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.
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!
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.
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.
Great video. Can confirm with the Begi spacer,Kia thermostat housing and a upper radiator hose from a 5.3 Tahoe I think. For a cheap setup the car takes forever to warm up compared to stock and i never see 200F in tunerstudio.
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 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.
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!!!!!!
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
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.
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'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.
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.
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! :)
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
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
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.
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 !
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!!!
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.
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....
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!
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!
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.
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.
It's a bummer u couldn't get the shroud on. I had that ricer fan set up on my drift car for a few events and it would get hot on grid. I'd end up having to turn my heat on to cool it off. Installed the shroud and that problem went away.
There are ways to DIY a reroute for much less than the M-Tuned one; and there are definitely some write-ups on how to build a budget undertray with Home Depot supplies!
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
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.
"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
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.
you : this car is gonna be 100% road driven
also you : i'm gonna take it to a drift event
hahaha good video
This UA-camr from the Netherlands is probably the best when it comes to all things related to Miata.
Do a face reveal
Owen McKee are you serious?
Yes.
I get the joke
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!
What a great day. Carpassion channel and Gingium uploaded a video on Miata 😀
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.
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.
can't wait for the drift videos!!
you won't need a timing light if you scribe the position of the CAS
Great video. Can confirm with the Begi spacer,Kia thermostat housing and a upper radiator hose from a 5.3 Tahoe I think. For a cheap setup the car takes forever to warm up compared to stock and i never see 200F in tunerstudio.
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!
Excellent tutorial video, no stupid BS, no clowning around, direct and to the point. Good job, thank you!
And by the way i love the new ending of the videos!
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 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.
Dude this channel is so f’ing incredible.
this is only video i asked for the day i found your channel forever ago.
FINALLY
You are the reason I'm saving up for a 1992 Miata 😃
Tito El Bandito follow your dreams!
Thanks a lot Greg, I think the coolant reroute will get done on my Miata over the winter before it hits boost for the first time in the spring!
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!!!!!!
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
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.
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.
Yeeeah finally! Such a great video Greg, you explain everything so well and with so much detail.. Love it! Thanks for making this video!
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.
Liking the new video annotation text style, looks much cleaner.
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!
Thanks Greg! No worries on the wait. The timing on this video couldn't have been better for me. Keep up the great work!
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.
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.
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
Sooooooo glad this vid finally dropped, thank you for the excellent content, the most informative channel on this site by far!
i have the same radiator the stock fans definately fit. well worth the upgrade!
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.
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?
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
you can also wire your air con button to switch on the fans for those on demand emergency cooling moments
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
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.
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.
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!!!
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 😂
There's some cars (I think it's jeeps) that come stock that use the "ricer style" fan mounting
Thank you for finally doing a reroute!
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....
GET WELL SOON GREG!!!!!!!
thanks for this well made tutorial. I have been waiting for you to do this. very helpful
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!
As always man, your videos are informative and fun to watch :D
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.
thanks a ton man !! gotta do this on my 1.8 here soon to get ready for boost
Good tutorial. Clean and decisive presentation.
Nice, the editing is really good
YES~! It's finally here!!!
another good video and i agree LS1 ignition conversion would be good
Yay, finally! Thanks for doing this!
great work. love to see all the progress.
4:12 Steel bolt into aluminium will rust very quickly.
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!
Aye that shirt though!
Hopefully I'll be posting miata vids soon too. I have 180k miles and my cam tower snapped. ;(
Awesome video. Lots of quality information. Thank you.
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're videos are awesome man. thanks a lot 👍
Thanks Craig
Sweet vid as always bro!
Great video. You make it look easy!
you and Tyler fialko deserve more subs
Another awesome job thank you 😊
You inspired me to buy a miata
should really use antifreeze for its lubrication properties and anti fungal properties too
He probably did, and that was him probably adding water to the concentrate antifreeze. Greg is smarter than that!
Striball probably but some of these kids are dumb and think its ok
+NBFelipe I left that info in the link below, I forgot to talk about it in the video itself. I run 80/20 distilled water/coolant + water wetter.
TheCarPassionChannel kool
yes, literally :P
Good video, very well explained I think i will do the conversions on my MX
thankz for your time and lectures
I wanted this so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Greg, . . You're awesome !
ive seen this video like 10 times but its always a good watch when im pooping.
Iiterally pooping as i'm watching this
Yes!
great videos. he makes it look so easy..
YES, YES
Nice shirt there, bud.
those pocket size screwdrivers are like the unsung hero's for mechanic use.
Fix your oil leaks while your at it!
If I make a video of myself drinking the coolant, you will pay me $20? I just want to make sure before I do it.
Saber008 I’ll pay 100
Dope video!
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.
It's a bummer u couldn't get the shroud on. I had that ricer fan set up on my drift car for a few events and it would get hot on grid. I'd end up having to turn my heat on to cool it off. Installed the shroud and that problem went away.
FINALLY!!!!!
Coolant re-route FTW
mx5 thank you
love the gingium t-shirt
Awesome videos. Love them 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hey if you ever get a chance will you do a video on a miata wire tuck????
dude such a good video the coolant reroute is hella expensive i dont even got money for a splash guard lmaoo but i neeeed one
There are ways to DIY a reroute for much less than the M-Tuned one; and there are definitely some write-ups on how to build a budget undertray with Home Depot supplies!
have you ever been to the tail of the dragon? ive always wanted to go so itd be nice to meet all you big miata fans