I never comment on videos, but something about your content makes me feel like a child could work on a miata and do just fine with the video as a reference. Great job Greg and thank you!
I feel exactly the opposite watching these videos. I see all this work to be done and I just get overwhelmed and feel like I don't even want to deal with it. 😂✌️
Tbh... I love the sound of the birds chirping in the background and the natural display of sound instead of ear raping music. Your channel has a chill vibe awesome you can bring us great content
A few tips I've found on my car. 1. Loosen the bolts on the PPF on the transmission. Then raise the back of the transmission up to gain additional clearance to work at the back of the head. 2. You can drill new holes in the radiator to move it forward. On my CX Racing radiator I was able to move it almost 0.5 inch forward. I just put some foam between the radiator and the upper core support to prevent rubbing. 3. Be wary of wiring the fans together and running them through a single relay. That's a lot of amperage for a single relay.
+Fuentes03 I'm really glad the work shows. Sometimes after 3 days of filming and 6+ hours of editing I wonder if a 13 minute video is worth the effort; but I'm pretty happy with the outcome on this one.
i think it will be in the long run as long as you keep up the momentum. Even though youre going through familiar territory with the Miata (alot of channels started by doing Miatas), there's so much substance your videos have that others dont.
Cool to see you rocking Gingiums shirt, I enjoy his material also. Glad that you covered the cooling reroute finally, just for the simple fact that a lot of people don't realize how weak the OE system is. Even a fully trimmed stock miata with the AC running on a hot day with a non observant driver can end up with a blown head gasket. Like you mentioned there are a range of re-route kits out there as well as radiator and fan combos. Just do research and find what is the best option for your budget and application. Great video quality, STREAM Lights are the shiz, Loved that you took the time to get good clear shots of all the hardware and parts. Looking forward to more content.
+Yuuyia Takahashi Yeah just that top link on my site pretty much tells people exactly what to upgrade on their car and how to keep it cool, there's way more involved than 'throw in a huge radiator' haha. The built motor car will definitely be getting some serious attention when it comes to cooling.
That M-Tuned piece for the back of the head is really nice, I'm going to be using a block and stock 1.6 thermostat housing cover on top...not as nice but it was cheeeeeppp!
excellent video! you have taking extra time on the important details and skimmed through the unimportant details really concentrating on the most important things. Love it!
Holy shit what a coincidence! I was looking to buy some coolant and saw a page explaining how to cheaply do a coolant reroute, and then you upload this 10 mins later hahah!
great video. Another good reason to use that insulating strip around the fan shroud is to reduce vibration noise. ever since putting the stiffer motor mounts in my Miata, the fan shroud has made an awful racket against the radiator. $8 worth of foam weatherstrip tape solved that in about 15 minutes.
Hahaha. There's a reason you don't see 10 channels doing detailed Miata tech videos, more work than a lot of people think, lol. I linked your DIY reroute on my site btw, killer work as always.
Very nice lesson. The cab of the car will run cooler as well. (firewall will run much cooler.) Greg you really have a gift for teaching. Thank you Bro.
Great Video Greg! Even though I don't plan on pushing my Miata to the extreme or turboing it, I still want to upgrade the cooling system because I have heard that Miatas sometimes have the tendency to overheat.
Wow I just now noticed your shirt lol, love Molly... beautiful blue Miata. I'm at the point of trying to get by big hands in the back to clean off the last 20% of the gasket to finish the FM coolant reroute kit and I've been diving into old videos......I don't know how I didn't notice the shirt...lmao
I'm probably going to own a reliable daily driver along with a project car. This should allow me to not worry about getting my project car ready in time for work. I have very low expectations for myself when it comes to projects, but I always struggle more than expected.
How is that Radiator holding up, any complaints, issues, or things we should know about before giving CXRacing our money? Once again thank you for the time you take to education the masses!!!!!!
Do you remember the lengths of the joined hoses? The piece b4 the thermostat and the long hose between the 90* and 45* hoses? Awesome video btw :) thanks so much!
Love the video, but I was stunned that you just yanked the spark plug wires without indicating how critical it is to identify each wire for proper replacement.
