Shumai

[Vincent123]

Did a mock up with some cardboard for a intake heat shield. Need to go to the hardware store tomorrow to pick up some sheet metal and tin snips.

[Chris05ppwz]

Shumai!

[Vincent123]

Shumai!

CHRIST! Youre on here too?!

[scweet14]

i really like what your doing with this miata!

i know its your car and i **** when people do this, but i just thought i would put my 2 cents< i would of stayed with the oem bumper and gotten a different lip, but its your car and im not gonna tell you what to do

very nice again, and i miss the LS<3

[Vincent123]

Went to the hardware store last night, and they aluminum sheets they had were ridiculously expensive. And too thin for what I wanted it to be. So I went to my mom's factory and they had a bunch of stainless steel sheets, so thats what I made my intake box out of.

Stainless steel is way more difficult to cut than aluminum. But good thing the factory had a bunch of machinery at my disposal. Well, the employee did all the work for me, I just watched and took pics haha

Traced onto stainless steel sheet




Cutting straight lines




Cutting inbetween for notches




Grinding down smooth





Finished and installed on the car. Bottom plate is rivetted onto the main portion. Total held onto by 4 rivets and approx 4 bolts to the chassis






Seems like a waste to spray over stainless steel, but I wanted it to match my garage star radiator shroud and cowl cover. Its currently drying in the garage over night so the wrinkles can form. I have 2 shop lights pointed at it to speed up the process.

I ordered some trim lok off mcmaster-carr. Waiting for that to come in so I can have it sealed completely against the hood

[HKSpeed]

I heard paint doesn't stick well to stainless steel. Any tricks you used?

[Vincent123]

I heard paint doesn't stick well to stainless steel. Any tricks you used?

Not really, I just sprayed it on. Only time will tell I guess

[rsingh3g]

Nice concept man. I saw this on instagram earlier today

[Nagah]

Good that you used steel, because aluminium mounted on your steel chassis would have caused contact corrosion. Not a nice thing, bro.

[Chigga]

Quick q, why do most Miata intakes go on the hotside? doesn't it make more sense to avoid the hot exhaust manifold?

[Flake753]

keep it up

[Vincent123]

Quick q, why do most Miata intakes go on the hotside? doesn't it make more sense to avoid the hot exhaust manifold?

They do make a coldside intake for NB miata's. But the only company that I know of that makes it is super expensive. All the other DIY coldside intakes look ghetto

[Vincent123]

So I want to put some heat reflective adhesive material on my intake box. But after going through some pics on google, it seems some people are putting it on the outside and some are putting it on the inside of the box. Im not sure which way would be better. Any input?


Oh also, my trimlok came in. Gonna install it tonight with the heat reflective material

[Vincent123]

Installed the trim lok, hood closes perfectly

[Vincent123]

So I was talking to a friend and he has the same wheels as me but his is polished. Asked him how he did it, and he said all he did was strip the original finish and underneath it is this polish plated finish which is shiny as hell and doesnt need any metal polish or upkeep. Decided to do it today

Used Rustoleum aircraft stripper, 1.5" brush, and painters tape.



Original bronze finish




In process




After the first coat, hosed down most of the excess paint and this is what I'm left with. Still needs another coat or two to get it all off





All done




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