s drain pan. And then tapping that hole for a drain line. Because even turbos need to potty.
September 11th, 2009 — Engine, Wrench Turning
Bucky, our 2001 MX-5, gets the spotlight in this post. It was timing belt time and the interweb was not exactly forthcoming in great NB2 timing belt info, so this is my attempt to fill that hole.
July 1st, 2009 — Suspension, Wrench Turning
A really smart guy named Dan who posts on ClubRoadster came up with this really cool upper shock mount (known in the biz as a tophat) that lets you slam the hell out of a Miata while retaining full suspension travel. I’ve lusted after them for months. I finally bought and installed a set. As you can see above, it went well. Read on for the full install.
April 8th, 2009 — Suspension, The Sharka Rebuild, Wrench Turning