Anyone Free this weekend!!!

[Flash13783]

On Saurday and Sunday I will be putting my motor back together! It would be AWESOME is anyone that didnt have much to do wanted to drift on over to my house so i can someone with miata knowledge looking over my shoulder ..... FREE PIZZA :D

[Flash13783]

NOBODY!!?? OK Pizza and drinks lol.....come-on tell me what i got to provide to get some help lol

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

A location is always handy ;)

[Flash13783]

lol In Dallas (paulding county ), about 20min. from kennesaw

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Dallas&state=GA&address=364+Waburn+Walk&zipcode=30132

[Flash13783]

ok .... I'll PAY someone to come help or put this thing together $$$ i really want my car to run right.

[amaff]

Not that I'll be able to (unfortunately, as I wouldn't mind at all), but what exactly do you mean by 'putting your engine back together'? Assembling a long block from scratch? Have you done all the prep work? (Making sure the bearing oil clearances are correct, polishing the crank to get any bearing material residue off, getting new seals, etc?)

[Flash13783]

I have ordered all new seals, gaskets, bearings, rods, pistons etc. i'm honing the block tonight it has already been cleaned and prepped. I need help assemblying it. putting pistons in, and just stuff like knowing to polish the crank...I had the head done at dover so it's ready to go. I've got people here, but i'm just worried that they wont know something special for miata's. and it's not their motor they dont really care that much how it turns out. Just really stressing about it going together right...

[mustangtomiata]

I'd be glad to help you but I don't know any special tricks about putting the Miata motor together, and my car is broke.

[Flash13783]

sweet i dont mind pickin u up! I'm hoping someone will drive their miata over. It'll be nice to look over and just make sure all the stuff is in the same spot lol

does anyone know where i can get a detailed picture of the entire motor and how it goes together

[amaff]

The factory service manual would be a good start.







Wait... you're rebuilding an engine WITHOUT a service manual? So, with no torque specs? No bearing clearance specs? No nothing!? Step away from the tool box and do your homework. This is a recipe for disaster. Maybe not when building it, but definitely later on down the road. Hell, I know my way around a wrench better than most and I'd be lost as hell rebuilding my motor w/o the FSM. It is my first engine, but still...

[Flash13783]

I have the hayne's manual, but don't see detailed pictures like a couple that the dealer gave me. I'm thinking of going back to mazda and requesting all the engine diagrams.

[amaff]

I have the hayne's manual

http://nymeria87.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/facepalm1.jpg

[ben91]

I have ordered all new seals, gaskets, bearings, rods, pistons etc. i'm honing the block tonight it has already been cleaned and prepped. I need help assemblying it. putting pistons in, and just stuff like knowing to polish the crank...I had the head done at dover so it's ready to go. I've got people here, but i'm just worried that they wont know something special for miata's. and it's not their motor they dont really care that much how it turns out. Just really stressing about it going together right...

You ordered what rods, pistons, and bearings? How did you know what bearings to order? Was there prep work required on the rods? Probably was. What piston rings? Was your block prepped for new pistons?
Do you have a manual with torque and clearance specs?
etc etc etc

Motors have tolerances about the size of a human hair, and if you **** them up then you wasted all that time and money.

[Flash13783]

i got eagle rods and the kit i bought comes with pistons bearings and everything else. We honed the block tonight. and the haynes manual give's me the torque specs and plasti-gauage specs.


but this is why i really need help. I was just going to pay to have it done but all of my buddies were like dont let a shop touch your motor we can do it and teach you. and their not worried about anything....then i get on here and find out the smallest thing will **** everything up...i'm so stressed out about this i'm getting sick lol. I just want my car to run like new, and handle a turbo later down the road.

[wantboost]

but this is why i really need help. I was just going to pay to have it done but all of my buddies were like dont let a shop touch your motor we can do it and teach you. and their not worried about anything...


of course they are not lol, they didn't pay for the parts lolol

[amaff]

i got eagle rods and the kit i bought comes with pistons bearings and everything else. We honed the block tonight. and the haynes manual give's me the torque specs and plasti-gauage specs.

If you haven't already, you need to have a machine shop check the block and crank for straightness. They'll torque everything down and make sure you've got the clearances you need.

Or, you can plastigague it. In either case, do it right. Take your time. If this is your first engine build, unless you're doing it straight through the weekend, it'll take more than that to do. I'm not trying to be discouraging, but if you don't do this right you've just flushed a lot of money down the drain.

[Flash13783]

well it looks like next weekend will be the new date. mY rebuild kit wont come in till monday, and i have a plasti guage to guage everything.

oh and just to show my luck i rear ended my buddy tonight in my truck that i'm trying to sell so i've decided to take the truck in my intro page and make it bone stock again so maybe it will sell. (damage isn't bad at all just a bent bumper bracket.

[Roadster]

Erm, what did you hone the block with exactly? That's kind of an art in itself. If you don't get the crosshatching just right it won't seal worth a damn.

[Flash13783]

stones and the cross hatching isn't that great but we did it the best we could

[Flash13783]

Here are some progress pics and the rebuild kit comes in today so we will be putting it back together, and hopefully putting it in the car on wednesday!!!

[Flash13783]

More pics of the motor

[Flash13783]

Does anyone know how many lbs of pressure your suppose to tighten the bolts that hold the crankshaft in. i cant find them anywhere, haynes manual, internet,..