build diary

February 13, 2004: With a bit of unexpected free time (from the amount of work I do on this car, you might think I have nothing BUT free time), I puttered around with the car a bit more.
I'm not 100% sure what (if anything) I accomplished but it was fun enough. The throttle pedal and steering column are ready to bolt into place but I'm going to hold off on the pedal until I have my other pedals in place. The motor mounts are ready to be installed and I'm making progress in hunting down some donor seats. It helps having Miata friends all over the place. Of course, if my donor car hadn't been so comprehensively stripped I wouldn't be looking. One other small problem is that the reverse switch on the transmission is going to interfere with the bodywork. Not a huge problem really - I can probably light up the reverse lights with a dash switch.

GRM has discovered a problem with their car. The diff moves under acceleration and hits the frame. It turns out that CMC has added a front mounting point for the diff on my frame and that should hopefully avoid the problem. The stiffer, Shoe-Goo'd bushings should also help.

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