build diary

May 19, 2004: A stop by my local hydraulic store yielded the pieces I needed to put together my braking system Last night I managed to get most of the lines done but I'll still need a tee to join the two front brake lines.
If I'd been thinking, I would have specified my custom front lines to have a junction block on the left side. But the tee will do the trick. One of the lines will have to wait until the test transmission gets removed as it's a little awkward to reach. But I'm getting close to the point where I can bleed the system, and then I'll find out just how hard that pedal is!

Some of my replacement parts showed up from CMC yesterday. A new nosecone - which on initial impression seems to be made with thicker fibreglass than the original - was joined by front cycle fender supports and some unwelded upper rear control arms. The unbent transmission cover slit the box open and escaped. Whoops! I've decided that my Miata will lose its engine this weekend so that I can kick-start the progress on this critter. I'm getting eager!

I'm not playing with the diff at the moment, but I did see some interesting photos of an SR20DET-powered Miata that snapped the rear mounting arm off the diff. There's obviously a lot more power involved but it does illustrate what can happen with a bad mounting setup. Here's the diff and here's some more information on the car.

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