YoungCR Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Assuming that's south of EC? I crossed the river at Nelson/Wabasha earlier this week. I miss the western Wisconsin views and roads. Curious to see your cool shirt contraption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, YoungCR said: Assuming that's south of EC? I crossed the river at Nelson/Wabasha earlier this week. I miss the western Wisconsin views and roads. Curious to see your cool shirt contraption. Yep, along the Mississippi. Alma/Maiden rock/pepin YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Harness showed up today so I figured I’d get it tossed in before the rest of the coolshirt crap shows up. ordered a harness from superbrightleds, they had a bunch of offerings for pre-built stuff with weatherpack connectors/relays for like $17. connected it under the firewall cover, snagged power from the distro block, grounded to strut tower. the switch they provide is a gross rocker style switch for a 248” brolightbar. I ended up repurposing the AC button to turn the pump on. Figured it kind of made sense because “ac.” I couldn’t figure out illumination on the switch so I said screw it and just use it to trigger the relay. The switch stays in the down position anyways, so it’ll be obvious when the pump is running. power to the trunk runs under the console/carpet/rear seat and comes out under the ski pass. Just long enough to make it to the coolers location. waiting on a few things to show up, the tube insulators will probably be the last thing to make it here and they’re kind of holding up the show at this point. goal is to make this as hidden as possible, going to try and hide the tubes under the seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 Made a bracket m42b32 and Boris3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Coolshirt progress currently waiting on the marine adhesive to dry B C and patsbimmer1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KaiserRolls Posted July 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Lines routed, had to take a die grinder and open up the hole below the ski pass and remove a bit of rear seatback foam to ensure the lines don’t kink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 21 hours ago, KaiserRolls said: Ive been meaning to do this, can never be too careful. How easy is it to reach on the passenger side vs. having it on the driver's side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 1 hour ago, m42b32 said: Ive been meaning to do this, can never be too careful. How easy is it to reach on the passenger side vs. having it on the driver's side? Joe you’re like 6’4” you’ll be ok lol. If you can reach the glovebox you can reach where I have it. I also do not want anything in the drivers side just in case m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Just now, KaiserRolls said: Joe you’re like 6’4” you’ll be ok lol. If you can reach the glovebox you can reach where I have it. I also do not want anything in the drivers side just in case Fair enough haha. Good point on things on the floor in your way too, hadn't considered that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 cooler is ready to go, just need to add the female ends to the hose in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Finished velcro loops to keep the hoses from flying around ignore the air bubbles in the line, had a spare hose cobbled together to make sure the pump worked/cooler didn’t leak IMG_1472.MOV fairly well out of sight in the cabin Hopefully this makes a 14.5 hour drive less miserable. Figure I’ll have to get a small bag of ice every other gas stop depending on how hot it is next project is slapping the new PS pump in and getting that bled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 New PS pump is in, just need to slap the pulley and serp belt back on. Decided to make some ducting for the radiator. started by adding adhesive backed foam in between the core support and the rad, trying to block all the openings I could. you can see how wide open everything is in front of/on the sides the radiator then moved on to dr. Pepper box templates. transferred to some thin aluminum sheet there were existing holes in the core support that I had to enlarge a bit to use 1/4-20 rivnuts here’s the basic idea - it needed a bit more trimming to clear a wire harness holes drilled and installed. I added aluminum foil tape to the corners to better secure the 3 pieces together. Also used some adhesive backed foam in certain areas to eliminate vibration fairly well-hidden once the grilles and valence plastic pieces are back in i was not having any issues with the cooling system, I just got bored. Figured it wouldn’t hurt to try & it might be beneficial once I start bringing this to more hpde type events B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Cruised around a bit tonight. Coolant temps seemed slightly cooler, probably more related to ambient temps than any ducting also tossed the new PS pump in and bled the system, which ultimately cured the whine new grommets showed up for the fender trim pieces, the DS was basically falling out and the trim is NLA all fluids are fresh and the car is ready to go the mountains (hopefully) in an attempt to keep the Miata cabin cool we added a turbo heat shield. Used DEI Floor and tunnel ii adhesive heat shield in the inside of the turbo shield and some reflective tape on the exterior. Also lined the entire firewall behind the down pipe and trans tunnel with the stuff only posting Miata content because that DEI heat shield stuff is awesome, an aftermarket product that actually works worth a crap. If your floor/tunnel gets too hot, I’d recommend this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Added to my list. I know the E28 rubber/foam firewall insulation is NLA, I'm sure its lighter over oem too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, YoungCR said: Added to my list. I know the E28 rubber/foam firewall insulation is NLA, I'm sure its lighter over oem too. It is pretty light for what it is, just buy a bunch of brake clean to prep/clean the area-the adhesive is pretty sensitive to grease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 11:51 PM, KaiserRolls said: then moved on to dr. Pepper box templates. How dare you not use diet doc 360! YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Coolshirt has been the MVP of the trip HipMF, m42b32, Jdesign and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Beautiful! How much ice did you go through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 14 hours ago, YoungCR said: Beautiful! How much ice did you go through? 1 to 2 ten lb bags per day. On the way home I got a bag every time I got gas pulled in home at like 12:30am, car was smoking/steaming. Looks like I get to do a thermostat housing gasket, maybe if I’m lucky it’s a water pump. Couldn’t have failed at a better time though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Time to buy a lotto ticket. Did the temps get high dangerously high when that happened? That is amazing luck! Gotta make a coolshirt for the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, B C said: Time to buy a lotto ticket. Did the temps get high dangerously high when that happened? That is amazing luck! Gotta make a coolshirt for the engine Nope temps were in check the entire time, small leak, but it was enough to spray coolant every which way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Ok so found the leak, radiator apparently bit the bullet really odd spot, right in front of the tstat housing, which is why I thought it was the tstat housing not going to mess around having it fixed, went ahead and ordered a z3m mishimoto xline rad. Thicker core and more coolant capacity. Also got some more adhesive foam so I can better seal up some remaining gaps from my first go around. Rekpoint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_08 Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Was the radiator shrouding needed? Have you found this to be worthwhile? New rad will be nice, might not be a bad idea to replace the thermostat or pump since you're in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Nick_08 said: Was the radiator shrouding needed? Have you found this to be worthwhile? New rad will be nice, might not be a bad idea to replace the thermostat or pump since you're in there. thermostat is like a year old, gasket is about a year old, waterpump is a Stewart unit that @B C installed. should be good on that front. on my trip i never saw temps higher than middle of the gauge on the cluster. VDO coolant gauge showed a max of like 205 during some of the beat runs in 90 degree heat proper shrouding is always worthwhile Nick_08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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