Just a note, if you don't have a timing light, you can simply mark the position of the CAS with a sharpie or pencil and it should be exactly back to where it was before. ;) It is important to remember how the key is aligned, but it's not the end of the world since it was designed to only fit in one way. I forgot and it took me a good 30 minutes to slide the CAS back on, but it did eventually go on and ran like a charm.
Really awesome Video Greg! Will try this on my 1994 1.8L soon :) I'll take it onto the Nürburgring Norschleife a Lot next year and the cooling needs to be on spot! :)
How come you didn't weld the pinion shaft. Jw there wasn't any play in mine. Still put 4 tac welds on to be safe. This video made it easy. Thanks Greg!
To help with cooling you should also add a BUNCH of ducting Literally any air that's coming in should either be ducted to the rad or the intake But you can also add some hood venting to help with the release of that hot air Cooling is ALL about getting the air into and through the radiator and back out as efficient as possible
Why add those extra points of failure/leaks with all the extra clamps n hoses? We split our (exact same kit) in 2 and also moved the thermostat a little forward.... And that shroud really works... We also grabbed the SPAL (?) fans, and an over-ride switch so I can run them at will....
Greg! The stock fan harness is not up to the task to run those fans efficiently! I recommend running your own power wires off the alternator with a relay of course. I own a Turbo Miata I know.
on the NB Miatas you can use a quick-splice to connect the AC Fan and Radiator Fan trigger wires to one another at the ECU. The trigger wires ground when active, so if the ECU calls for one fan, both relays get activated and both fans come on regardless of which fan is called for.
+colingreczkowski, he did wire the fans together. but both of those bands together to pull way too many amps for the factory Car Harness to handle. Best run your own power wires off the alternator, with the heavier gauge of wire to a good heavy duty relay(i run a 100amp relay and 10 gauge wire) I just why are the relays power to the cars old fan harness. once you wire up the fans the new way those fans will sing!!!
Honestly the radiator is fine, it does its job. but dont ever skimp out on fans. buy good ones, thats the mechanical part thats moving air. I made the mistake of cheaping out on fans in my turbo na. After a year, one fine day they skimped out on me, luckily i was paying attention, but one bad overheat and thats a head gasket or engine rebuild. Im running 11 inch spal fans now and they move some serious air and are super loud. I can hear them kick on from the engine bay and thats also good because i will know if they are working or not while out on a drive.
Looking at this reroute, and walking over to my car and see what the previous owner did. Holy crap. Mine legit has copper pipes running to the back of the engine, instead of these actual radiator hoses.
I'm at 3:57 and am like NO SHIT!? (Then I thought about it and was like NO SHIT!!) Cause I was gunna take mine off cause it's got this funky down-turn at the back mounting area. Dude! Thank you!
Another great tutorial. Love how stumbling in someone else's footsteps becomes obsolete when some guy decides to film the path for you. I guess that makes you a cartographer of boost.
Hey Greg - since I've had an NA, two NB's, and now a 2005 MSM, I noticed that my MSM was missing the belly pan (splash guard). After trying to find one, I found out that the MSM DIDN'T COME WITH A BELLY PAN !!! So, I guess the logic that it is there for proper cooling and aerodynamics, isn't valid !?!? well, evidently the engineers at Mazda didn't think so, cause I aint got one !
How big are those fans? The reason I ask is I have Flyin Miata's SPAL fan setup (Stage 2 airflow kit) and they include relays for the additional load, plus I added my own small time delay to help with the huge load from the fans. I ask because I'm not sure the wiring you're tapping into would be rated for that kind of power, especially with both fans on the circuit (stock only has one). It's quite possible you did your homework on this (lower amp draw fans?) I was just curious. Your videos are great, love 'em as a fellow Turbo Miata owner.
I did the reroute on my 02 miata and its still running hot at low speeds. Is this common or so I have an issue? Any and all information would be great.. keep up the good work
The problem with those remote style thermostat housings is not flowing well to the thermostat. It just dead heads to it for the length between the heater hose and thermostat save for a very small amount of fluid that goes through the air bleed hole in the thermostat. When it dead heads it doesn't heat up the coolant at thermostat as soon which makes it take longer to get up to temp and can make hot spots.
