Decided to go in last night and replace the rear main seal on the Miata swap motor. Didn’t know what state the clutch was in, so figured I’d scope that and see if it needs replacement.

I'm out showing pickup trucks that they’re not the only ones with mounting points for flags.

Got the transmission out of the Mark ii, and yeah it definitely saw some heat. The flywheel has about the same glazing as the pictured pressure plate. I’m really surprised it never made any clutch smells. Surprisingly the disk still has a bit of thickness left (just barely)

Finally got around to working on my Mark ii. I don’t think I ever updated, but the JDM RWD “Camry” I bought back in March came in at the end of May. I found out shortly after winning the auction, that the car needed a clutch. (one of the risks of buying a car unseen from across the world)

Went through almost two full tanks today. Finally starting to get a hang of when the clutch bites, when you get it right it launches amazingly hard from a stop. 

Been slacking quite a bit on Miata work lately, it’s been running good enough that I haven’t been motivated to mess with it since all the work I did over the Christmas holiday.

I went to go look at a bike yesterday for a friend. We knew it had a bad battery, so I brought along a jump box to be able to crank it over. I went to remove the seat and asked the owner for an allen wrench

Been thinking about getting another Aero 50 since I got rid of my last one. They are a lot of fun around the city in stock form and decently tunable for more power.

Just saw some pics of the new Svartpilen 701

Honestly surprised it took this long. I guess putting the KDM>JDM sticker pushed it over the line. Also surprised they didn’t post the AMG badge

For about the last 6 months, I’ve been looking over Japanese auction lists almost daily searching for something to buy and import. After a long dry spell, where either nothing interesting was popping up, or everything was seriously overpriced, I finally pulled the trigger on something!

My area got a light dusting of snow overnight that turned into a solid sheet of ice by morning. Naturally, most people stayed home and waited for the roads to clear. I wanted to try out my first set of actual snow tires, so I left earlier than usual.

Got my recall letter in.

I spent the long weekend doing some work I’d been putting off on the Miata. Subframe has been pretty badly bent for as long as I’ve owned the car. Looks like the previous owner jumped a curb or something. The ears around the driver side control arm were folded over and caused binding in the far end of droop travel.

A few of my old t12 fixtures were starting to get flickery, so rather than screw around with ballasts, I figured it was time to take the plunge into LED lighting. Bought a bunch of fixtures from amazon and put them up tonight.

Over a year ago I sold my beater e39 540i when I decided to motorcycle commute full time. Seeing as I didn’t need a daily, and had other cars for “fun driving”, it sat a few months before I decided to put it up for sale. It was one of the most well rounded cars I ever owned. It was great to drive, comfortable,…

I figured since my garage is in a constant state of change, it would be fun to do an update on where things stand, what’s new, and what’s left over the last year.

Earlier this year I bought a project s2000. It seemed like a great idea at the time, I mean who wouldn’t want a 800+hp S2000? I got everything in place to start working on it, going so far as installing a two post lift in the garage (which I don’t regret in the slightest BTW) to make dropping the motor easier. By then…

Brand new motor came in to replace the one I exploded on the Stella last month. Should be up and running just in time for the weather to turn reliably poor in the northwest.