‘91 E30
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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
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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 -
Made a bracket
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Coolshirt progress
currently waiting on the marine adhesive to dry -
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
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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?
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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
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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
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cooler is ready to go, just need to add the female ends to the hose in the car
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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
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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then moved on to dr. Pepper box templates.
How dare you not use diet doc 360!
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Coolshirt has been the MVP of the trip
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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
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