I'm not worried about it, the companies that developed this kit have been racing Miatas for years and even run their own racing series (SuperMiata) along with building some of the meanest Miata motors around. I trust it. With the sensor in the rear housing I'd also see if that coolant was raising higher than the thermostat opening temp in my warm-up datalongs.
No I'm saying if the tstat is a 195* unit, if there was a delay in opening I should see higher than 195* temps in that back housing before the tstat opens right?
TheCarPassionChannel yep, but it probably doesn't actually matter that much. When I do mine I will pull the heater hose outlet from just before the remote tstat to circulate it. All so I can sleep at night because I'm a wing nut. Hahaha
How is your engine building studio coming along? I have trouble following what's going on here sometimes. How many miatas do you have and what is the current state of each one? You are still building a motor for one of them right?
Can you tell me more about the side indicator you have on your passenger fender? I've seen a couple Miatas around here that have them too. I would assume it functions like the turn signal, but how? Did you just drill a hole in the fender and route some wires to the turn signal?
for the adapter wire extension is some copper wire and heat shrink good enough or..? Maybe I'm paranoid but I definitely don't wanna mess up this whole job over some wires.
I never comment on videos, but something about your content makes me feel like a child could work on a miata and do just fine with the video as a reference. Great job Greg and thank you!
Tyler rodriguez miatas are the ak-47 of the gun world. Even a child could shoot it
Can confirm. Am man-child
I feel exactly the opposite watching these videos. I see all this work to be done and I just get overwhelmed and feel like I don't even want to deal with it. 😂✌️
@@xucaenfr. How In the world would I be able to reset the timing 😂
those shots between 8:10-8:45 where you were slowly and quietly undoing stuff was strangely soothing
Tbh... I love the sound of the birds chirping in the background and the natural display of sound instead of ear raping music. Your channel has a chill vibe awesome you can bring us great content
This UA-camr from the Netherlands is probably the best when it comes to all things related to Miata.
A few tips I've found on my car.
1. Loosen the bolts on the PPF on the transmission. Then raise the back of the transmission up to gain additional clearance to work at the back of the head.
2. You can drill new holes in the radiator to move it forward. On my CX Racing radiator I was able to move it almost 0.5 inch forward. I just put some foam between the radiator and the upper core support to prevent rubbing.
3. Be wary of wiring the fans together and running them through a single relay. That's a lot of amperage for a single relay.
Great content man. I cant tell you how hard it is to find someone who puts as much quality into their work like you do.
+Fuentes03 I'm really glad the work shows. Sometimes after 3 days of filming and 6+ hours of editing I wonder if a 13 minute video is worth the effort; but I'm pretty happy with the outcome on this one.
i think it will be in the long run as long as you keep up the momentum. Even though youre going through familiar territory with the Miata (alot of channels started by doing Miatas), there's so much substance your videos have that others dont.
Excellent tutorial video, no stupid BS, no clowning around, direct and to the point. Good job, thank you!
Cool to see you rocking Gingiums shirt, I enjoy his material also. Glad that you covered the cooling reroute finally, just for the simple fact that a lot of people don't realize how weak the OE system is. Even a fully trimmed stock miata with the AC running on a hot day with a non observant driver can end up with a blown head gasket. Like you mentioned there are a range of re-route kits out there as well as radiator and fan combos. Just do research and find what is the best option for your budget and application. Great video quality, STREAM Lights are the shiz, Loved that you took the time to get good clear shots of all the hardware and parts. Looking forward to more content.
+Yuuyia Takahashi Yeah just that top link on my site pretty much tells people exactly what to upgrade on their car and how to keep it cool, there's way more involved than 'throw in a huge radiator' haha. The built motor car will definitely be getting some serious attention when it comes to cooling.
