Cousin_Eddie said:I'm an old guy
My wife doesn't want to kill me in my sleep near as often after I work on a project and get full OCD on it. It keeps my head screwed on right.
I read this to my wife, she said “Y’all must be brothers.........”
I think there was a compliment in there
outstanding work on on the car, I’m hooked
More detailing today.
This thing needs some love.
Stuff like this truly causes me to lose sleep. There is much soda blasting and powdercoating ahead.
Much damn better. My wife said she hasn't seen me as chill as I am today. Getting my OCD freak on by slinging powder does the brain good.
Phenomenal work.
MazdaFace said:Phenomenal work.
Thank you Craig. Many parts ordered. Much JDM. Great success. More to come in a few days.
Oh wow. That is gorgeous. Thanks for making more work for me. There's no way I can put my cruddy intake back on after seeing this...
wae said:Oh wow. That is gorgeous. Thanks for making more work for me. There's no way I can put my cruddy intake back on after seeing this...
Just release the brakes and coast into the sickness. Welcome to the OCD nuthouse.
MORE JDM?
Great success!!
Gunchsta said:MORE JDM?
Great success!!
Yes sir.
Yesterday while I was at the station, a lot of the things I ordered showed up.
It's a beautiful 80 degree day here in Texas, perfect to reassemble an engine.
ooooo I approve
Are you familiar with voodoo shift knobs? I had one on my 91 and was pretty happy with it. They make nice matching e-brake handles too.
i've been trying to get my hands on one of the new miata 6speed shift knobs.
I'm very attached to my brake lever handle. It's an IL Motorsport from Germany.
However, I'm definitely not married to the shift knob. I just haven't found one that talks to me yet. Most of the aftermarket ones are made of stuff that would get blistering hot here in Texas. I'd like to have a leather and al-you-men-ium knob if I could find one, to match the Momo wheel and IL Motorsport brake handle.
In reply to Cousin_Eddie :
that's why i'm going to get a knob from the new miata's. leather wrapped w/the shift pattern engraved on it. it's perfect
MazdaFace said:In reply to Cousin_Eddie :
that's why i'm going to get a knob from the new miata's. leather wrapped w/the shift pattern engraved on it. it's perfect
I guess I should research newer Miatas with 5 speeds to see if I could find one to suit me. The stocker doesn't really weigh on me much though. Mazda got it right when they built the shifters on these cars.
I have a strong dislike for the OE shifter in my 6. The OE miata shifter is an upgrade I am looking forward to more than is probably reasonable to the average person.
What's your process for cleaning and powdercoating the big aluminum pieces? I don't suppose we could entice you to do a walk through of the procedure for us with lots of pictures? I have a couple of cars that look like your before that I would like to look like your after.
mazdeuce - Seth said:What's your process for cleaning and powdercoating the big aluminum pieces? I don't suppose we could entice you to do a walk through of the procedure for us with lots of pictures? I have a couple of cars that look like your before that I would like to look like your after.
This will be long, so go get a sandwich and settle in.
I used to do this semi-professionally about 4-5 days a week. I'm a fireman so I have lots of time outside of my main bread and butter. Anyone who reads one of my threads will get the idea that I enjoy tedious projects and don't cut corners. So my process might seem unduly laborious to some, but it always worked for me and I developed a core of customers who would pay for the extra detail. I am proud to say that several powder companies used pictures of my powder and ceramic work as showpieces on their websites.
The above steps are for castings. On an intake like this car has, it took a lot of effort to get all of the insides and outsides completely spotless. Soda works fantastically to take carbon and baked smook off.
A nice slow outgas cook before prep and powder is paramount for smooth finishes on castings. Some coaters skip this step and their end product shows pock marks so they tell the customer it can't be avoided. Well, it can. That's also why some coaters are so quick to shoot a wrinkle or texture powder on castings, to hide the blemishes from outgassing.
I miss the work a lot and am really considering setting my shop up to go back into the business. Powdercoating allowed me to truly get my mental freak on. No compromise. Shop door locked, dead silent, phone turned off, no radio, work for 8-12 hours in total silent concentration. It does the brain good.
Random pictures of castings I coated.
I have thousands of pictures, but I'll stop there.
Holy moly!
That is actually a huge help. I never considered the initial bake to harden things or the second outgassing bake. This gives me a lot to mull over when I'm on the road picking up the new project today. Thank you very much for that.
I can't wait to see the engine bay when you're done.
Wow I’m impressed.
You are the polar opposite of me as far as caring about cosmetics, I normally just don’t think it matters at all but man you do impressive work.
what do you not like about the hardtop? I couldn’t stand my 95 m with the soft top but fell totally in love with it once I found a hardtop.
icaneat50eggs said:what do you not like about the hardtop? I couldn’t stand my 95 m with the soft top but fell totally in love with it once I found a hardtop.
Maybe I'm still in the honeymoon phase with the soft top. I'm in Texas and the weather varies a lot throughout the day. Often it's coat weather in the morning and running the AC on high in the afternoon. I like the soft top giving me the ability to have it up or down. The hard top requires getting my wife to help me with removal and installation, so once it's on, it's a lot of trouble to remove when the weather is conducive. Plus the hard top squeaks. I guess I need to throw some money at it with adjusting or replacing the little plastic doo dads on the rear Frankenstein bolt receivers.
Wow that's some good work. If you're ever interested in powder coating for members for $ let me know. I havea few things I want coated but I've been burned by businesses that charge a lot but don't do such a great job.
I’m in Texas too. But I’m old and bald so taking the top off just means a sunburned head. Also I got over the infatuation with top down cruising when I passed a cattle truck and had a refreshing mist of cow pee settle over me. My hardtop was miles miles whiter than the soft top.
also I live in the panhandle so if I want to feel the wind whipping through my 6 remaining hairs I just have to walk outside
Sweet overnight delivery of parts from Japan.
No pictures yet, but it's way nicer than I expected.
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