"try not to spin this because it is going to go back on the same orientation it came off" god that will be so tempting to spin it
it's time to play... "wheel of fortune!"... as in, I'll spend a fortune fixing my motor after i break things from screwing with the cam sensor... lol
haha lol
i spun mine, not as hard to realign as he makes it out to be, but would still refrain
It's not required, it just makes install easier later because you don't have to figure it out. Not a big deal at all
What a great day. Carpassion channel and Gingium uploaded a video on Miata 😀
That M-Tuned piece for the back of the head is really nice, I'm going to be using a block and stock 1.6 thermostat housing cover on top...not as nice but it was cheeeeeppp!
can't wait for the drift videos!!
excellent video! you have taking extra time on the important details and skimmed through the unimportant details really concentrating on the most important things. Love it!
this is only video i asked for the day i found your channel forever ago.
FINALLY
Holy shit what a coincidence! I was looking to buy some coolant and saw a page explaining how to cheaply do a coolant reroute, and then you upload this 10 mins later hahah!
you : this car is gonna be 100% road driven
also you : i'm gonna take it to a drift event
hahaha good video
great video. Another good reason to use that insulating strip around the fan shroud is to reduce vibration noise. ever since putting the stiffer motor mounts in my Miata, the fan shroud has made an awful racket against the radiator. $8 worth of foam weatherstrip tape solved that in about 15 minutes.
Do a face reveal
Owen McKee are you serious?
Yes.
I get the joke
You are the reason I'm saving up for a 1992 Miata 😃
Tito El Bandito follow your dreams!
And by the way i love the new ending of the videos!
I felt confident in trying this out until I heard the term "reset ignition timing."
Then I just nope'd the fuck outta that idea.
Dude this channel is so f’ing incredible.
Thanks Greg! No worries on the wait. The timing on this video couldn't have been better for me. Keep up the great work!
thank you from México, can you make a ls1 or ls2 coil conversion video ?
Ricardo Ugalde yesssss
Ricardo Ugalde es de California
Yes!
Been wanting this myself for a while, please Greg!
Yeeeah finally! Such a great video Greg, you explain everything so well and with so much detail.. Love it! Thanks for making this video!
you won't need a timing light if you scribe the position of the CAS
GET WELL SOON GREG!!!!!!!
Liking the new video annotation text style, looks much cleaner.
Very well done video as usual! Getting those shots behind the motor has got to be a PITA. This channel is a work of art
Hahaha. That coolant sensor upplug = my masterpiece of the week
+1. I'm proud of myself when I get a good still shot. Doing video behind the engine? No sir, I'll pass. hahaha
Hahaha. There's a reason you don't see 10 channels doing detailed Miata tech videos, more work than a lot of people think, lol. I linked your DIY reroute on my site btw, killer work as always.
Very nice lesson. The cab of the car will run cooler as well. (firewall will run much cooler.) Greg you really have a gift for teaching. Thank you Bro.
i have the same radiator the stock fans definately fit. well worth the upgrade!
Sooooooo glad this vid finally dropped, thank you for the excellent content, the most informative channel on this site by far!
Great Video Greg! Even though I don't plan on pushing my Miata to the extreme or turboing it, I still want to upgrade the cooling system because I have heard that Miatas sometimes have the tendency to overheat.
Wow I just now noticed your shirt lol, love Molly... beautiful blue Miata.
I'm at the point of trying to get by big hands in the back to clean off the last 20% of the gasket to finish the FM coolant reroute kit and I've been diving into old videos......I don't know how I didn't notice the shirt...lmao
Greg your videos are clutch, and easy to follow! I just got done with depowering my steering rack. now on to the next one!
#brokeandnotboosted
I'm probably going to own a reliable daily driver along with a project car.
This should allow me to not worry about getting my project car ready in time for work.
I have very low expectations for myself when it comes to projects, but I always struggle more than expected.
How is that Radiator holding up, any complaints, issues, or things we should know about before giving CXRacing our money? Once again thank you for the time you take to education the masses!!!!!!
Greg, you did an excellent job of explaining how to do this job. Now try that on a Ford 4.6 liter 4-valve engine. You got to pull the heads.
Thank you for finally doing a reroute!
Do you remember the lengths of the joined hoses? The piece b4 the thermostat and the long hose between the 90* and 45* hoses? Awesome video btw :) thanks so much!
YES~! It's finally here!!!
Love the video, but I was stunned that you just yanked the spark plug wires without indicating how critical it is to identify each wire for proper replacement.
Habit... I just know where they go. You'll know if you get it wrong trust me 😂
Just a note, if you don't have a timing light, you can simply mark the position of the CAS with a sharpie or pencil and it should be exactly back to where it was before. ;)
It is important to remember how the key is aligned, but it's not the end of the world since it was designed to only fit in one way. I forgot and it took me a good 30 minutes to slide the CAS back on, but it did eventually go on and ran like a charm.
As always man, your videos are informative and fun to watch :D
Really awesome Video Greg! Will try this on my 1994 1.8L soon :)
I'll take it onto the Nürburgring Norschleife a Lot next year and the cooling needs to be on spot! :)
Mit Turbo?
Good tutorial. Clean and decisive presentation.
thanks a ton man !! gotta do this on my 1.8 here soon to get ready for boost
yes ! radiator with shroud = smart +efficiency
if only the shroud is larger to cover to the edge of the radiator fins, the top and bottom tower is ok
you can also wire your air con button to switch on the fans for those on demand emergency cooling moments
Nice, the editing is really good
another good video and i agree LS1 ignition conversion would be good
Thanks Craig
thanks for this well made tutorial. I have been waiting for you to do this. very helpful
you and Tyler fialko deserve more subs
great work. love to see all the progress.
Yay, finally! Thanks for doing this!
How come you didn't weld the pinion shaft. Jw there wasn't any play in mine. Still put 4 tac welds on to be safe. This video made it easy. Thanks Greg!
Awesome video. Lots of quality information. Thank you.
To help with cooling you should also add a BUNCH of ducting
Literally any air that's coming in should either be ducted to the rad or the intake
But you can also add some hood venting to help with the release of that hot air
Cooling is ALL about getting the air into and through the radiator and back out as efficient as possible
Why add those extra points of failure/leaks with all the extra clamps n hoses? We split our (exact same kit) in 2 and also moved the thermostat a little forward.... And that shroud really works... We also grabbed the SPAL (?) fans, and an over-ride switch so I can run them at will....
Is this the same route you ran on your other car before it blew up? Also, we want a COP video.
Think about that. Remember the condition of Piston # 4? I am going to guess there was no reroute but I'd really like to know. Do tell.
you're videos are awesome man. thanks a lot 👍
Sweet vid as always bro!
Great video. You make it look easy!
Greg! The stock fan harness is not up to the task to run those fans efficiently! I recommend running your own power wires off the alternator with a relay of course. I own a Turbo Miata I know.
Isn't there a simple trick to wire the fans to come on in parallel?
someone please provide a link for a diy!!
on the NB Miatas you can use a quick-splice to connect the AC Fan and Radiator Fan trigger wires to one another at the ECU. The trigger wires ground when active, so if the ECU calls for one fan, both relays get activated and both fans come on regardless of which fan is called for.
Jonathon Smith cool! Didn't know that
Learn every day!
+colingreczkowski, he did wire the fans together. but both of those bands together to pull way too many amps for the factory Car Harness to handle. Best run your own power wires off the alternator, with the heavier gauge of wire to a good heavy duty relay(i run a 100amp relay and 10 gauge wire) I just why are the relays power to the cars old fan harness. once you wire up the fans the new way those fans will sing!!!
thankz for your time and lectures
Honestly the radiator is fine, it does its job. but dont ever skimp out on fans. buy good ones, thats the mechanical part thats moving air. I made the mistake of cheaping out on fans in my turbo na. After a year, one fine day they skimped out on me, luckily i was paying attention, but one bad overheat and thats a head gasket or engine rebuild. Im running 11 inch spal fans now and they move some serious air and are super loud. I can hear them kick on from the engine bay and thats also good because i will know if they are working or not while out on a drive.
Looking at this reroute, and walking over to my car and see what the previous owner did. Holy crap.
Mine legit has copper pipes running to the back of the engine, instead of these actual radiator hoses.
You inspired me to buy a miata
I'm at 3:57 and am like NO SHIT!? (Then I thought about it and was like NO SHIT!!) Cause I was gunna take mine off cause it's got this funky down-turn at the back mounting area. Dude! Thank you!
There's some cars (I think it's jeeps) that come stock that use the "ricer style" fan mounting
Another awesome job thank you 😊
Good video, very well explained I think i will do the conversions on my MX
Another great tutorial. Love how stumbling in someone else's footsteps becomes obsolete when some guy decides to film the path for you. I guess that makes you a cartographer of boost.
Greg, . . You're awesome !
great videos. he makes it look so easy..
Hey Greg - since I've had an NA, two NB's, and now a 2005 MSM, I noticed that my MSM was missing the belly pan (splash guard). After trying to find one, I found out that the MSM DIDN'T COME WITH A BELLY PAN !!! So, I guess the logic that it is there for proper cooling and aerodynamics, isn't valid !?!? well, evidently the engineers at Mazda didn't think so, cause I aint got one !
I would be very surprised if the MSM did not come with any sort of under tray.
I wanted this so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️
those pocket size screwdrivers are like the unsung hero's for mechanic use.
love the gingium t-shirt
Aye that shirt though!
Hopefully I'll be posting miata vids soon too. I have 180k miles and my cam tower snapped. ;(
ive seen this video like 10 times but its always a good watch when im pooping.
Iiterally pooping as i'm watching this
Dope video!
How big are those fans? The reason I ask is I have Flyin Miata's SPAL fan setup (Stage 2 airflow kit) and they include relays for the additional load, plus I added my own small time delay to help with the huge load from the fans. I ask because I'm not sure the wiring you're tapping into would be rated for that kind of power, especially with both fans on the circuit (stock only has one). It's quite possible you did your homework on this (lower amp draw fans?) I was just curious. Your videos are great, love 'em as a fellow Turbo Miata owner.
Hey if you ever get a chance will you do a video on a miata wire tuck????
Great video! Helps alot.
I did the reroute on my 02 miata and its still running hot at low speeds. Is this common or so I have an issue? Any and all information would be great.. keep up the good work
Awesome videos. Love them 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
So helpful man, will follow when i do mine (Y)
Now that's cool
you're da real MVP
Yes!
The problem with those remote style thermostat housings is not flowing well to the thermostat. It just dead heads to it for the length between the heater hose and thermostat save for a very small amount of fluid that goes through the air bleed hole in the thermostat. When it dead heads it doesn't heat up the coolant at thermostat as soon which makes it take longer to get up to temp and can make hot spots.
I'm not worried about it, the companies that developed this kit have been racing Miatas for years and even run their own racing series (SuperMiata) along with building some of the meanest Miata motors around. I trust it. With the sensor in the rear housing I'd also see if that coolant was raising higher than the thermostat opening temp in my warm-up datalongs.
TheCarPassionChannel it's not an issue once the t state is open. It's a minor annoyance to me until then.
No I'm saying if the tstat is a 195* unit, if there was a delay in opening I should see higher than 195* temps in that back housing before the tstat opens right?
TheCarPassionChannel yep, but it probably doesn't actually matter that much. When I do mine I will pull the heater hose outlet from just before the remote tstat to circulate it. All so I can sleep at night because I'm a wing nut. Hahaha
But wouldn't you have to wait longer for your heater to warm up? Not that it's a big deal, I just hate the cold, loll
How is your engine building studio coming along? I have trouble following what's going on here sometimes. How many miatas do you have and what is the current state of each one? You are still building a motor for one of them right?
Haha yeah I know it's kinda confusing, I should have never bought two red ones lol. Yes the engine build is starting very soon!
great vid! like always
Coolant re-route FTW
4:12 Steel bolt into aluminium will rust very quickly.
Can you tell me more about the side indicator you have on your passenger fender? I've seen a couple Miatas around here that have them too. I would assume it functions like the turn signal, but how? Did you just drill a hole in the fender and route some wires to the turn signal?
done it with this video thank you
for the adapter wire extension is some copper wire and heat shrink good enough or..? Maybe I'm paranoid but I definitely don't wanna mess up this whole job over some wires.